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Enchanted Trinkets Complete--a hardcover book containing over 500 magic items for your D&D games!

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2500542" data-attributes="member: 22779">I have no beefs with WOTC.  I buy what looks like it will see airplay in my game.  When running a Scarred Lands Campaign set around the Ukrudan desert, I picked up Sandstorm and it saw heavy use immedietely.  If I ever run a cold area campaign, I'll probably pick up frostburn.  Since I almost exclusivly DM, the Complete series hasn't interested me since I would use so little of it.  Then again, I treat other gaming companies in exactly the same way.  The only way I personally rank a book is by how much time it spends on my shelf.  If I buy a book, use it twice and then let it gather dust, well, that was a total waste of money.  If a book get's used all the time, then it was money well spent.On a side thought.  People like to compare gaming to computer gaming.  Computer gamers spend hundreds of dollars a year buying computer games.  That's true.  But, most of those gamers then spend dozens, if not hundreds, of hours using that product.  RPG gaming is different in that you might buy a book and never use it or only use it once or twice.  Not because the book is bad, but because the book just doesn't relate to what's going on in your game.To me, WOTC gets treated the same in my mind as every other publisher.  If I see a need for something, I hit up the reviews find what people think is one of the better books covering the topic, and buy it.  If it's WOTC, great, if it's someone else, so be it.  I feel no particular loyalty or dislike of any company.  If the product gets the job done, then that's all that matters to me.  Not who published it.  The name on the cover doesn't mean a whole lot to me.</blockquote>

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