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Title: Defenders of the Faith: A Guidebook to Clerics and Paladins (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) by James Wyatt, Rich Redman ISBN: 0-7869-1840-3 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.52 (27 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: So... what's a Paladin again?
Comment: The Players Handbook for Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition gives some excellent information on what a Paladin is and what he stands for. It even lists the Paladin's Creed. It inspired a concept of a Paladin as a great defender of justice, but also a thinker.
The Player's Handbook for the new 3rd Edition did not have such useful information, but I figured the new supplement, "Defenders of the Faith" must. After all, half the book is about Paladins.
Sorry, not much about that here.
Granted, there's other good stuff. The book is loaded with Prestige Classes and some useful information on church structure and ritual. But all we know about Paladins from this book is that they shouldn't lie, cheat, or poison. Well, no duh, Sherlock. We already knew that.
I'm also disappointed in the number of feats, especially since "Sword and Fist" had so many great ones. The feats are mostly spell enhancing, and lack fun show-offy kind of feats we all love.
While "Defenders of the Faith" is a useful tool, especially for clerics, it's uninspiring. If you want to know what a Paladin is really about, get some older material on the subject.
Rating: 3
Summary: The older book was better
Comment: I am referring to the Complete Guide to Paladins for 2nd edtion. That book had far more material in greater depth than Defenders does. Again, this book also seems underdone, like so many 3rd edition books. The most useful material was the section describing how the faiths of specific alignments, and deities, work. As for the rest, it is "overbalanced". Most of the feats are so "balanced" as to be worthless, as are the prestige classes. The kits found in the Complete Guide are better, I think, with real balance, not +'s and -'s canceling each other out. The organizations listed were a little better, but again, the Guide had more interesting ones. Although I have focussed on Paladins, the same holds for priests. The Complete Guide to Priests wasn't that good, so I can't recommend looking for it. Overall, I wouldn't bother buying this again just four about 10 pages of useful material.
Rating: 3
Summary: worst so far... BUT...
Comment: i got this book for a paladin so i was really disappointed. the only good parts was the section on dragon mounts. but this book has great stuff on clerics, i look at them in a whole new light now. but if you want paladins, back order Dragon #199
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Title: Masters of the Wild: A Guidebook to Barbarians, Druids, and Rangers (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) by Mike Selinker, David Eckelberry ISBN: 0786926538 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Sword and Fist: A Guidebook to Fighters and Monks (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) by Jason Carl ISBN: 0786918292 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 13 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) by Bruce R. Cordell, Skip Williams ISBN: 0786918454 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: July, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Song and Silence: A Guidebook to Bards and Rogues (Dungeons & Dragons Accessory) by John Rateliff, David Noonan ISBN: 0786918578 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I (Dungeons & Dragons, Edition 3.5) ISBN: 0786928867 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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