I got my copy of MOTW yesterday and for the most part like it. It seems to be best focused on Druids and almost as good on Rangers with Barbarian getting the short end of the stick although not to much shorted.
The things I liked. Some of the additional feats are great. There are lots of good feat for all three classes covered. Many feat to boost the class features like wild shape, favored enemy and rage. My favorite feat I found and my characters next is the "infuse herb" feat, very cool. In basics, it boils down to a scribe scroll feat for Druids and Rangers. It has some nice features that scrolls don't have. I also like the spells that were in the book. Nothing mega cool but some will definitely be useful. There are also some pretty good Cleric spells and a few Sor/Wiz spells. I also really like the additional info on animal companions. This will prove helpful with the two animals companions my character has.
The big disappointments were the exotic weapons and prestige classes. Neither was very impressive. The weapons look more like they belonged in Song and Silence then MOTW. The blow gun especially. Not that the prestige classes were badly written its just none of them fit my idea of a ranger prestige class. I sure other will find ones they like.
Has anyone else gotten a copy? I love to here your opinion and I sure others would like to read it before buying.
Later
mcb
The things I liked. Some of the additional feats are great. There are lots of good feat for all three classes covered. Many feat to boost the class features like wild shape, favored enemy and rage. My favorite feat I found and my characters next is the "infuse herb" feat, very cool. In basics, it boils down to a scribe scroll feat for Druids and Rangers. It has some nice features that scrolls don't have. I also like the spells that were in the book. Nothing mega cool but some will definitely be useful. There are also some pretty good Cleric spells and a few Sor/Wiz spells. I also really like the additional info on animal companions. This will prove helpful with the two animals companions my character has.
The big disappointments were the exotic weapons and prestige classes. Neither was very impressive. The weapons look more like they belonged in Song and Silence then MOTW. The blow gun especially. Not that the prestige classes were badly written its just none of them fit my idea of a ranger prestige class. I sure other will find ones they like.
Has anyone else gotten a copy? I love to here your opinion and I sure others would like to read it before buying.
Later
mcb
, so that's ok. Some of the prestige classes are hard to incorporate unless you plan your campaign around them (is that the entire idea of them?), but they're still cool. I was hoping that they would give more info about Ranger's favored class and Druids polymorphing, but I think what was ommitted is in the PHB, and I would look through that, except our DM is using it to create a few NPCs. Perhaps I should look through the book again. And I have to say, I absolutely love this new "Creeping Cold" spell. Deals a net damage of 6d6 in 3 rounds, fort save halves damage. Very powerful. Also, this sandblast spell, very cool, for a low level spell. Only deals subdual damage, but it can stun the person for 1 round, leaving them open for a coup de grace. Very useful. 
