I love this Domain! I was reading through it and it was like I was revisiting something in my past. This domain actually drives you to play a Cleric in the way that they used to be played - for some people anyway. Sacrificing part of your life essence to heal your allies or inflict harm on your enemies, using your willpower or faith to improve the odds, or even to make the ultimate sacrifice.

I haven't played it through yet, but it looks balanced. and it is certainly an inspirational domain. The concepts are thought-provoking, and I think that would give plenty of good role-play opportunites. And once you get past 2nd level, you always have the option of making the ultimate sacrifice - it will be interesting to have that always at the back of your mind. What more heroic death could there be? As long as it does actually finish off the big bad enemy. Be a shame to waste it... heh

It's quite a martial domain too. With domain spells Fireball, Cloudkill and Shatter, amongst others. It just all looks really interesting and very playable. I can't wait to play my next Cleric now.

Halflings eh? Slightly boring country folk with rosey cheeks, a tune on their lips and an apple in their hand. Well, not the ones that live in Needlebriar! If you've been looking for an out of the ordinary encounter using a Halfling village, this is the place.

The backstory is engaging, and easily workable into your homebrew or mainstream campaign setting. The gameplay in Needlebriar will probably depend on why the PCs are there in the first place, but as usual Raging Swan have included a handful of perfectly feasable adventure hooks to get them in place. Although I haven't used the setting yet, it looks very likely that a good mixture of roleplaying and action will ensue, all with a slight (or greater) air of sinister gothic undertones!

So few pages but with so much content and potential. Typical for a Raging Swan product like this.

This is a set of very useful old-style village maps. The maps are very clear and will be very easy to use quickly whenever your adventurers happen to wander through a random village on their way somewhere. Or you could use them as templates for major encounters and flesh them out fully. An excellent resource.