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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4864472" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=20088&it=1?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Unveiled Masters</a> by Paradigm Concepts. A mindflayer sourcebook 3e OGL D&D.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=2627&products_id=60679&filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=2627?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Rifts</a> by Palladium books. Post apocalyptic magical supertech future earth with extradimensional horror creatures from portal rifts invading, lots of the sourcebooks have super powerful tentacled horror beings. Uses the Palladium game system, similar to 1e AD&D with parrying and a skill system. Fantastic art and concepts.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=4567?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Cthulhutech</a> A future Cthulhu setting by Catalyst games where extradimensional horrors have invaded the world and people fight back with mechs. I think it uses its own system. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=57984?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Shadows of Cthulhu</a> Another future war against the mythos setting, soldiers are equipped with mind wipes to erase the traumas of encountering the mythos. Uses the True20 rules, like 3e but damage save instead of hp, no iterative attacks or attacks of opportunity and a few other changes (no D&D classes).</p><p></p><p>For 3.5 Alien Far realmsish monsters I like the full color exotic monster art from <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=54942&filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=38?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Complete Book of Denizens</a> by Inner Circle Games and the more twisted sort of art style of Todd Morasch in <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=1431&it=1&filters=0_0_0_0?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Complete Minions</a> by Bastion Press. Inner Circle's website has the art in a gallery so check that out.</p><p></p><p>For mind flayer alternatives there is the parietophage in the abovementioned Complete Minions, <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=50998&filters=0_0_0_0?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Int the Black</a> by Bastion Press/Dragonwing Games, and <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2118&it=1&filters=0_0_0_0?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Classics of Fantasy Iconic Bestiary</a> by Lion's Den Press which has alternatives to beholders, mindflayers and other Monster Manual monsters that were not included in the OGL SRD.</p><p></p><p>Ronin Arts has a small sourcebook I think called Possessors on mind flayer replacements, basically psionic cave octopi who drop on your head, eat your brain, then keep attached to the body and control it until it wears out. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?cPath=4975&products_id=19676&it=1?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Book of Fiends</a> by Green Ronin has a lot of demons and daemons who fit the tentacled madness inducing feel as does <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=1825&it=1?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Slayer's Guide to Demons</a> by Mongoose Publishing (check out the alternative non tanari demon families).</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=4262?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Green ronin's Freeport series</a> has strong Cthulhu elements. Check out the Pirate's guide for the city sourcebook setting, The trilogy for a module series that involves mythos stuff, and Cults of Freeport, two of the cults are Cthulhu entities.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=340?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Pelgrane Press</a> has their Trail of Cthulhu game system. I really liked the Dying Earth stuff they did and I've heard great things about their horror monster sourcebook The Book of Unremitting Horror (OGL d20 Modern and Gumshoe versions available) and their Cthulhu and esoterrorist stuff.</p><p></p><p>It is hard to go wrong with Chaosium's <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=79?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Call of Cthulhu</a> line of RPG books. CoC modules are designed to be killers for normal human investigators. I find this translates well to a good challenge for D&D heroes and module conversion to D&D is surprisingly not too difficult if you want that investigation theme with horror flavor in your D&D.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?cPath=190&products_id=2734&it=1?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Vault of Tsathar Rho</a> Dungeon Crawl Classics #2 module by Goodman Games for 3.5 D&D is a pretty good low level dungeon crawl with mutated/warped monsters and evil alien outsider threat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 4864472, member: 2209"] [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=20088&it=1?affiliate_id=17596"]Unveiled Masters[/URL] by Paradigm Concepts. A mindflayer sourcebook 3e OGL D&D. [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=2627&products_id=60679&filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=2627?affiliate_id=17596"]Rifts[/URL] by Palladium books. Post apocalyptic magical supertech future earth with extradimensional horror creatures from portal rifts invading, lots of the sourcebooks have super powerful tentacled horror beings. Uses the Palladium game system, similar to 1e AD&D with parrying and a skill system. Fantastic art and concepts. [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=4567?affiliate_id=17596"]Cthulhutech[/URL] A future Cthulhu setting by Catalyst games where extradimensional horrors have invaded the world and people fight back with mechs. I think it uses its own system. [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=57984?affiliate_id=17596"]Shadows of Cthulhu[/URL] Another future war against the mythos setting, soldiers are equipped with mind wipes to erase the traumas of encountering the mythos. Uses the True20 rules, like 3e but damage save instead of hp, no iterative attacks or attacks of opportunity and a few other changes (no D&D classes). For 3.5 Alien Far realmsish monsters I like the full color exotic monster art from [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=54942&filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=38?affiliate_id=17596"]Complete Book of Denizens[/URL] by Inner Circle Games and the more twisted sort of art style of Todd Morasch in [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=1431&it=1&filters=0_0_0_0?affiliate_id=17596"]Complete Minions[/URL] by Bastion Press. Inner Circle's website has the art in a gallery so check that out. For mind flayer alternatives there is the parietophage in the abovementioned Complete Minions, [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=50998&filters=0_0_0_0?affiliate_id=17596"]Int the Black[/URL] by Bastion Press/Dragonwing Games, and [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2118&it=1&filters=0_0_0_0?affiliate_id=17596"]Classics of Fantasy Iconic Bestiary[/URL] by Lion's Den Press which has alternatives to beholders, mindflayers and other Monster Manual monsters that were not included in the OGL SRD. Ronin Arts has a small sourcebook I think called Possessors on mind flayer replacements, basically psionic cave octopi who drop on your head, eat your brain, then keep attached to the body and control it until it wears out. [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?cPath=4975&products_id=19676&it=1?affiliate_id=17596"]Book of Fiends[/URL] by Green Ronin has a lot of demons and daemons who fit the tentacled madness inducing feel as does [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=1825&it=1?affiliate_id=17596"]Slayer's Guide to Demons[/URL] by Mongoose Publishing (check out the alternative non tanari demon families). [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=4262?affiliate_id=17596"]Green ronin's Freeport series[/URL] has strong Cthulhu elements. Check out the Pirate's guide for the city sourcebook setting, The trilogy for a module series that involves mythos stuff, and Cults of Freeport, two of the cults are Cthulhu entities. [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=340?affiliate_id=17596"]Pelgrane Press[/URL] has their Trail of Cthulhu game system. I really liked the Dying Earth stuff they did and I've heard great things about their horror monster sourcebook The Book of Unremitting Horror (OGL d20 Modern and Gumshoe versions available) and their Cthulhu and esoterrorist stuff. It is hard to go wrong with Chaosium's [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=79?affiliate_id=17596"]Call of Cthulhu[/URL] line of RPG books. CoC modules are designed to be killers for normal human investigators. I find this translates well to a good challenge for D&D heroes and module conversion to D&D is surprisingly not too difficult if you want that investigation theme with horror flavor in your D&D. [URL="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?cPath=190&products_id=2734&it=1?affiliate_id=17596"]Vault of Tsathar Rho[/URL] Dungeon Crawl Classics #2 module by Goodman Games for 3.5 D&D is a pretty good low level dungeon crawl with mutated/warped monsters and evil alien outsider threat. [/QUOTE]
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