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Title: Planes of Chaos (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition) by Wolfgang Baur, L. W. Smith ISBN: 1-56076-874-6 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A typical release from the planescape team
Comment: The Planes of Chaos set seems to suffer from the same qualities & drawbacks as most of the planescape serie. What you get for your monney in the box is four booklet, the first one for the DM, the second one for the players,a very short monster supplement (probably the most interesting part of this set)and the last book is an adventure book filled with different scenarios for your players. This book,like so many dungeons & dragons book since the 2nd edition came out, follow the principle why make a book short and concise when you can make it longer and sell it for a higher price.To be more precise most of the information you will find in this book were already written in Jeff Grubb's excellent manual of the plane, and the remainder could have easily been condensed in a single 60 page book. However there are sufficient interesting elements to justify this purchase for the gamers who have a specific interest in the planes chaos and who aren't on a budget. Some of these features are : an excellent altough short monster supplement with great color illustrations by DiTerlizzi (introducing two new Tanari!), Some great maps, and interesting new descriptions of abyssal planes and the Pandemonium. Overall this is an okay book, but one I would only recommand it to fans of the topic and experienced players who will be able to use it to it's full extent.
Rating: 3
Summary: good - but not great
Comment: The Planescape team isn't perfect. Not everything that they have done is brilliant. But even their relative failures are better than most of the stuff out on the market today.
'Planes of Chaos' isn't the best boxed set that the folks at TSR have ever done for Planescape. For that, you need to look at 'Hellbound: The Bloodwar', which is so good that it could stand alone as a campaign.
But 'Planes of Chaos' isn't terrible, either. Some of the sections on the nature of Limbo and the politics of the Tannar'ri are really, really good. Experienced planeswalkers will be looking for more, most likely, but as an expansion to a game like Planescape, where it's all in the mind's eye anyway, this box is good enough for jazz.
If you're dying to know a little bit more about travel conditions on Pandemonium, looking for a few new beasties to spring on berks who wander through the Chaos planes unprotected, or just want to get a bit more info on how the Githzerai and Sladdi really interact, buy this box. If not, save your money - and DON'T buy it for the art.
If you're really looking for a good investment, purchase the Planewalker's Handbook. No matter what you want to add to your game, it's got it. If you already own one, buy one for a friend. It'll make their day
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Title: Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition) by Allen Varney, Jeff Easley ISBN: 1560768622 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures (Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures) by Not Applicable (Na ) ISBN: 0786933151 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Expanded Psionics Handbook (Dungeons & Dragons Supplement) by Bruce R. Cordell ISBN: 0786933011 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 09 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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