D&D 5E Verdict on Book of Many Things?

darjr

I crit!

• Nov 13, 2023

• #41

Are the cards in there somehow?

 

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MonsterEnvy

Legend

• Nov 13, 2023

• #42

Parmandur said:

Yeah, I appreciate that stuff like that isn't being ignored in further releases. Sew also, rhe mention of Journeybof the Radiant Citadel in Keys from the Golden Vaukt and the Shayyered Obelisk.

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You are really fat fingering those keys lately.

 

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MonsterEnvy

Legend

• Nov 13, 2023

• #43

darjr said:

Are the cards in there somehow?

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There is a rollable table for all 66, but no digital cards.

 

darjr

I crit!

• Nov 13, 2023

• #44

Oh! Raddu on discord says if you have the deck of many dice enabled when you roll a 20 it pulls a card!

 

darjr

I crit!

• Nov 13, 2023

• #45

So if you get the digital or digital+print early you get the dice of many things which has a card flip when you roll them! It draws a card and flips it over on your sheet.

 

darjr

I crit!

• Nov 13, 2023

• #46

 

Whizbang Dustyboots

Gnometown Hero

• May 20, 2024

• #47

Had an unexpected windfall last week and picked up the hobby shop version of the set. I think it's the original release -- the cards are in clear plastic, although they don't appear warped while in the packaging -- but this is definitely a beautiful product.

The book is packed with stuff, and while I can see the reasons for it being organized the way it is, I can also see getting frustrated and not being able to find what I want to during play. This book, like many game books, desperately needs an index in the back (as opposed to a table of contents, which isn't quite the same, as my library science nerds can testify to).

 

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MNblockhead

A Title Much Cooler Than Anything on the Old Site

• May 21, 2024

• #48

Whizbang Dustyboots said:

Had an unexpected windfall last week and picked up the hobby shop version of the set. I think it's the original release -- the cards are in clear plastic, although they don't appear warped while in the packaging -- but this is definitely a beautiful product.

The book is packed with stuff, and while I can see the reasons for it being organized the way it is, I can also see getting frustrated and not being able to find what I want to during play. This book, like many game books, desperately needs an index in the back (as opposed to a table of contents, which isn't quite the same, as my library science nerds can testify to).

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Having been spoiled with D&D Beyond, Foundry, and PDFs, I kinda feel this way with most print materials these days. But man is the physical product of Book of Many Things nice to hold and look at. If I ever get around to using it, I would want to do it in person with the physical cards, but I would use the D&D Beyond version for looking things up and navigating the content.