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This one is slightly smaller than a quarter and a dull finish, but it does has a nice feel to it.

This one is larger than a quarter, but feel lighter than it should. Too bad these don't come in "Shiny Gold".
Do like the hole in the center so you can tie several together on a string or ribbon.

This one is quarter sized and the crescents on the edge gives it an unusual feel. The back side has an even more intricate celtic-like pattern.

This 5CP is a little smaller than a quarter and has a nice feel to it's edge. It has crossed arrows & a crescent moon on one side and a + pattern on the back.

This 5PP is about the size of a nickel and very shiny.
The pointed edge makes it feel very diferent than most coins and it has a celtic-like pattern on the back.

It is hard to tell by the picture, but this 2 SP is a little larger than a dime.
The Ribbon behind the 2 is raised and the back has ring mail-like pattern. The actual color is like a well used dime or nickel.

I will admit up front that I don’t like 4th Edition, in fact I seriously doubt that the designers could have created a game that I would dislike more. It is like every aspect of gaming that I like was removed or changed in its creation. But I also admit I love the Forgotten Realms. This is the setting where I became a DM for the first time and where the actual setting became an important part of my game experience. So I had to pick up the 4th edition Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide. Partly because it is like a car accident on the highway, you just gotta look to see how bad it is, and partly because this was one last chance for Wizards of the Coast to win over 4E hold-outs like myself.

Sorry, WotC, but you failed.

First off, let’s throw out the entire 4E vs 3E argument. Even then, this is still a terrible book. The entire format of this book is just “wrong”. Think about it, this is the first 4E Forgotten Realms book, the introduction to the Realms for a new generation of gamers. Unfortunately, that introduction does not start till page 82! In your typical Role Playing Book, Each chapter of the book build upon the last chapter. In a Player Guide, you start with ability scores, then race, classes, skills, feats, equipment and spells. But not in this book, the chapters look like they were just thrown together randomly starting with an Adventure. Of course there are a lot of aspects of the adventure that do not make any sense unless you have already read the rest of the book. Also, the adventure is rather bland, just a basic Goblin hunt. The original Forgotten Realms Grey Boxed set had an adventure too, a quick trip into the legendary Myth Drannor. Personally, I think this 4E adventure would have been rejected by Dungeon magazine for being to generic.

As I read the next few chapters, I wondered if somehow this book was accidentally assembled backwards because we have a group of little chapters that traditionally would be in the back of the book; Glossary, Time

These pdfs were one of my favorites, I could not wait for the next one to come out. But if you missed the originals, you can now get the compendium and there is added content for those of us that allready have all the pdfs, plus it is nice to have everything in one book.

If you have never read one of these, each one discuses the origin of a common spell, showing how it was first researched and created. Each entry also includes variant versions of the spell, an occational magic item or monster tied to the story. Oh and several of the stories tie together with each other, which does stand out more with all them together in one book.