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Unearthed Arcana (1e)
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
by Michael F. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/19/2020 14:11:04

I bought the hard copy + pdf package of this book, and am asking myself now, why did i wait so long!? Well, ok, i know why i waited so long, it was because books are expensive -not a deal breaker in itself -but combined with my skepticism of product quality, it kept me out of the market for a good number of years. But this volume, it appears to be of excellent quality, and right there in the lower half of page two are those glorious words: PRINTED IN THE USA. So, yes, i am very happy with my purchase of this book, as 1E is still my favorite version of the D&D game, even if it is harder to find players for it in the current age of 5E. Also, taking advantage of the PDF included, i acquired a 1.5" 3 ring binder and a few score plastic sheet protectors and printed up a copy of the book for my game table -because i ain't gonna let no filthy fingered players deface my beautiful hard bound copy of the original Unearthed Arcana, for the AD&D game! :)



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OSRIC Unearthed
Publisher: Vigilance Press
by Michael F. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 02/13/2016 15:39:40

I believe this product should be pulled from publication! Because it is terrible? No! But because it is incomplete! It was never finished! Nor was it ever edited! Any one who tells you it was is a liar! Just one of inumerable examples: pg 33, under Two Handed Swords. A generally confusing description of special bonuses becomes altogether incomprehensible when it devolves into "The only difference is that bonuses of a magical two-handed sword to do improve its armor class as they do with a shield."

True, the artwork is less than flattering, but that is forgivable.

Much of the material is useful, but it is incomplete. The sandwiching of the old UA & OA & a tease of Arthurian mythos into one abbreviated volume does this work no favors. It just creates an incoherent mess.

Expand the UA section with spell lists & descriptions, magic items, & other equipment. Optional Player Character racial templates are always a nice plus as well.

Seperate the OA based material from this, & continue streamlining it, developing it, & developing it &... developing it. The two works deserve to be their own individual supplements! Period!

The same holds true for the idea sketch for the Arthurian style campaign. It is a good direction, but the reader is completely slighted by the brevity of it's treatment. This deserves a supplement all it's own. Period!

All in all, there is good stuff here, & good beginnings of great things, but please send this back to the author, demand that it be edited properly, & most of all, demand that it be finished!

Until it is finished i would not recommend this supplement to any one! Period!



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