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32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Smash, Bash and Tumble...., 6 Jan 2004
It's another good one from Wizards', vertiably bulging with goodies for any campaign.
Focusing on the martial character classes in D&D 3.5 (though it could easily be used with 3.0), this book features plenty of brand new material, as well as a goodly lump of updated stuff gleaned from the likes of Dragon magazine and earlier books (like "Sword and the Fist").
There are entire new character classes, such as the Hexblade (nasty fighter type who wields weapons and magical curses with equal ease) and the Swashbuckler (leaping, smart-talking silky trouser wearer with some great moves), as well as a huge assortment of prestige classes, new rules (non spell-casting variant paladins and rangers for example) and (of course) a gigantic pile of feats.
It's well arranged, well written and some of the art is staggering (just check out the dude on the front cover in his heavy plate armour.....sooooo goooood).
I loved it (the four stars rating is because of the huge amount of recycled older material in it - even if it has been updated to the newer rules), and before my last game, my players were thumbing through it, giggling and making unpleasant "Ooooooh" noises (I assume this means they share my appreciation).
Not essential, but certainly of great use to DM's and to players alike.
Buy it, read it, and unleash steely hell in your campaigns....
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book, just not enough pages, 7 Feb 2004
By A Customer
Don't be fooled by the title - this is not just a book for fighters. It is a book for characters who get involved in combat (and in D&D that is basically everybody).Most of the book is taken up with prestige classes. They have a martial flavour - the vast majority of them get +1 base attack per level. The prestige classes are well thought out and interesting, and I can't wait to offer them to my players (and my NPCs!) There are plenty of prestige classes to interest wizards, clerics and rogues. There are also 3 "new" character classes - hexblade, samurai and swashbuckler (the samurai already appearing in Oriental Adventures) and numerous new feats. There are feats enabling you to convert a use of turn undead into something else (for instance temporary hit points) and even a feat allowing you to sacrifice arcane spell slots for a bonus to melee hit and damage. There are also feats allowing variations on a monk's stunning attack or a rogue's sneak attack. As somthing of an afterthought, there are some new exotic weapons. My only gripe is that the book is quite expensive per page when compared to, say, the players' handbook.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blood for the Blood god....., 6 Feb 2005
This book contains new classes(3), prestige classes(36), new variant rules as well as new weapons, equipment, feats (Weapon,Tactical,General and Divine), and even a few spells. An invaluable aid to all DM's and players of D&D 3.5. To top it all of there is even a small section to aid a DM in designing or shaping a Martial D&D world. The main bulk of this book is the Prestige classes which all have an example character and some very special, special abilitys. Some of this work has been printed elsewhere before, but it is now 3.5 tweaked and should be a boon to any campaign.
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