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Quality


Helping newbies with the basics as well


Now and i am satisfied with 4e


Im really not in a position to compare this edition with the previous one


I am judging this product on what it did for me

Price


Finding this set of the three essentials for such a low price was perfect for me as im in college and wanting to teach the game...  Read More


The books are beautiful and the price was a fraction that could be found on store shelves

Shipping


Got this set for 50 plus shipping


I ordered this with standard shipping and it took longer than i wanted to roughly a week or 2 after what the latest arrival tim...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


I really liked the info on the history of dnd in the first section of the phb


Things like altering monsters to give them different abilities or make them stronger design traps social encounters even simple...  Read More


One of my players put it best everyone in the books looks like they just crawled out of the bath

Competitiveness


Given several months of playtesting my thoughts about the pros and cons of 4th edition relative to 3rd edition its predecessor ...  Read More


Compared to other prices ive seen its essentially buying two of the books and getting the third for free

Overview

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    new, set, played, good and great.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 414 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 23 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Got dragononmicon instead of mm


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But dont let your nature blind you into discarding a very good game systemfirst of the books as physical books are as with every dnd product soothing to the eye


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Apart from that there isnt much change to the basic style of being a dm


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Here i would like to address the burning points of debate


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Main reason for this is that it feels like theres no diversity in classes anymore and i can see why


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The main problem tho is that people forget what actually made their character unique


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Its not that if your playing a mage that you have a spellbook and if your playing a fighter that you have 4 basic attacks with your weapon using 3

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