If you'd had any experience with the BODs before changes, the only real changes to the Smith & Tailor BODs is that all the randomness was removed, more rewards were added, and you can now pick lower rewards than the point value.
For example, the 20% chance of Powder of Fortifying from certain low-end BODs is gone, with the POF now acquirable 100% at the point value of the BODs (one reward level up) that used to give it 90% of the time - and the same point value will get you +5 mining gloves instead if you so choose (when the gloves used to be the other 10% of that BOD level, randomly).
I've a couple charts (linked to somewhere on Stratics) that gives each of the Smith and tailor items by the levels where you can gain on them, depending on what power scroll you've used. It makes a decent guide for training while filling BODs, as you can use those numbers to choose which BODs you can gain on while filling.
