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<blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 9007059" data-attributes="member: 11760"><p>I see the designers really like the Last of Us, but didn't want the infected to be zombies. I like all of the Sporeborn critters.</p><p></p><p>I like how scary the tone is for a lot of these critters, although some of the humanoid write-ups (particularly the orcs) are close to bio-essentialism again.</p><p></p><p>The ghoul is, as expected, lightly leveled up and made scarier. I hope you can sneak in a few more ghoul variants, although I know you don't want to cannibalize your other monster books too badly.</p><p></p><p>Good modron replacements.</p><p></p><p>The void stuff is <em>creepy</em>.</p><p></p><p>The variants in general are so good, I'd love to see them either replace the regular versions or get a standalone write-up. After this many years of playing D&D, I'd be happy if all trolls were stoneskin trolls, who were damaged by radiant damage and turned to stone in the sun, for instance.</p><p></p><p>Not sure how I feel about stats being replaced just by stat bonuses. For the people just using Tales of the Valiant -- which is presumably what you're hoping will happen, [USER=93511]@Marc Radle[/USER] -- it's fine, but for what I suspect is the more typical use case, in which people will mix and match books, this hurts compatibility. I don't want to have to look at a cheat sheet for stat bonuses when I'm using the Monster Vault in the middle of combat.</p><p></p><p>In any case, extremely well done. You've made a great case for the Monster Vault as a product.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whizbang Dustyboots, post: 9007059, member: 11760"] I see the designers really like the Last of Us, but didn't want the infected to be zombies. I like all of the Sporeborn critters. I like how scary the tone is for a lot of these critters, although some of the humanoid write-ups (particularly the orcs) are close to bio-essentialism again. The ghoul is, as expected, lightly leveled up and made scarier. I hope you can sneak in a few more ghoul variants, although I know you don't want to cannibalize your other monster books too badly. Good modron replacements. The void stuff is [I]creepy[/I]. The variants in general are so good, I'd love to see them either replace the regular versions or get a standalone write-up. After this many years of playing D&D, I'd be happy if all trolls were stoneskin trolls, who were damaged by radiant damage and turned to stone in the sun, for instance. Not sure how I feel about stats being replaced just by stat bonuses. For the people just using Tales of the Valiant -- which is presumably what you're hoping will happen, [USER=93511]@Marc Radle[/USER] -- it's fine, but for what I suspect is the more typical use case, in which people will mix and match books, this hurts compatibility. I don't want to have to look at a cheat sheet for stat bonuses when I'm using the Monster Vault in the middle of combat. In any case, extremely well done. You've made a great case for the Monster Vault as a product. [/QUOTE]
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