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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vyvyan Basterd" data-source="post: 335177" data-attributes="member: 4892">This was billed as a book for newbies. I am not a newbie (played since Basic D&D), so I did not buy this. A book is not crappy just because YOU don't need it. I heard good things from newbies that appreciated this book very much.A difference of opinion, which is what the original question called for. I have a high use level and enjoyment level in ALL of the WoTC 3E D&D books I have purchased. I have not had the same experience with 3rd party stuff. I prefer a safe bet.Had no use for it, didn't buy it. I have a little house rule called "Don't even try to fight a true god. You WILL lose." Why would I need this book then. I am a discriminating shopper, I don't buy every book with the WoTC stamp.IMO FR has always been and will always be cheese. I don't use it and will never buy this book either. I question your sanity if you bought this book having told me that you dislike the realms. If you didn't buy it, then you should have no complaints, it is what you expected it to be.I have no use for Spycraft, d20 Modern, etc. I play D&D, so yet again a product I will never buy.And so on includes all the books I did buy and liked....PHB, DMG, MM, the 8 adventure path modules, the 5 "splat" books, Living Greyhawk Gazeteer (or Journal, the thick one), and Dungeon Magazine. All great books/mags/mods with useful or fun content.My main purchase trend is adventures. The 3rd party adventures have ranged from very good (95% rating) to absolute crap (0% - usually those travel brochure-sized adventures). All the books I mentioned above I rate at 80-99%. My money is with WoTC unless the products I continue to buy from them slip down to the levels of the 3rd party stuff. I'm sorry that a bunch of companies have flooded the market with crap, it makes it difficult (and costly) to find the gems. And I'm not one that likes to wade through crap.Not the quality of products I have purchased from WoTC. People on these very boards admit that to find the quality 3rd party stuff you have to read the reviews. I have neither the time or desire to do such.I don't have time to sort the junk from the good. Third party publications have flooded the market so much that it would be impossible to seek out reviews on each and every one. So I go with the products that have been reliable for the past two years. If they fail to continue being reliable then I may look elsewhere. I am not a programmed WoTC zombie as others here may think.</blockquote>

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