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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gothwalk" data-source="post: 73169" data-attributes="member: 2263">What I'll buyFirst off, I like my purchases to be stuff that will fit into my campaign, and that is both backward- and forward-compatible. That is, I won't buy a product with a new magic system, because then all the stuff I have for the old magic system is useless, and all the other supplements about magic I might buy from other publishers will also be incompatible. If you consider the rules as a tree, I'll buy leaves in plenty, but not new branches.Second, I rarely buy adventures anymore. If I know the person who wrote it, I'll buy it, but that's for the person, not the product.In general:Something I want to see:New psionic powers, items, etc.Good:New feats New SpellsNew Prestige ClassesNew CreaturesIndifferent:New Magic Items (I can usually make these from spells)New Races (My players don't change characters often)Bad:New Core Classes (Where were these guys before?)New or Variant rules (See above)New Skills (As per everybody else...)I was at a convention at the weekend, and went through the Trader's stands in some detail. Here are the things I thought about buying, and the things I did buy, and why:Thought about buying:The Dragonstar Player's GuideSeas of BloodChaos MagicSeafarer's HandbookArms and ArmourSwords of PowerNightmares and Dreams IIThe Divine and the DefeatedBought:Arms and ArmourSeas of BloodHere's why the other products got the chop:Dragonstar Players Guide: I want a 3e Spelljammer. I bought Fading Suns, and it's useful, but it's not Spelljammer. Neither is this, and since I already have Fading Suns, and my players are not into the Space Fantasy thing - Spelljammer is a stretch, but they've taken it on - I decided not to buy.Chaos Magic: I just didn't like it. The Necromancy and Demonology books were good; this one seemed to be stretching the concept too far. Seafarer's Handbook: I wanted this. But it had wide margins, and cost twice as much as Seas of Blood. So I left it, with some regrets.Swords of Power: Er, a book of magic swords? No thanks. I looked at it because I thought there might be something more to it, but there wasn't.Nightmares and Dreams II: I was tempted here too, but many of the creatures are fey, which already have a place in my campaign, and it doesn't fit with this book. And the different fonts in the creature names really, really bug me.The Divine and the Defeated: I want to like the Scarred Lands stuff, I really do. But the vast majority of the stuff in Relics and Rituals was either very specific to the setting, or very specific to someone else's game - stuff that not so much wouldn't fit, but just would never be used in mine. The Divine and the Defeated fell into this category - my pantheon is worked out in some detail, and won't deal with additions, added to which the powers in this book were just weird. I'm still trying to find a way to work in the Carnival Krewes or something like them...</blockquote>

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