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APG Paper Figures: Military Orders ($1.00)
by Glenn W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 05/19/2004 00:00:00

The idea of using professionally painted metal miniatures as a basis for paper counterparts is interesting (and honestly a good ad for their metal line), but the execution is a little off. Some figures are printed with a full brick wall behind them, as an example. If you like to trim your figures, it gives the appearance of a gold brick halo.

However, for the price, these are some of the better figures.



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A Question of Loyalty: A Guidebook to Military Orders
by Thomas V. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/29/2004 00:00:00

Great reference book for those not initiated into the world of the Crusader era. I found a wealth of information here that would have taken me some time to compile on my own. The section on feats and skills is well thought out and easily adapted to just about any home-brewed campaign.

Great job.



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A Question of Loyalty: A Guidebook to Military Orders
by Angus M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/10/2004 00:00:00

A lot of useful information on military orders, religious, historical, fantasy, and otherwise. I could quibble with many minor historical points, but overall it works well for both giving extra background to a character and widening the PrC options available.

Good, solid work.



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APG Knight Guidebook Package
by Peter P. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/09/2004 00:00:00

A very nice product with a well thought out layout. A good addition for tose gamers looking for a way to spice up their knightly characters (Paladins take note!!!).



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A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to Knights
by Dominique C. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/28/2004 00:00:00

Well, I am sorry to to declare that I find this product mediocre.

On the good side are new rules for combat (with new skills and feats) if you want to have more complex combats (with parrying options, etc.). However, as this adds some complexity, I think it will be mostly kept for important encounters (such as a joust or duel between two knights).

On the mediocre side, the prestige classes seem to have been done in a hurry, without much thinking. For one thing, background-introductory descriptions are really short. This is a bad point, since for me a prestige class is meant to emphasize a role, before giving an array of powers to a PC. Then, I don't see what's so knightly about most of the class presented in this supplement.

On the overall I found this book deceiving.



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Creator Reply:
First of all, thank you Mr. Crouzet for your opinion. Your feedback will allow us to make a better product in the future, a product, hopefully to your liking. We are also glad to hear you enjoy our optional combat rules, since they, like most of the element in this book draws from historical realities of knighthood rather than the "movie" ideals of knighthood and knightly combat. I, as one of the writers, game designers, and nearly completing the requirements for a History degree, agree with your comment in so far that the prestige class descriptions are rather short in comparison to other products. However, I must say, that I tend to disagree with your comment that most of the classes presented in a Guidebook to Knights are not knightly. Most of which (Knight Hospitaller, Knight Templar, Knight-Errant, Squire, Teutonic Knight, and Troubadour), and their abilities (as suited for the d20 system), are directly drawn from their historical (not movie) counterpart. While others (Black Knight, Fallen Knight, and Knight Champion) are directly drawn from romantic literature (Ivanhoe and other Sir Walter Scott novels). One of the aims of the book was to dispel the myths and fallacies surrounding the knight and bring an accurate portrayal (as accurate as a fantasy d20 element would permit without sullying the historical counterpart) to the gaming table. Also, since it was our first product, we were very careful in planning, playtesting, and creating the prestige classes presented in the book so they were balanced rather than game breaking like many 3rd party products we have seen. However, we do hope that you enjoy the other features such as the 20+ pre-made knight followers for those with the Leadership feat, the high quality of our maps, the fifty new feats, the other new rules (Awakened Items, Drag Combat Action, Delay Time, Prestige Skills, Historical Variants, and Rarity Value), and the rest of the new features as well as the overall quality and presentation of the book. Once again, we thank you for you comment (for all comments are taken seriously) and for the chance to reply.
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A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to Knights
by Angus M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/26/2004 00:00:00

Very nice guidebook on chivalry, knighthood, and all manner of matters connected thereto for a D20 campaign. Useful background material for almost any campaign if you do not have access to a book on chivalry and feudalism.



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Studio Companion: Dixon and Rhead
by Matt D. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 11/16/2003 00:00:00

This thing is chock full of really incredible art. It's all public domain, and any fan of Arthurian fiction and art is going to spot it right away, but the beauty is, you can do anything you want with it. Change it enough and you can even copyright it. The art is fantastic, but focused - if you're looking for Tolkien D&D, keep looking. However, the wide range of material means that if you have even a passing interest, there will be something here for you.



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Studio Companion: Dixon and Rhead
by Nathan I. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 10/20/2003 00:00:00

This is a good collection of public domain artwork from artists Arthur A. Dixon and George Wooliscroft and Louis Rhead. The revision includes all image files as individual tif or jpg files, and a brief explanation of what you can do with the images (anything you want). I think this is an excellent product.



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A Question of Honor: A Guidebook to Knights
by Dan E. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 09/29/2003 00:00:00

This product far exceeded my expectations. It details some great additions to the d20 system that fit perfectly on top of the standard 3.5 SRD. The additions represent combat options. It feels like details for melee that match the details in spellcasting and magic that already exist in d20. New feats and skills like "Swordcraft" that works kind of like Spellcraft. Also, the area detailed in the document fits into my d20 campaign (fairly standard, ok... really standard) perfectly. The history is vague enough to insert your own events/deities into what they have written (I use Word and search-and-replace). I spend way too much money at RPGnow and this is one of the few things I actually printed out, copied and pasted and incorporated into my own campaign I run.



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Studio Companion: Dixon and Rhead
by Dan E. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 09/29/2003 00:00:00

Really bad, low-res clipart. Terrible waste of money. The other product from them, Question of Honor, is fantastic.



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Creator Reply:
With Dan Evelands initial response, we immediately asked other consumers of the product if they felt it was a waste of thier money. Though none of them said it was a waste, they did indeed point out some problems with the product. We in turn took those comments, and those left by Dan, and revised the product available for download now. As with all of our customers, we wish to put out a quality product and we understand that the needs of our customer has to be met in order for us to grow thus becoming a part of your gaming tables. Though we also understand that we cannot please everyone, comments, such as Dan's, will inspire us to a) address and alter the problems and b) revise our product should the need of the customers arise. We thank you Dan for your comments and we hope that you enjoy the revised Studio Companion Vol. I, like those who purchased the revised edition, and the other products you have purchased from us. Thank you, Alea Publishing Group
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