Do you have the book? Can you provide any examples of the crafting mechanics? It sounds to me like they only provide one specific monster part for each magic item - like a flame tongue longsword can only be crafted with a specific red dragon fire sac or something. Is that the case? I'd prefer like a short list of options because surely you could use any number of fire-themed monster parts to craft a flaming sword.
Yeah that was my reaction, DMs Guild is very hit or miss from what I've bought off there.
True not everything WotC puts out is great, some is not even good. I just hope there's some guidance on their part for 3PP as to what's acceptable to them. Maybe it's too late and the flood gates have been opened already.
please note, the 600 page version is the pdf on drive thru, this version has lost quite a bit, a whole new class, 5 subclasses, 5 races and I believe some spells.
I actually ran a few sessions in the early 3E days revolving around a tavern where spectators could watch adventurers battle creatures to the death. If the adventurers won, they got to eat their kills and got some benefits from it. It was fun for a few sessions but that was all my players were willing to take, and the premise started running thin. I'm not saying this is the case with this book.
The recipes listed in the book only list one part needed for each item listed which i agree is limited. It is easy however to look from there and determine what might be necessary. The breath sack is a dc 25 to remove and can explode on you if you fail. based on that the core of a fire elemental has the same dc and the volatile signifier. the essence needed (magical rarity) only list a required cr that the creature must be to harvest that type.
It works better for dungeon delves ala, Dinning in Dungeons or exploration heavy games. In my last Eberron Game we were in the Jungles and I cooked up unique plants and monsters most days depending on what we killed because we were not near a city.
The D&D Beyond release is specifically titled Heliana’s Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 1, which implies that there will be at least a part 2. The original print version doesn't have parts.
Its just worded a bit weird and had it not been clarified I may have thought P1 was 600 pages in print and a second volume was coming at some point. Even though it does say (~350 pgs), it just threw me off. Here's the quote.
one can hope, but we have also only gotten the second griffons saddle bag so far
True but that's Book Two, and not Part 1.
