Eventhough I use a different rolyplaying system, the ideas listed are great. Some feel repetitive but then again, there are 1000 available. Excellent to look up a random effect to throw into the players' faces :)

Very useful product for any random magical effects like Chaos magic or a Wand of Wonder. I've been looking for something like this for sometime and it's definitely worth it.

I really loved the wild mage from tome of magic in 2nd edition, and this has that same feel. Might run a series of games on an island where all arcane spells surge.

Unlike a couple other "1000" lists, which are actually illusions...just multiplying one number by another by another. This list actually has 1000 effects!

Many of them are unusual and some are downright mean, but the variety is there for you to use. There is also a table for power level and one for duration.

One of my favorites is a little A'la Clive Barker "Hellraiser" 1d10 fish hook embed themselves within the casters skin! Or another really good one is any cow milked within 1 mile gives a random potion instead of milk. I can just see the Player Characters sampling every cow's milk within a huge herd.

For a $1.75 you are getting a great deal. I highly recommend, a lot of work went into this product.

The question is not if you will need this, but rather when you will get the opportunity to force it in, seeing as it is what you will probably want.

Pro: The list of 1000 Chaos Effects offers a menagerie of intireguing effects, all of which will either leave your party gaping confused or laughing at the situation, or even offer a new twist to an essential story. The list is very vague in it's descriptions, making it well fitting for most generic fantasy RPG:s, and if you don't think the listed effect fits your world, you can allways make a re-roll. With one thousand diffferent effects, all easy to find, you get an whole lotfor only $1.75.

Con: Many of the listed effects aim for very different effects on your game, meaning you by rolling the tablemight well give your Games Master a hard time, as some effects will distract from play, some will tip the balance of a combat, and some will obstruct certain progression (which is why the GM should reserve the right to make re-rolls). Simply put: the book of 1000 Chaos effects may be a bit chaotic. Especially, the book risks giving a very humorous undertone to your game, something not all players will want in their world. The text is also, occationally, lacking in spelling and gramar, although this does not cause any major hinderance to reading it.

Over all, the book may need some adaptation when used, depending on your system, and the GM will certainly have to be careful not to allow any results that may wreck his or her campaign (though the risk of this is usually quite small). It offers a many effects (a thousand, to be exact), and although not all of these are very mind-blowing, it has a number of effects you will be yearning to apply. As such, one of the best uses of this work is to use as inspiration, for magical items and the like. And if you don't think you'll use it in your games, you might still want considder buying it; it's a good, entertaining read even on it's own.