This is definitely the most interesting and colorful module yet, varied enough to keep even easily-distracted players fascinated for the duration. The NPC personalities are great, the stat-blocks are really well-done, and the mechanics of using the Harrow deck to help the PCs during encounters are easy to use.
The module is adaptable. With very little tweaking, it would be appropriate for kids, or it's easily to play as a horror module.
If there's any problem with the module, it's that the organization of the encounter areas is a bit confusing; DMs should read a couple times and possibly mark up the map to make sure they know where their players start and where they're going.
Overall, fantastic! This is my favorite module yet.
This book is a great resource, a vast improvement on the NPC guide. Many of the stat blocks in here are high level, which means the GM gets to save time doing math. The new feats, spells, and templates are excellent. The stat blocks have seemed well-balanced so far.
Each of the parties presented in the Rival Guide makes for an interesting and three-dimensional encounter. Rivals can be used individually or in groups, but either way their personalities and goals make encountering them a memorable experience for your players.
The "fluff" here is some of the most interesting fluff I've read, though most of the book is used for stats and mechanics. The art is high-quality. There is nothing I didn't like about this book.
Aside from a handful of spells and some traits, there's almost nothing new in this book. Most of it is printed from previous campaign setting products.
I usually like the "races" line of books, and I really wish Paizo had taken the time to do a book on each sub-race of humans, since there are so many of them. As it is now, each culture only gets a page or two.
The combat section, which I usually enjoy, is just fluff about existing weapons, which really disappointed me.
At first glance, I thought this book would be set mainly in Irrisen and the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, two of my favorite places on Golarion. A large part of the story is actually set in Korvosa, and it takes a while to really get into the plot, but Cunningham builds suspense pretty well, and I wasn't bored. When it got to the exciting part, I was pretty pleased, and I didn't mind the wait.
A well-written, light read. The characters are fun and the plotline is entertaining. It also gave me some great ideas for a PFRPG adventure. Nice work!
This book is very useful and detailed without being over the top. They give you a great new prestige class, fantastic artwork, a gazetteer of everything you could ever want to know about Hell, and flavorful and useful new magic. I was also relieved to see that they didn't try to stat up the archdevils--in my opinion, that's where 3.5 went wrong.
They do, however, give you a nice gallery of new devils to use in your game. As a GM, this is a very helpful tool for any game that involves Infernal powers.
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