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In 2002 Alderac Entertainment Group published a booked called Swashbuckling Adventures. That book is a great resource for anyone running a d20 fantasy game.

I originally purchased the book as a resource for my Pirates! campaign. It has a picture of a pirate on the front and was called Swashbuckling Adventures. Perfect for a pirate campaign. Right?

Yes, the book was perfect for my pirates campaign. Additionally, however, it was so much more. The book contains a richly detailed world background. Although I did not use that background in my campaign, it was well written, interesting background material (even if it was a thinly disguised mask of Europe).

Aside from the world background, the book is simply a great resource. It contains innumerable classes and prestige classes that were particularly useful in my pirates campaign. Many of the classes would be equally useful in other fantasy settings as well.

Additionally, the book contains one of the best collection of new feats that I have seen. For the most part, the feats are well written and well balanced. Since I picked up this book, everyone else in my gaming group has picked it up as well. Further, at least one, if not more, people have used something from this book in each of our subsequent campaigns (including both a modern and future campaign).

I highly recommend this book if you are looking for a good resource for classes and feats.