This is a very fine and comprehensive treatment of a basic type of trap, both providing a complete listing for simple pits and presenting many well-thought-out variants. The costing system derives from a rational system for the actual work involved in digging a hole, which is a refreshing correction to the 3e DMG's arbitrary level-appropriate numbers for traps. The game stats have a solid and reliable feel to them.

As for the cover, well .. nice Mandelbrot set, but it doesn't have much to do with the contents, except possibly some of the magical variants. This bit of art doesn't do justice to the production quality of the interior which is well laid out, carefully edited and has, get this, coloured bookmarks.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

With a little more depth, this book would have started to remind me of the old Grimtooth's trap series. As it is, though there are few ridiculously original ideas here, it should get your evil DM's wheels turning.