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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Mistress" data-source="post: 5411833" data-attributes="member: 11816"><p>Book of Beats: Monsters of the River Nations by Jon Brazar Enterprises</p><p></p><p>This product is 36 pages long. It starts with a cover, credits, and ToC. (4 pages) </p><p></p><p>Monster Entries. (21 pages)</p><p>Some are obvious what they are like the snapping turtle and Piranha, below is a list of what new monsters are in the book.</p><p>Addanc – croc/beaver (neat monster but really odd mix)</p><p>Autumn Death – new undead, neat idea.</p><p>Avowed Reaver – fire elemental type</p><p>Bog Scum – new type of ooze, also nice.</p><p>Fly Trap, Giant – plant monster</p><p>Fly Trap, Dire – see above.</p><p>Forest Giant – defender of forest, cool idea, but I had one issue with the fluff.</p><p>Frost Mite Swarm – new swarm</p><p>Garmunchi – kinda non evil ogres</p><p>Hatethrall Demon – new little demon, meh.</p><p>Hydrus – weird lizard animal</p><p>Lemkin – new fey</p><p>Night Caller – small magical bird</p><p>Piranha, Mature</p><p>Piranha Swarm</p><p>River Dragon – legless, wingless, swimming snake dragon. </p><p>Riverswell Spirit – cool new undead.</p><p>Shrine Stone, Animated - construct</p><p>Silver Bell – plant monster</p><p>Skate Spider, Giant</p><p>Skate Spider, Swarm</p><p>Snapping Turtle</p><p>Snapping Turtle, Dire</p><p>Stumble Fish</p><p></p><p>Appendix Humanoids (4 pages)</p><p>Cursed Brethren - undead that during the day look human. Kinda reminded me of Pirates of the Caribbean movie a little. I am guessing that is what they was inspired by, regardless it is a neat idea and well written. Two stat blocks for them, one of the rank and file and one of their bandit king.</p><p>Grammy Beshic – Gnome NPC that lives in the forest, has a new magic ring as well.</p><p></p><p>Appendix New Drugs and Gambling (1 page)</p><p>This has 2 new gambling games, well one game and a fight club. With rules on how to run them and how the odds work. It also has one new drug.</p><p></p><p>Appendix New Haunts (1 page)</p><p>This section has new haunts. 6 new haunts, four of them fit very well with the forest theme, two of them not as much but still good haunts.</p><p></p><p>Appendix New Templates and Diseases. (1 page)</p><p>There is five new templates one can apply to monsters and 8 new diseases all of which fit the theme pretty well.</p><p></p><p>It ends with one ad, OGL and back cover. (4 pages)</p><p></p><p>Closing Thoughts. All and all I liked the book, the art is nice black and white art. Most of the monsters I thought fit well in the theme as did most of the rest of the book. The stat blocks are easy to read and understand and the book is laid out well. Other than the cover it is a plain simple black and white book, very print friendly. I do have a few minor critics with the book. The fluff with the giants in one part, in that they sleep in branches of tree's I thought was odd. They are 15ft tall that would be some massive tree's. I think they could have left that part out. </p><p></p><p>My only other issue was some of the stuff just didn't really fit a forest/river theme. The Hatethrall Demon and Avowed Reaver being the two big ones. The hydrus just seemed weird, it seems like it does what it does just because. Now the rest was well done, I would have liked to have seen a few more fey, natural and planet monsters myself but that is personal preference. So whats my rating? Well it is a good book over all, I have a few minor issues with it. I am giving it a 4.5 star review.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dark Mistress, post: 5411833, member: 11816"] Book of Beats: Monsters of the River Nations by Jon Brazar Enterprises This product is 36 pages long. It starts with a cover, credits, and ToC. (4 pages) Monster Entries. (21 pages) Some are obvious what they are like the snapping turtle and Piranha, below is a list of what new monsters are in the book. Addanc – croc/beaver (neat monster but really odd mix) Autumn Death – new undead, neat idea. Avowed Reaver – fire elemental type Bog Scum – new type of ooze, also nice. Fly Trap, Giant – plant monster Fly Trap, Dire – see above. Forest Giant – defender of forest, cool idea, but I had one issue with the fluff. Frost Mite Swarm – new swarm Garmunchi – kinda non evil ogres Hatethrall Demon – new little demon, meh. Hydrus – weird lizard animal Lemkin – new fey Night Caller – small magical bird Piranha, Mature Piranha Swarm River Dragon – legless, wingless, swimming snake dragon. Riverswell Spirit – cool new undead. Shrine Stone, Animated - construct Silver Bell – plant monster Skate Spider, Giant Skate Spider, Swarm Snapping Turtle Snapping Turtle, Dire Stumble Fish Appendix Humanoids (4 pages) Cursed Brethren - undead that during the day look human. Kinda reminded me of Pirates of the Caribbean movie a little. I am guessing that is what they was inspired by, regardless it is a neat idea and well written. Two stat blocks for them, one of the rank and file and one of their bandit king. Grammy Beshic – Gnome NPC that lives in the forest, has a new magic ring as well. Appendix New Drugs and Gambling (1 page) This has 2 new gambling games, well one game and a fight club. With rules on how to run them and how the odds work. It also has one new drug. Appendix New Haunts (1 page) This section has new haunts. 6 new haunts, four of them fit very well with the forest theme, two of them not as much but still good haunts. Appendix New Templates and Diseases. (1 page) There is five new templates one can apply to monsters and 8 new diseases all of which fit the theme pretty well. It ends with one ad, OGL and back cover. (4 pages) Closing Thoughts. All and all I liked the book, the art is nice black and white art. Most of the monsters I thought fit well in the theme as did most of the rest of the book. The stat blocks are easy to read and understand and the book is laid out well. Other than the cover it is a plain simple black and white book, very print friendly. I do have a few minor critics with the book. The fluff with the giants in one part, in that they sleep in branches of tree's I thought was odd. They are 15ft tall that would be some massive tree's. I think they could have left that part out. My only other issue was some of the stuff just didn't really fit a forest/river theme. The Hatethrall Demon and Avowed Reaver being the two big ones. The hydrus just seemed weird, it seems like it does what it does just because. Now the rest was well done, I would have liked to have seen a few more fey, natural and planet monsters myself but that is personal preference. So whats my rating? Well it is a good book over all, I have a few minor issues with it. I am giving it a 4.5 star review. [/QUOTE]
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