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More magic... More gear... More treasure... More Xanathar!

Xanathar has spent centuries accumulating loot beneath the streets of Waterdeep. Now, at last, you have the chance to peek inside his extraordinary treasure vault! This book contains nearly 500 items, including mundane and magical arms and equipment for everyone. This vast catalog ensures that players will always have the right piece of equipment for the task at hand, while Dungeon Masters will never run out of fresh and original options for your next hoard!

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Michael H March 10, 2022 2:47 am UTC
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Why has the errata not been worked into the PDF ? I understand that you need it for older PoDs, but I see no reason why the PDF would not be up-to-date, yet it is not.
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Louis J January 13, 2020 5:02 am UTC
Does the physical book have the same dimensions/cover material as the WoTC 5e books? Wondering if it will fit in amongst my 5e books or if it will stand out. Thanks :)
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Travis L January 13, 2020 5:07 am UTC
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There is about 1/8th inch of variance in each dimension on the POD books that make them slightly larger than the WOTC books. They will not sit flush on a shelf with them, but they are pretty close.

Hope this helps!
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Brad A October 19, 2019 5:36 pm UTC
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M.T.B - I'm a fan of your content. I purchased Saltmarsh Encounters and absolutely loved it. So I searched your name which got me here, and I now own a hardcopy of this book, which I love. I love the ideas in this book - but the mechanics are seriously broken.

I created a thread on FB about how much I love the idea of adding a Buckler to my world, but your mechanics as written here completely break my gaming world. The reason why a wizard doesn't wear a shield is because they lack proficiency and would have disadvantage on attack rolls if they did. But the Buckler gets around this by removing the proficiency requirement. That's game breaking. Now every wizard in my world is going to have a Buckler. There's no reason not to. There's no penalty for it, so why not take the +1 AC. It's broken. If you ever make another version. Please remove that last sentence from the buckler of, "You don’t need to be proficient in shields to use a buckler." It's truly game breaking.
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Brad A October 19, 2019 5:41 pm UTC
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Oh and I posted photos of the cover of your book on several FB groups. I'm a content creator so lots of people were asking where to get it, and I referred them back to here.

But I did want them the book is not usable as written.

The book is full of great ideas, but the mechanics are broken and will require a lot of DM overrides to make it work unfortunately.
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M.T. B October 20, 2019 11:09 pm UTC
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Thanks for buying the book, Brad, and also for promoting it. Thanks for the tip regarding the buckler, and I will have a look at it.
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Chuck W October 21, 2019 8:58 am UTC
I just want to add my own input here as I've been dealing with the same issue for many items, not just from this book.

Some background:
What I've been struggling with is the reduced range for AC. It's a nice mechanic to have a mostly static AC through the game so that all of the monsters can be balanced in the same way. Given that it really only changes based on expensive armor (with additional offsetting penalties) and when your proficiency increases, it is a nice system.

The issue only really surfaces with shields in the official content. All shields are +1. There should be a variety of shields - metal or wood, tall or short, etc - but there is only "shield". Ok, fine, that's where homebrew comes in to add all of the wonderful variety that we crave. But we're still left with +1 as our range. Should we add a tower shield at +3, bump any mid-sized shield to +2, and then we can have a +1 buckler? Well, no. That would then effectively increase the AC range across the...See more
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Derek T April 23, 2019 10:40 pm UTC
Anyone know the legal constraints on using any of this during a podcasted game?
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M.T. B April 23, 2019 10:58 pm UTC
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You are very welcome to use the material in your podcasts! If you put a link in the show notes back to this page, we'd be very grateful.
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Tom S March 04, 2019 11:11 pm UTC
If someone converted this to Fantasy Grounds I'd buy it in a heartbeat. I only play VTT though so stuff like this is just not efficient for me when I DM unless its in my VTT.
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Ørjan P June 25, 2018 6:36 am UTC
The selection of magic items in this book looks pretty great - though the added armour options really feel like something that requires a lot of caution and DM discretion to not accidentally break bounded accuracy by allowing too much.

The armour pieces read a bit like they're intended to be an alternative to full armour sets, more than a supplement to it? But reading through, it's a bit hard to tell if that's RAI, RAW, or just my own interpretation.
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R P D July 29, 2018 7:33 pm UTC
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Hello! R P Davis here, and I'm the one responsible for the armor pieces section. Yes, they are intended to be an alternative to the full armor sets given in the PHB, as well as a way for a player who's a real armor nerd to itemize their loadout in a way they find pleasing. You're right that caution is always the DM's watchword. We bent over backward to see that the items included were not game breaking, and were especially cognizant of bounded accuracy when we assessed things like the armor variants.

