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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7690694" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>That's almost certainly true. Everyone has different taste. And most people actually have multiple tastes, in the sense that I like both ketchup and ice cream but not necessarily at the same time. </p><p></p><p>But I wish you'd explain what taste you have.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What things?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My problem with bestiaries usually comes down to how much value they offer me.</p><p></p><p>If I have to restat the monster to use it, I could homebrew a monster just as quickly, and usually do.</p><p></p><p>If the monster is basically reskinned something else or lacks any unique complexity, then something like 4e's generic monster stats are actually more useful because you can just pull them down off the shelf and use them for anything that is basically just an encounter. I expect when I buy a book to be looking at pages I couldn't have written myself.</p><p></p><p>I judge an RPG book by how much of it I actually use and how essential it was to what I imagine. So a become has to justify the investment in money buying it and time reading it. If it stays on the shelf, it's worthless to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7690694, member: 4937"] That's almost certainly true. Everyone has different taste. And most people actually have multiple tastes, in the sense that I like both ketchup and ice cream but not necessarily at the same time. But I wish you'd explain what taste you have. What things? My problem with bestiaries usually comes down to how much value they offer me. If I have to restat the monster to use it, I could homebrew a monster just as quickly, and usually do. If the monster is basically reskinned something else or lacks any unique complexity, then something like 4e's generic monster stats are actually more useful because you can just pull them down off the shelf and use them for anything that is basically just an encounter. I expect when I buy a book to be looking at pages I couldn't have written myself. I judge an RPG book by how much of it I actually use and how essential it was to what I imagine. So a become has to justify the investment in money buying it and time reading it. If it stays on the shelf, it's worthless to me. [/QUOTE]
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