Player's Handbook II [Archive] - Wizards Community

Player's Handbook II [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Starchaserva
05-18-06, 10:10 PM I just recently picked up the second player's handbook, and I have to say that I am not disappointed with it. Loads of good character stuff, amongst other things. I was really looking forward to the knight, though I orignally thought it to be a more combat oriented paladin, I was surprised to find out it was more like a fighter/bard, in a way. There was a nice big selection of feats, my favorite was the armor specialization. I really didn't care too much for the organizations and affiliations, as no game I've ever been in has really brought them into play, aside from the ever nebulous nameless thieves/assassin guild. Of course the highlight of the book was all the flavor material, which is always good for people who like building deeper characters aside from the archetypes. I was curious what other people thought of the book?
Fithero
05-19-06, 12:21 AM yeah i got it the other day and im plently impressed with it. The character background and traits section is great, tons of usefull info there, easily adaptable. Also, the variant classes aswell as the new classes are all pretty sweet in their own right.

Feats and spells are the usual, lots of and more than useful.

Decent buy and more than worth it.

Later
Gryhkwanderer
05-20-06, 10:08 AM I picked it up acouple days ago and so am still reading through but thus far am pleased! I do use affiliations and such in my games so read that first. It put rules to areas of the game I, as a DM, have always decided arbitrarily. Some good, some bad.

All in all, I like the book and will use it. However, it won't be a must have book in my bag when I go to games.
Starchaserva
05-22-06, 02:10 PM That's a good point...so far, it's really good, but its not a "must have with me book". The only books that I always bring with me are The PHB 1, and the Spell Compendium, aside from whatever books my character needs in the game.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Starchaserva 05-18-06, 10:10 PM	I just recently picked up the second player's handbook, and I have to say that I am not disappointed with it. Loads of good character stuff, amongst other things. I was really looking forward to the knight, though I orignally thought it to be a more combat oriented paladin, I was surprised to find out it was more like a fighter/bard, in a way. There was a nice big selection of feats, my favorite was the armor specialization. I really didn't care too much for the organizations and affiliations, as no game I've ever been in has really brought them into play, aside from the ever nebulous nameless thieves/assassin guild. Of course the highlight of the book was all the flavor material, which is always good for people who like building deeper characters aside from the archetypes. I was curious what other people thought of the book?
Fithero 05-19-06, 12:21 AM	yeah i got it the other day and im plently impressed with it. The character background and traits section is great, tons of usefull info there, easily adaptable. Also, the variant classes aswell as the new classes are all pretty sweet in their own right. Feats and spells are the usual, lots of and more than useful. Decent buy and more than worth it. Later
Gryhkwanderer 05-20-06, 10:08 AM	I picked it up acouple days ago and so am still reading through but thus far am pleased! I do use affiliations and such in my games so read that first. It put rules to areas of the game I, as a DM, have always decided arbitrarily. Some good, some bad. All in all, I like the book and will use it. However, it won't be a must have book in my bag when I go to games.
Starchaserva 05-22-06, 02:10 PM	That's a good point...so far, it's really good, but its not a "must have with me book". The only books that I always bring with me are The PHB 1, and the Spell Compendium, aside from whatever books my character needs in the game.