Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 793
EAN num: 9781589940550
ISBN number: 1589940555
Label: Fantasy Flight Games
Manufacturer: Fantasy Flight Games
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 176
Printing Date: January 01, 2002
Publishing house: Fantasy Flight Games
Sale Popularity Level: 874605
Studio: Fantasy Flight Games
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A complete guide to nautical adventuring in the d20 System. The Seafarer's Handbook details nautical combat, dangers of the deep, gives ideas for adventures on the high seas, in port, and below the waters.
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Seafarer's Handbook: Sourcebook of Ships, Oceans, and the Beasts Therein is a great book on pirates! A must for all pirate buffs!
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This is truly an outstanding supplement for those planning on running adventures on the high seas. As I went through this book, I kept asking myself "Why isn't this in Stormwrack?" For those that aren't aware, "Stormwrack" is the official D&D supplement covering adventures in Aquatic environments.
Don't get me wrong, the material in Stormwrack is good. I'd give it 4 stars as well. However, there is a TON of great stuff in here that Stormwrack doesn't mention. For example, how are skills affected underwater? There are some really good adjustments DM's should consider to certain skills when used underwater...most notably things like Listen, Spot, and so on.
There are also some good and reasonable feats for use in aquatic environments, some nifty spells, and really tons of other material that I would very nearly deem "essential" for those running campaigns aboard ships or under the waves. Again, it makes one wonder why Wizards of the Coast didn't have some sort of similar material in Stormwrack.
I should also add that the book is good quality, and that the art and so on are good quality as well. This isn't a cheap supplement of low quality, like some OGL stuff tends to occasionally be. This won't fall apart on you. I will mention however, that when I ordered it anyway, Amazon had it on 6-8 week backorder, so make sure you check availability before buying it here. If it's not available here, I'm sure you can find it elsewhere on the net.
I highly recommend this product in addition to Stormwrack, for those who are planning to play or run games where the Sea is a primary setting location.
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I just recently bought and read this book with the aim of adding some watery adventures to my (typically) land-based adventures.
I was not disappointed. I'm only 2/3 way through this book at this time, but felt compelled to write a review because I just WANT TO RUN A WATERY CAMPAIGN now! :)
The book details three underwater races and provides ideas on how their cultures interact with each other and the land-based races. There are prestige classes, spells, etc. as with other supplements, and I found these ones a nice fit with the context of the book -- especially the Reef Warrior for added mystique. There's also the ships (as detailed in other reviews) and a few rockin' adventure ideas/hooks.
I highly recommend this book. It beats many of the WOTC-published books I've purchased in terms of value & aid to my campaign.
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Calling it realistic may be a stretch since I'm no expert on wooden ships, but I would say that it's more realistic than any of the 3rd edition competitors I've seen.
This is mostly a book for lovers of "crunchy bits". It has lots of good rules for expanding your characters into aquatic adventures and a lot of rules for building your own ships. I think it may be the best D&D sailing supplement either, even knocking out the venerable Of Ships and the Sea.
If you've ever thought you'd like to try a Pirates or Treasure Island campaign, then this is the book for you. The only moderate disappointment is the lack of colour illustrations, but the artwork is mostly very good and none of it is bad.
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A great resources if you want to add a splash of water to your campaing or want to sail away from the adventure your DM wants to plunge you in.
Published under the open gaming license, this book fits in great with the WOTC rules for D20 3rd edition D&D. Giving you a couple of new races, that I would never use for a PC, but that can be very cool NPC's, both supporting and opposing the players.
The new feats and skills fit in great with the thema of the book.
The best part for me personaly is the chapter about ship construction and the chapter with the already designed ships. There is also a chapter concerned with moving and fighting ship based. The fighting part is realy detailed and nice, but I am afraid I will nearly never use it. That could just be personal, if you want to have ships fight, the rules do make sense and seem very balanced.
The only reason I did not rate this a 5 star book is the fact that it is in black&white. Besides that, the artwork is good quality and so is the binding of the book.
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