'Dungeons and Dragons Player's Option: Heroes of Shadow' review

You can read my review here.

Pros

- Manages to pack in a wide variety of content into a rather average sized book.  There are full class builds, added features for other classes, feats, and other bits of information that can help flesh out a character or campaign

- The assassin is the standout class, with some cool abilities and an array of poisons that the player could put to use in a variety of ways.

Cons

- While the book does try to straddle the fence and be compatible with standard 4E and Essentials books, it does lean more heavily towards the prior.  

- Assassin is unable to share poisons with the ranger.  Yeah, the assassin can use a shortbow, allowing for poison arrows, but you'd think this would be a great way to boost the ranger, a class that seems to be struggling to stay relevant.

Overall

If you already have a few D&D books in your collection, this is a great boost.  If you're a new player looking to get into the game, I'd say either of the Essentials player's books or the initial 4E player's handbook would be more to your liking.

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