The Alchemical content content was good. The meta-alchemical feats were a progression of the standard meta-magic feats over to alchemy, which is solid and playable. I was overall quite happy with the game content.

The layout and appearance of the book were distracting. They layout and fonts were better suited for a modern era gaming document, while reading the content it's clear that it's supposed to be a period era document. There is a very modern order form in the front of the document that is supposed to be in character, but doesn't fit with the layout. When items are boxed in the box is too close to the text. The font choices are poorly mismatched. The numbers at the bottom of the page are garish and hard to read, contrasting harshly with the mundane fonts used for everything else. It's an unprofessional looking layout that actually made the book harder to read.

The entire book is not ink saving friendly. Color is used excessively and for no reason. There is blue/green covering 80% of each page, blood red boxes, that are too close to the text, contrast jarringly with the blue. The last two pages of the Legalise and OGL are full color as well. 19 Pages of full color with no original art, and no real purpose to the color. A black and white copy would not only have been easier on the eyes to read, but much more economical.

I would have been happy to discreetly bring up these production issues with the author, outside of this review, but I could find no way to do so. No publishers website is listed. No author or Publisher contact information is included on the document.

CONTENT 4 out of 5 APPEARANCE 2 out of 5

I would sincerely suggest the author consider adding an ink friendly black and white version with a subtler layout.