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Book of Vile Darkness (Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition Accessory) (Hardcover)

by Monte Cook (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Wizards of the Coast; 3rd Revised edition edition (11 Jan 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0786926503
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786926503
  • Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.6 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 120,820 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A useful guide to evil in a D&D campaign, 28 Nov 2007
By John Nunn (Coventry, U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This is a source book that elicits a great deal of thought as to how good and evil are portrayed within a campaign. It should not be treated like the majority of supplements available but should be used as a guide to building characters that are true paragon of evil, those that go beyond the normal state of evil and vileness. Some of the material presented also relies on a balancing force in the form of ultimate good, this is covered in the book `The book of Exalted Deeds'.
In all this is a good book providing a rich set of rules to manage a unique type of character, but if you are after more than a 'starter for ten' then this book does not deliver.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Mature content my eye, 22 April 2005
By gary jennings (nuneaton, warwickshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This book is very useful as it has loadsa stuff about things like rituals, spells and sacrifices for any DM but the only "MATURE MATERIAL" was a few pictures of decapitations or gory events (ripping out intestines with a horse being one) but useful information on evil characters, torturing, excecution and sacrifice and a few good prestige classes.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable and interesting read but lacking..., 16 Dec 2005
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I found the book to be a good read and full of interesting bits for these gamers with a love of the fiends of the D&D world, giving rules for using all the current Archfiends of the Nine Hells, and several of the Abyss. It also contain information on a new set of evil spells including an entirely new form of component: corruption spells, where the caster suffers ability damage for casting the spell, but the spell is far more powerful than normal, including the spell 'Apocalypse from the sky', a spell than rains death in a radius of miles.
The book also gives mnay new prestige classes devoted to the archfiends, fiend summoning, and general darkness, but no new base classes. It does however give rules on possession, sacrifices, new poisons and diseases and a variation on diseases: drug addiction.

However as stated before there are no new classes, the new fiends in the monster section feel lacking with the exception of the Bar-lgura, many of the new artifacts feel tacked on as copies of old ones given evil flavour, several of the new magic weapons properties are not impressive and some of the arch fiend stats do not seem impressive at all.

As to the mature rating, other than the stuff other people have said in reviews, it is given because the law in America means Wizards of the Coast cannot depict stuff like half-naked humanoids(as in bottom half clothed and the other not) without giving it a mature rating, and this sort of illustration appears in the book.

Overall a good read with lots of information on evil in gD&D games, but seems to be lacking real depth.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but is 3.0 not 3.5
Despite the negative press, this book is useful for creating interesting villians and the prestige classes are quite interesting for adding something different and darker to your... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Joseph Rogers

4.0 out of 5 stars What Mature Content ?
A nice source of inspiration for Evil Characters and NPC's alike, but Iwas rather disappointed to find that the so called Mature Content wasnothing more than a discription of... Read more
Published on 23 April 2004 by Flemming Ullits Rostock

4.0 out of 5 stars "Warning! Content is intended for mature audiences only" lol
I myself am a huge fan of the demon princes, a true die-hard worshiper of Demogorgon. This book promised all the demon princes and devil lords, and to be honest that would have... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2003 by Mr. RB FORTUNE-WOOD

5.0 out of 5 stars The Darkness starts here
If you want a dark campaing and very subtle evil to overcome the lands your players search, and the quest to be rotten but funny and worthy, buy this book, follow the rules there... Read more
Published on 21 May 2003 by death_moon_elf

5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Guys Have All The Fun...but only if your an adult!
Okay, on one hand it could be seen as a book that glorifies evil and is very cheesy and a little over the top. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2003 by Mr. S. W. Redshaw

1.0 out of 5 stars Very little content
In wide spaced large type the Book of Vile Darkness is the first of the D20 hardbacks to really feel cheap. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 2002 by John R. Wade

4.0 out of 5 stars A GM's Must-have!
I recently managed to get my hands on that book, and I must say that it is awesome! Though, is it is stated clearly on the front page, book is "For mature audience", it does not... Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2002

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