PHB II

[Spiteful Crow]

I think it looks good.

[The Giamarga]

Player's Handbook II Excerpts

[Jonathan Winters]

I actually looks interesting.

BUT.

I think I have seen a lot of stuff already done elsewhere...

Ceremony feats, substitution levels... I don't know how they are handled in the PHB II, but it's all in Arcana Evolved already...

Patrick

[Fuzzball]

Having spent the last hour reading half of the PHB II and skimming the other half, I have mixed feelings about it. I love the new classes and I can't wait to try them out. There are a few new feats that look interesting, but many of them are overly specialized and useless in most situations. I don't care for the Alternative Class Features for the most part. Being well experienced with building a character, I doubt I'll ever use the starting packages they give.

I think there's some good information for people new to D&D to get them started. For the seasoned player there seems little useful beyond the first chapter.

On a scale from 1 to 10, I give it a 5. Interresting, but it will probably spend a lot of time collecting dust on my shelf.

[alhoon]

Checked the book and I came to the same conclusion. Still for someone not having the Complete... books it is useful.

[Tobias Blackburn]

I find the book is actually quite useful. If gives reasons to play a fighter without ever having to multiclass, a nice selection of feats and spells, new types of feats such as rituals and combat forms, and an extremely good take on affiliations. It also does a good job making suggestions on how to roleplay classes and how to work together as a group (something more than a few players are in desperate need of a lesson in). It's like the DMG II. There's stuff in it for experienced DM's and those that have never sat behind the screen before.

I like the new classes (especially the beguiler and knight), though I'm pretty iffy about the dragon shaman, if only because of its flavour.