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Not what I expected
Expectation - Based on the description, I thought it would be a rough guide, beyond what's in the DM's Guide, on how to create your own homebrew setting.
Reality - It's literally a journal. On each page, a space to fill in a date, then empty lines. There's a question at the top of every page regarding world-building. And it IS technically a journal. So the product description isn't technically lying. However, there doesn't seem to be any organization to content. If there is, it's not apparent.
If you want more comprehensive wold-building, I would turn to recent offerings like Explorer's Guide to Wildemount or Eberron: Rising from the Last War as good examples. Not this book.
Who should get this book? Someone who wants a WotC branded journal and doesn't want to wait for the upcoming Book of Holding
May 2020 · Books · verified purchase