Clothing is a pretty basic need that gets almost no attention. Who cares what the characters are wearing besides their shiny metal armor and those magical boots? Okay, the Bard does. But for the most part its just is not an area that many people place a lot of thought into. Well, hopefully they will once they see something like this.

Dozen Unusual Article of Clothing is a long name for a short book. It is from Ronin Arts who have really established themselves a one of the better PDF publishers. This book might only be five pages but it has some good content in it. It is extremely small zip file of less then fifty kilobytes. It is also book marked and that pleases me.

One good little detail that is in this is color of clothes and what that usually indicates in a middle ages time. It?s a just a small box that talks about who wears what colors but it is a great detail that most people really do not seem to use. The clothing presented here first gives a good description but no pictures. It lists the appraise DC as well as the value. Different pieces of the clothing are also listed individually as what value they have. And lastly are special rules like bonuses to skills that the particular piece of garment grants.

The clothing is given a nice description making them easy to imagine. The abilities granted are not that powerful, but are better suited for a low magic game then a high magic game. My favorite item is the Noble?s Super Tunic. It?s large and very popular among nobles and thieves. Nobles because it is stylish and fashionable, thieves because it is long and flowing so it makes picking pockets easier.

Twelve nice pieces of clothing is what is to be found here. It is pretty basic but good. I like the idea and while alone it doe not add a lot because it is only twelve pieces, when combines with like 101 mundane items and other PDFs of objects it really starts to create a nice inventory of highly detailed and useful items. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

I liked this less well than A Dozen Documents and Papers, but someone with greater dedication to clothing might well disagree. It is, if nothing else, a brilliant way to put 800 gp of treasure on a wandering baron without having the poor bastard lug 16 lbs. of gold coins on his belt.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

A great gaming aid for times when the mind is not as imaginative as you'd like it to be.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

As is always the case in this series, the presentation is sharp and clean, the editing is well-done, and the content contains good depth and quality. Each item has substantial background material, and will do well to spice up a generic treasure stash under the right circumstances.

This particular edition of the "A Dozen" series was not my favorite... the items didn't grab me quite as well, or get my creativity going in terms of my own creations much. But that may have more to do with my lack of attachment to the subject of fashion than the actual content.

Whatever the case, it's a quality product. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: This whole series just comes accross as very professional. There is a lot of substance and quality in a concise space. There is no sub-par things thrown in to these supplements just to fill out the numbers... you usually get the feeling that they probably had more than 12 good ideas, and just narrowed it down. I for one find that far preferable to supplements that put in junk filler just to reach some large promised number.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: I wasn't as grabbed by the items in this one. They were, in some cases, just a bit too subtle for me. But even if you buy this as your first 'A Dozen' title, and feel the same way, don't let it dissuade you from trying another one. This is the only entry from the series that I've tried so far that didn't enthrall me.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

This is one of a number of short, clever, and useful projects presented by Philip Reed. Several of the items mentioned in it are going to be incorporated in the game, and it has also inspired me to come up with some of my own. Well worth the purchase!

Exactly what is needed to add just that small touch of flavor that makes a game world believable. Good job!

Again, something cool to hand out to players who insist on shouting "but how much is it worth" when you give them art objects as part of a treasure list.

Curse their greedy little hearts.

Nice to see the rules of who can wear what colour of clthing neatly provided as a sidebar too. Something like that adds a lot of social colour to a campaign.

/Phil