![]() Stephens John Snead C R E D I T S DESIGNERS S E N I O R ART D I R E C T O R D&D ANDY COLLINS (LEAD), EYTAN BERNSTEIN, FRANK BRUNNER, OWEN K.C. Keep it up, Wizards.Andy Collins Eytan Bernstein Frank Brunner Owen K.C. If you want a nice, clean collection of magic items, I don't see how it could be much better than this. I ask you! Will it be useful? Yes, but it's terribly cynical. I'm sure I'll be referring to this book very, very often in future, although that does underline the niggling feeling that WotC supplements could be organised more uniformly overall, rather than taking every aspect of the D&D game and splitting into 50 different sourcebooks, only to then be gathered back into a compendium like this! Believe it or not, there is even a RULES Compendium slated for release in late 2007. ![]() Most of the items listed are fairly simple, with very clear information on each one:īody Slot (where it is held or worn on the body)Īura (the item's aura strength when subject to a detect magic spell)Īctivation (the type of action required, if any, to use the item) The appendices are nice and thorough, and the whole book has a feeling of fluidity, the writing has a uniformity that surpasses most collaborative efforts. The chapter and appendices for your perusal:Īppendix 1: Magic Items by Price (p235-265) ![]() Could it be that someone at Wizards is paying attention to the feedback they get? And, what's more, we have appendices for the items, too. Someone with some smarts decided to break down the magical items into four very simple sections, which I applaud, meaning that you should be able to locate what you want pretty quickly - this is, of course, why we need indexes! Item page numbers are listed in the appendices, with the sourcebook code before the number, but you still have to know where to find the item in the relevant appendix! Indices, people, indices!īut that point aside, the editing really is top notch by recent standards (you'll see from my other reviews that I'm not one to mince my words about bad editing!). This book is one of the most well organised I have seen from Wizards in a hell of a long time (Spell Compendium excepted). a gathering of many sources into one clean supplement covering one of the fundamental aspects of Dungeons & Dragons. Others I would put in there would be the Spell Compendium, Epic Level Handbook, the Draconomicon and even the Tome of Magic. It's not that this isn't necessary, but it feels like this sourcebook was put off in order to allow others to be released first (Weapons of Legacy springs to mind, for one).ĭon't get me wrong, it's a great book, and has the feeling of a "pure" sourcebook, the sort that would be considered a Core Book if they expanded that range beyond the original three. Another thing is that the Magic Item Compendium is about three years overdue and, though obvious by its name, is not much more than a compilation of previous items from many other source books. Why is this? I have absolutely no idea, other than they are in such a rush to put out product that they don't allow enough time for the compiling of indexes. Wizards of the Coast seem reticent to provide indexes in their D&D supplements. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. ![]() Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice.
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