There are quite a few towns and notable locations listed, and many of these have abundant adventure hooks included. A couple, such as the CE goddess of revenge and Pyrrhic victories, are handled quite differently from other settings and will probably end up imported into my other games. The gods will look familiar to fans of the series, but are well-presented and have fleshed-out personalities and appearances. I will say, however, that the real gem of the book is the extensive Everglow setting, which has a multitude of awesome locations, characters, times, events, factions, and stories for your players to be a part of. The Fingerless rule and battle harnesses let ponykind characters participate in standard adventures easily, the class archetypes each have unique niches that could see useful play, and a great many of the feats are quite serviceable to multiple potential character builds. Other than these few notes, everything else is quite well thought-out. Everything you need is, in fact, there, it just isn't always where you expect it to be.
I will say that the organization of the book was sometimes hard to follow, as different options are often grouped by time periods in the setting history or set aside for other reasons. The feats and traits sprinkled throughout range from unexciting to quite solid, and none that I spotted were immediate must-haves or system warping options. The cursed Clockworks are notably underpowered, giving away much for little return, so new players should beware (and should probably pick the Steelhearts, presented later). Similarly, the large-sized Anteans could unbalance things. Pegasi have the ability to fly from level 1, which can be an issue to some lower-powered groups. The many racial choices presented are well balanced, with a couple of notable exceptions. If you are, this facilitates all the pony adventures you could want.
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For those of you who don't want to read the full review, the gist is that this is both a great setting and a great book of player options, whether or not you are already a fan of the series that inspired it. I came to this book after a long time of seeing friends sing its praises, so I wanted to see what the fuss was about. Thanks for taking the time for the rating and review.
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