I absolutly enjoyed this product. The level of depth it helps to add to characters is amazing. Now instead of just saying that your character is a prince(ss) in exile, you can purchese the title, the right to the land, and even extra gold. Naturally, in return for these benefits the character will have some difficulties, but that just makes the game more fun.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: The absolute variety of options. While this product does tend towards making very strong characters, as long as the GM sets guidelines there should be no complications.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The only real downside is the increased time it will now take to make a character. There are so many options that it is hard to choose just the right ones.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

This product adds a whole new level of flexiblity to d20 Modern. I really enjoy talent trees and always looking for new ones to add to my game.
Some of the talent trees I thought to be espically useful are: Strong Heroes - Like a Rock (adds a natural armour bonus). Fast Heroes - Elusive (adds a dodge bonus and makes it harder to hold the character down) & Need for Speed (special tricks to make your character an amazing driver) Smart - Fast Learner (additional skill points, higher max skill ratings) Dedicated - Animal Friendship (bonuses to interact with animals and at higher levels the ability to summon animals) Charismatic - Facetious (Talents that make the character espically good at humour)

Unfortunately the Tough Hero only has 2 talent trees, FX Resistance and Poison Resistance. Although the Like a Rock talent may be a good choice to add to the Tough's talent list.

This product is packed with so many good ideals that I do not know how Scott Lynch does it. There are 200 (100 rings and 100 wonderous items) cross indexed goodies awaiting entry into a game and all of them are specifically crafted for a modern setting. None of that same stat box, different name going on here. There's Oppenheimer's Ring (+10 vs radiation), the ring of sacrifical Striking (+1 to hit and damage, but 1 point of damage with each successful hit), the Bottomless Gas Can, and the Coat of Many Gang Colours. These are just the tip of the iceburg. Just about every item included is cleverly crafted and something that could slip virtually unnoticed into a modern game. The best part is the many lists included. The book lists these toys in 5 different ways - rings alphabetically, wonderous items alphbetically, rings by purchase DC, wonderous items by the same, and finally a grand list which has everything on it listed by purchase DC.