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Title: Book of Shadows: Mage Players Guide
ISBN: 1565041194
Author:
Emrey Barnes
Bill Bridges
Phil Brucato
Jim Moore
Publicate Date: 1995-12-01
Publish: 1995-12-01
List Price: $18.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: I'm happy with my order
I was very happy that my order came in pretty fast. It was packaged very well and I'm very happy with my purchase
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2: Out of date
I've played mage for a few years now, before third edition graced the shelves, and I found that this book was not terribly helpful. While it had several high points, the extra skills included on a whole could be gained by taking a specialty in an already listed skill. The merit and flaw section was interesting, with the publication of revised and third edition, it's no longer needed. The expanded tradition sections, were helpful, but sense the publication of third edition, they are no longer up to date and to be honest, if you want to know about traditions The Traditions Gathered set of books is a far better resource. While The Book of shadows is an interesting read, it's definitely not a required resource for mage.
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3: A good oldie showing it's age
This is a good book which has a lot of information to make your character richer (merits and flaws, extra skills, more detailed information on each Tradition, the Technocracy and others, etc.). However, most of the sections in this book are beginning to show their age, as the information presented here has been revised and updated to much more practical information in several other Mage books. The section with the parables, though, is still one of my favorite Mage reads.
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4: More useful than great
The book of shadows, which was written between the publishing of the 1st and second editions of Mage, is at this point slightly "behind the times," especially what with the release of Mage 3rd edition. Somewhere between irrelevant and necessary. Has some good basic material on the various Mage fringes, as well as a lot of expanded stuff for character creation.
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5: Disappointment but bright moments
Though an interesting book I found that much of the facts and historical references were poorly researched if researched at all. It appears that this is a useful playing tool but the facts are all wrong.
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