This book adds adult material to D&D for the first time. Not only is it unprecedented, it's done pretty well, too. Fantasy figures from Gilgamesh's and his pal Erdu to Conan and Red Sonja have contended with the power that sex can have even in the midst of life and death situations. The BoEF adds this allure to your adventure game, discussing how it affects characters, how to determine the level of realism and detail appropriate for your players, and of course how magic can twist the forces of the libido. Prestige classes based around beauty and vital energy; skills, feats, and equipment with applications in the bed chamber and the dungeon; and spells that affect the body in surprising ways are all here. Presented as well are details on the fertility rates and chances of crossbreeding fantasy races, as well as the less savory health effects of unprotected sex in a savage world are covered.

Also found in this book is one of the best discussions of the nine D&D alignments I have ever seen. Few of us understand just how Good and Evil, Law and Chaos apply in life or death situations, because few of us have been there. Most of us can relate better to the examples given here which use romantic and sexual situations to offer a clear understanding of how characters of a given alignment treat other people. (Yes, Lawful Good characters can and do have sex, unless they've given a vow to the contrary!)

The photography by fetish photographer Hypnox is very professional and by turns erotic or disturbing. They appear to have used a combination of photo-editing software and make-up and costume effects to create fantasy creatures and situations that evoke the grown-up mood of this work. The images really help to make this a first-rate quality product. ( )