I’m glad to have read, “A Thief’s Tale.” I’m particularly thrilled to have seen so excellent a use of the small, inexpensive supplement form. I have some quibbles with a some parts of the book, but on the whole they are outweighed by the fun we had playtesting the adventures.

In the final analysis, I think that Coffer of Coins has a lot going for it, being a five dollar supplement distributed electronically. Unlike many D20 products that are riddled with editorial oversights and don’t hold together with any sort of self-consistency, Coffer of Coins avoids the big pitfalls. Maybe the editorial quality could have been a little better. In some places they were using words for what sounded like entirely original meanings.

I complain that the module doesn’t provide enough information that will actually impact game play. This sacrifice buys room for a great deal of irrelevant background and detail. I also make the claim that the module really isn’t even about what it advertises itself as being about. How much more damage can I do?

There are definitely some good ideas that can be mined from this module, and a very good villain character or two (Maldekore and Sygel). But I wouldn’t buy this book with the intention of running the module as its written.

I wouldn’t keep a copy under my pillow at night, but for five dollars, this could definitely be a good way to start your new campaign.