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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (15 Dec 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0786936533
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786936533
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 349,462 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Destiny calls, 11 Mar 2005
By Alex Fell (Rugby, Warwickshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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For anyone who knows about the other books in this series (Races of Stone and Races of the Wild) then you know what is in store with this book (see reviews of the other books if you don't). This book follows the same format, with the same sections (race descriptions, prestige classes, character options and so on) for the races of humans, half-orcs and half-elves, with the new race of the illumians set out in detail and a few other races (the planetouched, doppelgangers, half-ogres, mongrelfolk and whatnot) done at a high level.

On the plus side, the illumians are done really well, probably the best of the new races set out in these books. They are a race linked to the "universal language" of the cosmos, which gives them various customisable powers, and who live in monastic communities dedicated to various purposes (from research facilities to glorified spy-rings to personality cults to martial organisations - all brimming with adventure ideas). The origins of the race, their gods and goals are all interesting and with lots of potential.

Unfortunately, the rest of the book is not so good, although it is OK. The sections on the "main" races are a bit weak. Do we really need a twenty-page chapter on humans, for example? I am one, and I guess you are too. And the half-elves and half-orcs are dealt with fairly rapidly, and not with great depth or insight. The prestige classes are OK but didn't really grab me, and seemed to be less contextualised than in the other books. The character options section is OK, if not remarkable, as are the other sections like magic and campaigns. None of it is useless, but I suspect I won't be referring to it much.

This is a sincere book, not an attempted rip-off, and the illumians are good. It gets three stars, but can't really stagger over the four-star barrier.

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