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Ravenloft: Champions of Darkness (d20 3.0 Roleplaying)

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Yeah, so this is kind of the red-headed stepchild of Ravnloft 3rd Edition. It has some pretty nice tidbits in it: I liked a few of the prestige classes and most of the feats. However a lot of what is presented here comes off hammy and two-fisted, and there are some widgets in here guaranteed to unballance your game. There's a smattering of good stuff here on secret societies and what not, but with the exception of the Fraternity of Shadows (which I think was covered already in Van Richten's Arsenal, Vol 1.) it's all retreds of 2nd Edition stuff. Fanboys, if you wand good 2nd Edition material, go on eBay and spend the scheckles to buy the source material. Why settle for two pages of Carnival when you could own the whole thing (and a much better supplement THAT is).

Okay, this one read like a playground seesaw. Sometimes it was really good. The new feats and prestige classes were amazing. But sometimes it was just plain bad. Jander Sunstar is listed as Chaotic Evil, though his description in his novel and short stories, as well as the description in this book, show him as noble and self-sacrificing. He's also missing MANY feats. To top this off, the adventure ideas in the book aren't really very imaginative. Overall, the book is worth the money for the feats and prestige classes, alone. Just don't expect much more.