My overly long Ptolus review! Part one… ( DnD 5e and Cypher System)

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Ptolus, the City by the Spire, is an incredibly large tome filled with everything you’d expect a city guide to have and much more. It’s available for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition and the Cypher System. More info right here:
https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/ptolus-monte-cooks-city-by-the-spire/mcgref/4/

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0:00 Intro
0:19 Video series
1:27 The pricepoint
2:41 The big brown envelope
20:20 Now what?

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18 thoughts on “My overly long Ptolus review! Part one… ( DnD 5e and Cypher System)”

  1. Ptolus (pronounced “TAW-luss”). Stated on page 10 of the original 3.5 version of the book. This setting has everything and is a true masterpiece 😏👍

    I would also recommend getting the following books: Chaositech, The Banewarrens, The Night of Dissolution and obviously Ptolus City of Adventure 👍

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  3. 21:00 I wasn't gonna mention that the "P" is silent…
    I was gonna say, did you know that the city/setting was Monte's home game setting for AD&D2E; and he and others (including Sean & Bruce) used Ptolus as the setting where they playtested D&D 3.x rules when they worked at WotC in 2000?
    …a bit of fun trivia!

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  6. I'm currently running a long-term campaign set in Ptolus and finished up another not too long ago. The book itself is an absolute masterpiece, although I would caution anyone who chooses to try running it that the level of detail is so high that it can be daunting. Basically any location that the book takes more than a paragraph to describe could form the basis for an entire year long campaign.

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  7. Ptolus is truly a tome of a gaming reference. I'm still not sure if it's possibly the best setting ever or just the biggest. Either way it's a setting I'd love to run, but I feel too intimidated by it to think I can do it justice.

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  13. I usually prefer short and simple supplements so Ptolus is not the kind of thing I should love but I absolutely do. It's surprisingly easy to reference at the table thanks to all the margin notes.

    And oddly, for a tome so massive, it rarely feels like any one character or location is overly detailed. The descriptions are usually pretty lean.

    Probably the single best city book I've ever owned.

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  16. You got me with the 'P' is silent that's the 'Jorphdan' typical quote… Just in case people are interested Black Book Edition still have a late pledge on the French version "Ptolus, la cité du Pic" and yes we got you 🙂

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