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kadomi's review
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
3.5
Not quite what I had hoped for, though it has some redeeming features. It's a detailed book about the Shadow Realm, the fae plane of Kobold Press' Midgard setting. I bought it as a companion piece to Tales from the Shadows, an adventure compilation set in the Shadow Realm. I had hoped to enrichen my campaign with info from the book. While you get a lot of infos about the Shadow Realm, I'm just a bit disappointed about the Fey Courts section. While you get lots of info about the various courts, nothing swept me off my feet, and it didn't have as many adventure hooks as I had hoped for. Especially Corremel, the city of the setting, mostly has stuff that will let me embellish the trip there, but nothing that I feel aids me in creating rich, fey-themed urban adventures. It feels like a missed opportunity to me. I had hoped for more rich intrigues and inter-court squabbling, and I felt that every court is mostly self-contained and not as interesting as I had hoped for.
Artwork is absolutely top-notch, and the layout as well. All included maps are gorgeous, and the included battle maps for grid or VTT play are outstanding. I also enjoyed the magic item sections, and the Appendix with encounter tables and lots of random tables will probably see the most use in my game. I just can't use it much to create my own adventures, I can just use snippets.
Artwork is absolutely top-notch, and the layout as well. All included maps are gorgeous, and the included battle maps for grid or VTT play are outstanding. I also enjoyed the magic item sections, and the Appendix with encounter tables and lots of random tables will probably see the most use in my game. I just can't use it much to create my own adventures, I can just use snippets.
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