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the book could be filled with hundreds of items, but none of
them would really be much more than a set of values.
Here, each item is given at least one page and only a small
portion of it relates to the game-effects of the item. A
background is built for the item that can bring it into your
campaign as more than just a trinket found on a dungeon
floor that is likely to be sold off as soon as the party returns
to town. I know that DM’s sometimes like to use magic
items as adventure hooks and this book does an immense
amount of the work for you. Now, you’re probably not
going to use all of the items found herein during the course
of one adventure, or even several, but they can be tossed
into the mix once in a while to keep things interesting.
Some of the items are definitely not good in nature and
could lead to some party/player discontent if they don’t
have means to reverse its effects or if they haven’t been hit
with “kill you dead” or “make your life suck” kind of stuff.
Gotta learn sometime though.
BASICS
Occult Items of Power is a 128-page hardcover book from
Fast Forward Entertainment that adds 52 new unusual
magic items and artifacts to your d20 fantasy rpg. It has a
color cover and black & white interior with a retail price of
$24.99 USD.
BETWEEN THE COVERS
Inside Occult Items of Power you’ll get 52 new items and
your first thought might be, “52? Isn’t that a little on the
low end for my twenty-five bucks?” That was my first
thought upon reading the back cover of the book, but after
cracking it open and reading it I found that there is much
more there.
Yes, there are 52 new magic items inside broken up into
several chapters (Crystal Balls, Rings, Candle Fixtures,
Pendants, Masks, Tankards and Glasses, and Miscellany)
none of which really dominate the book, but you will find
more items in the Pendants and Miscellany chapters than in
others.
Each item is fully fleshed out with an accompanying picture
and text to go along with the regular item stats that you
would expect. If all that was presented were the stats then
In my mind the more powerful items, and there certainly
are some here that I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving
end of, would be better used as centerpieces of a quest or
part of a campaign and not as items for the players to
covet and fight for in the pursuit of personal power. Not
only is that good, but I think that it’s great how the written
background of the items can really help a DM build an
adventure, or series of adventures, around it and maybe
nobody knows that the item which could look completely
mundane is at the center of the whole affair.
You’ll also get four new Prestige Classes, the Corruptor (,
the King’s Questioner (torturer/inquisitor), the Security
Watchman (bodyguard), and the Triad. All are linked or
built upon the background of items in the book and while
the Security Watchman is my favorite of the group the
Triad is the most interesting, and maybe most difficult to
pull off. It offers a lot of bonuses to three, not one,
character, but all three must take the PrC and losing the
bonuses can come quickly especially in a campaign with a
high mortality rate. It’s kind of like a group PrC.
VALUE
So, do you want to drop twenty-five dollars for this book?
It’s definitely a DM’s book and one that you probably won’t
consider grabbing if you’re exclusively on the player end of
the game.
As a DM I liked the book quite a bit and can see lots of
good (and bad depending on your point of view and where
you’re PC is standing) things to liven up a campaign.
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