paizo.com Recent Reviews by Krail Stromquismpaizo.com Recent Reviews by Krail Stromquism2022-05-26T20:47:45Z2022-05-26T20:47:45ZPathfinder Player Companion: Magical Marketplace (PFRPG): A mixed bag, an ugly-ish mixed bag. (3 stars)Krail Stromquismhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy92lv?Pathfinder-Player-Companion-Magical-Marketplace2014-01-14T17:08:13Z<p><b>Pathfinder Player Companion: Magical Marketplace (PFRPG)</b></p><p>Magical marketplace is an interesting little book. I actually like a lot of the ideas behind the different merchants and personalities and discounts given. All too often players treat merchants as simple dump points for loot, this book goes a long way in making interplay between PCs and local or random merchants much more realistic or at least interesting.</p>
<p>The actual items are very interesting, some really fun things that should appeal in at least some way to players and GMs alike. You'll want to think and compare them to existing items, and either rework or reprice them accordingly.</p>
<p>Fluff and content wise this is a 4 or 5 star book, but I have to knock it for its design/layout. This was rushed or handled by interns, not sure what happened here. Why use the backgrounds they did, why not pages from the standard books? Same with the sidebar graphics. They just aren't good, or at least at paizo standard levels, which is usually great. I know there are lots of designers that are waiting to get fun work like this and would hit it out of the park and this is just... blech.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Player Companion: Magical Marketplace (PFRPG)</b></p><p>Magical marketplace is an interesting little book. I actually like a lot of the ideas behind the different merchants and personalities and discounts given. All too often players treat merchants as simple dump points for loot, this book goes a long way in making interplay between PCs and local or random merchants much more realistic or at least interesting.</p>
<p>The actual items are very interesting, some really fun things that should appeal in at least some way to players and GMs alike. You'll want to think and compare them to existing items, and either rework or reprice them accordingly.</p>
<p>Fluff and content wise this is a 4 or 5 star book, but I have to knock it for its design/layout. This was rushed or handled by interns, not sure what happened here. Why use the backgrounds they did, why not pages from the standard books? Same with the sidebar graphics. They just aren't good, or at least at paizo standard levels, which is usually great. I know there are lots of designers that are waiting to get fun work like this and would hit it out of the park and this is just... blech.</p>Krail Stromquism2014-01-14T17:08:13Z