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My opinion of 4e is fairly jaded, but if the 4e MM2 has a sea elf, merfolk, locathah, sea hag, annis, greenhag, and flumph... I might take a look.
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No, I'm just not interested. The three core books are enough for me, at least for my current campaign - and I'm not sure I'll be having another 4e campaign ever.
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I'm sure the next core books will fix some issues I have with 4e, but at this point i'm not even interested in playing 4e anymore.
Also I shouldn't have to buy 6 or more books to cover what I consider the bases of a fantasy rpg.
MM2, like PHB2, should sell on its own merits. The new stuff should feel like core because it's solid and interesting, not because it was omitted from the first books.
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I voted maybe. I'm still wrassling with some problems and annoying things about 4E, but it's possible we'll be giving it another shot, and if we do I might get this if it's better than the core MM.
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I ♥ Monster Books. I bought nearly all of them, WotC and 3pp during 3e, and monsters are even more awesome this time around. MM2 and Blackdirge’s book are as good as preordered.
Of course it’s easy to make my own monsters, and I’m doing that too.
I have never been a big fan of most monster manuals -- even with D&D, I got much better results with classed-characters and variants of basic monsters rather than add other oddities that don't necessarily fit my worlds anyway.
Aside from this, I'm off the 4e wagon.
So I'm happy to say, "No thank you".
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I voted the first option, though I will not actually by every WotC book, and certainly not "no matter what". Just a lot of them. I am not sure if I am still in for settings after Eberron, for example. But I think the "Core Books" will always be on my list...
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