Thanks for your kind words!
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Christopher D June 06, 2018 8:27 am UTC
How many pages is this hardcover book?
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Travis L June 06, 2018 2:07 pm UTC
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104
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M C June 01, 2018 8:42 pm UTC
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Great offer with the pdf/printed version combo. WHile I wait for the printed version I've had a read through my pdf copy and really like the inclusion of the variant weaponry and armour materials. Many of them are familiar from older editions and its great to see them given the 5e update.
While its a shame I can't inlcude them in my Adventurers League games I'm totally going to be adding them into my home games.
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Travis L June 01, 2018 9:07 pm UTC
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Thanks so very much! Glad to hear you are enjoying the Vault! Looking forward to your thoughts on the print version!
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Jon W May 24, 2018 1:42 pm UTC
Are prices for these pieces listed as well?
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Travis L May 24, 2018 4:39 pm UTC
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All mundane items include a market price. Magic items included in the collection are not priced, and should use price based on rarity as presented in the DMG or Xanathar's Guide to Everything.
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Mark C May 20, 2018 11:29 pm UTC
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regarding armor maintenance: so it says you need tinker's tools to maintain armor. What if you don't have the tool proficiency? Would you allow some sort of DC Check or the armor simply corrodes without a way to repair it?
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Travis L May 24, 2018 4:44 pm UTC
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If using this optional rule, it would be advised to either acquire a proficiency with tinker's tools, travel with someone who has that proficiency, or make frequent visits to tradespeople in towns for armor maintenance. Personally, if I were to incorporate this rule, I would absolutely require the proficiency in order to use tinker's tools for armor maintenance.

Having said that, you may certainly tweak the rules as presented to fit your own campaign. Perhaps allowing for other tool proficiencies (leatherworker's tools, smith's tools) to stand in place of the tinker's tools proficiency.

I would advise against incorporating this rule without requiring some sort of proficiency in a toolset.
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Dale O May 19, 2018 3:51 pm UTC
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Recently bought this and it's a great book overall. Just one problem I've noticed that could be a disruption to combat balance. The Buckler option allows a player to wear one without needing to be proficient in the use of shields, keeps their hand free so they can use a crossbow or two-handed weapon AND grants them +1 AC. It quite literally has no downside and creates a precedent for every single character to use them and never look back. Everything else in the book seems fine however, it's just this one thing that I personally think creates an irresistible option for players which could change the strength of the characters from the first level till the last.
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M.T. B May 19, 2018 9:54 pm UTC
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Good point - possibly need to require shield proficiency, at the very least
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Travis L May 24, 2018 4:57 pm UTC
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As I read the buckler, it doesn't impede polearms or crossbows, but would prevent the use of any other two-handed weapon (i.e. swords, hammers and the like)

Adding a shield proficiency requirement certainly does not seem unreasonable, but to that end, I don't see it impacting anyone but casters.
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low K May 14, 2018 11:04 pm UTC
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How dose the piece meal armor work with unarmored defence?
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Travis L May 14, 2018 11:37 pm UTC
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I don't expect it would. Piecemeal Armor is still armor.
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low K May 14, 2018 11:03 pm UTC
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Daniel F May 09, 2018 2:27 pm UTC
Is there a Fantasy Grounds version for this?
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Travis L May 09, 2018 2:33 pm UTC
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Not as of yet. It is certainly something we can look into.
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Trevor A July 30, 2018 5:35 pm UTC
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Hi Travis,
If you are interested in having this converted for use in the Fantasy Grounds virtual tabletop program, shoot me an email and we can work out some details (grimlore.entertainment@gmail.com).
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Gordon D May 01, 2018 12:55 pm UTC
Print version please. I need it as print version
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Travis L May 01, 2018 4:31 pm UTC
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I would LOVE to have this in print as well. As soon as we are able, we will pursue a print release.
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Travis L May 24, 2018 9:59 pm UTC
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Gordon,

Ask and ye shall receive! Print is NOW AVAILABLE!
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Corey V April 17, 2018 6:24 pm UTC
I'm confused where the random properties come from on 2 of the artifacts at the end? +1 major beneficial property?
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Travis L April 17, 2018 6:49 pm UTC
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Major and minor beneficial and detrimental properties for Artifacts (and how to determine them) are explained in Chapter 7 of the DMG.
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Corey V April 19, 2018 7:11 pm UTC
Thanks!
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Travis L April 19, 2018 8:46 pm UTC
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Happy to be of service! Please be sure to rate & review!
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