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Dungeons and Dragons Core Rulebook Gift Set, 4th Edition
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Sale Price: $66.12
List Price: $104.95
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I'm giving 2 stars based on the actual material and presentation in the book (versus giving it 1 star just because I don't like 4th edition like everyone else seems to be doing).I played D&D back in the 1st (or 2nd?) edition days. It was great fun in my youth but I lost my taste for fantasy and never saw myself playing it again. Fast forward to today when this 40-something gamer is talked into D&D by co-workers.It seems like most of the complaints about the new system are that it "dumbs it down" and that it simplifies the level of complexity. I say, "Great!" I no longer have the patience to sit and study rules books for ridiculous detail and arcane material. I want to hack and slash and do a little bit of the RPG thing and that's what the new system provides. Brilliant!As for the book itself, the layout and order leaves much to be desired. I suppose they did the best they could but many terms are used before they are properly defined which leads to a good amount of confusion. I still don't have a good grasp of skills and abilities. Maybe if they had put in a page explaining the broad overview of what skills, abilities, and powers do and how they are different and when each applies it would have helped. To the authors' credit they do attempt a top-down explanation but it fails because in this case you need some of the bottom level details to really understand the top level.Why is combat the absolute last thing covered in the book?! The reference stuff should be last and the how-to stuff should be up front.The explanation of character creation leaves many questions.So to the naysayers, complain all you want, I welcome the simplified system. I just wish the material was presented in a more coherent manner. |
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