Reviewer: D&DMAD from Westerly, RI USA

Beautiful Cover to Cover Reference,
The Dungeons and Dragons 3e Player's Handbook is a great reference to all beginners in the Dungeons and Dragons gaming world. I, myself, have only been interested in Dungeons and Dragons for a few months and just recently got this product and the Adventure Game, but this is more than I could have expected.

This book has a complete list of feats, skills, basic classes, and tips on just about everything in the game. I have not read the whole thing, but in playing just a few adventures, it has proven its worth already. The artwork is brilliant, the descriptions are thorough, and the whole book is well organized. However, I wish I had gotten it in paperback (if it ever comes out that way), because sixteen bucks was a dent in my "D&D Fund."

Flaws were few but prominent. For one thing, I'd like to know what a prestige class is, but I don't think it is in the book. I heard about special classes such as Arcane Archers and Blackguards, but I don't know anything about them from the material inside. The information was complex and hard to follow at times as well.

A bonus to the score was the fact that I received the Character Generator Demo for the upcoming Master's Tools CD-Rom, and I can't tear myself away from it.

All in all, a good buy.