On Hallowed Ground (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Planescape, Deluxe Campaign Accessory/2623) [Paperback]

Colin McComb (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786904305
• ISBN-13: 978-0786904303
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,836 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

If you look at my bibliography, it's mostly game materials there. That's because I'm a big geek. I'm proud of that. I've wanted to write fantasy (both fiction and games) since I was ten years old, and now I've done both professionally.

I've written some things that have done pretty well: I was a designer on the CRPG "Planescape: Torment", which position I got because of my work on the actual tabletop "Planescape" campaign setting. I was also a co-creator of the "Birthright" campaign setting, and won an award for the mega-adventure "Dragon Mountain."

It turns out that I've moved around a lot: from Illinois to Utah to Illinois again to Wisconsin to California to Michigan, with a smattering of international travel in between: France, Spain, Corsica, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and the real exotics - Canada and Mexico. What unites everyone - EVERYONE - is the desire for a good story. I hope to tell you one.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best 2e product for a 3.5 world, November 30, 2004

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C. Bedford Crenshaw "the Rebel Rockhopper" (Indiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Hallowed Ground (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Planescape, Deluxe Campaign Accessory/2623) (Paperback)

Most D&D books that are not sprinkled with "crunchy bits" like new spells, kits, equipment, c;asses, etc. tend towards the dull side. Or, if they are in 1st and 2nd Edition, they are frustrating to use. Not this book. It explains with all the detail that is reasonable to have without overwhelming the reader about "powers" (gods), proxies, priests, planars, and petitioners. It further goes into describing what are the perfect gods for various adventurers. It then goes into a brisk review of many pantheons, from real world ones of Greek, Celtic, and Asian origin, to the pnatheons created exclusively for D&D, describing the home of each god featured in adequent detail. It is a perfect blen; enough to get the flavor of the god but without going thru each one in an overly detailed and boring way.

5 stars.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on Gods Printed in 2ed D&D, October 5, 2007

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Jared W. Brown - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Hallowed Ground (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Planescape, Deluxe Campaign Accessory/2623) (Paperback)

Forget every God book made by D&D 2nd ed. This is the one you should buy and own. Colin McComb does a really good job covering every D&D God or Goddes you can think of. What is truely amzaing is how much is covered in so little pages. When I work on Cleric NPCs for my game I refer to this book like it was the Bible for the cleric class.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating, February 26, 2007

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J. Messinger "camelotcrusade" (Wilder, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Hallowed Ground (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Planescape, Deluxe Campaign Accessory/2623) (Paperback)

If you're a diehard fan of the Faiths & Avatars series from 2nd Edition, this book is for you. While it doesn't go into nearly as much detail as that book, it has about as much detail as the 3.5 version of the same but covers a significantly larger amount of deities. If you're looking for examlpes of how the old guard at TSR would incorporate traditional deities into D&D, look no further. This will reveal their ideas on how to add the Norse, Chinese, Greek, and other pantheons into your worlds while giving you plenty of breathing room. Also covers some of the D&D worlds too, interwoven seemlessly into the work.