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Title: Of Ships and the Sea (Dmgr Rules Supplement) by Skip Williams, Keith Francis Strohm, TSR Inc ISBN: 0-7869-0706-1 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (6 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A very useful reference book
Comment: This AD&D (2nd edition) book is an expansion of the rules for use in aquatic adventures, and is actually two books in one. The first part of the book covers nautical adventuring and covers ships, nautical travel, encounters and finally nautical combat (including spells and their effects). Admittedly, the rules are detailed, and can become quite cumbersome, so the Dungeon Master may wish to do some judicial pruning. However, I did find the rules for fleet actions to be quite useful.

The second part of the book covers aquatic (underwater) adventures, and covers everything from underwater survival (for non-aquatic adventurers), combat (including spells and magical items, and their effects), topology, and underwater encounters. This section contains 18 new spells (if I counted properly), one new wizard kit, seven new magic items, and four new aquatic animals (not monsters).

Overall I think that this is a great book. I have used it extensively, and have found it to be a very useful reference book. If you are not going to be doing much in the way of nautical or aquatic adventuring, then you can no doubt skip this book. But, if you are going to be doing a lot in the way of nautical or aquatic adventuring, then I think that you would greatly benefit from getting this book.

Rating: 3
Summary: Great content, confusing rules!
Comment: I refrained on reviewing this book until after attempting to use its material in my campaign. While the descriptions and information covering the various ships, the enclosed floor plans, and some of the rules regarding capsizing, ramming, and magic are indeed useful, my entire group found the ship vs. ship combat overly cumbersome, confusing, and bogged down by too many charts, tables and rules.

Still, I think I would recommend this book to those DMs planning to run adventures or campaigns involving lots of sea travel. Sometimes it's fun to roll on the various tables, or use them for inspiration for new adventures. It has lots of good gems to get the DM's mind rolling.

Rating: 3
Summary: A good start for DMs who to have a live on the ocean wave...
Comment: I personally more interesting in the 'ship' part. It really discribe various kind of ships that could be used in the game. However, it miss out something important:

- What is the life aboard? No discription at all. All up to us DMs to find the much needed informations.

- For most of the ships, it leak the complete floor plan. Only the main deck area is available.

By the way, if you and your player wants to have a live on the ocean wave, this is the one that you can't afford to miss.