It gets two stars (up from one) for being a free product. Otherwise, I don't see a point. I mean, the list itself is useful, but half of the rest of the text is in this scripty font that you have to dissect to read. Waste of time.

The Good Steam & Steel carries with it an implied setting that is experiencing an industrial revolution. If you're looking for some additional advanced firearm options, you'll get a handful here, along with some equipment and vehicles appropriate to the implied setting (some of which are also appropriate for a wider variety of settings).

The Bad The first chapter (and any other references to the implied setting) won't do you any good if your setting has an established scientific history. The implied setting is, at best, muddled in its intent. I think the intent was to portray science as the common man's magic. Plenty of attention is given to how science changed Earth's socities, but zero words are spent on how science interacts with a magical society.

The skills: Craft (artillery, mechanics, clockwork, gun smithing) some may find useful, but they're little more than filler, providing only DCs and costs without providing any real mechanics uses. Demolitions (an entirely new skill) is of too-limited use. (However, a new skill encompassing Demolitions as presented and Disable Device would be great.)

Far too many grammatical errors. Enough to be distracting, annoying, etc. After finding a dozen or so in the first thousand words, I stopped counting.

The Ugly Steam & Steel is irreverent of copyrights and trademarks. The book also ignores requirements of the OGL and Compatability License.

This product might not be Pathfinder™ Pretty, but it’s well-presented and easy to print. But how it looks isn’t the point. Content is King in this age of instant publishing, and Purple Duck Games doesn’t disappoint.

Monstrous Races is a race supplement to Paizo’s Advanced Player’s Guide. “Monstrous” is misleading, since the races covered are staple fantasy races in the post-3rd edition world. The descriptions and options presented expand each race in the same way the core races were expanded by the APG, and admirably so considering the brevity of information given for these races in the Bestiary. The write-ups are kept strictly setting non-specific without contradicting Golarion’s canon. There's even a bonus section with two new race-inspired spells.

Usability: 5 stars - plug & play, it doesn't get any easier Mechanics: 5 stars - directly in line with the options presented in the APG Presentation: 4 stars - easy to read & print; a smattering of distracting grammatical errors.