Corinnguard
Hero
How many Monstrous Compendium were there in all? I lost count.
D&D General How do you prefer your monster books?
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Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
15 and few appendices I believe.
Laurefindel
Legend
First, I like my monster book singular. Not 15 books. Not 3. One should do.
Then I hesitated between setting specific and general. I want general by meta-setting. In other words, I’m not interested in having a monster boon that will do D&D, Star Wars, Aliens, and Shadowrun, even if they all share the same stats and rules. Sticking to D&D, one monster book is enough for me.
Then I hesitated between setting specific and general. I want general by meta-setting. In other words, I’m not interested in having a monster boon that will do D&D, Star Wars, Aliens, and Shadowrun, even if they all share the same stats and rules. Sticking to D&D, one monster book is enough for me.
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For D&D, I want a baseline general book with plenty of different types of monsters. Then, for further expansion, I much prefer setting-specific or thematic collections.
Lakesidefantasy
Hero
I voted for the general Monster Manuels.
My favorite is the Monstrous Menagerie from Level Up. I like the supporting material in each entry for running the monsters.
My favorite is the Monstrous Menagerie from Level Up. I like the supporting material in each entry for running the monsters.
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
Besides the already mentioned Monster Overhaul, I prefer monster books to be general-audience readers instead of game books. Books on myths, monsters, ghosts, weird creatures, cryptids, etc. I prefer monster stats to be easily done on a page, bookmark, or business card a la Blog of Holding’s Monster Manual on a Business Card.
aco175
Legend
Just the basic monster book. I have played too long to need much more. I do like the fluff about whare and how things live and cool ways to use them, but keep it a paragraph or two. Most monsters are meant to be killed and do not need much.
Favorite would be the 3-ring-binder. Was not very useful since I never put the pages back after I took them out for the specific adventure. That and most of the things broke and I needed to reinforcement tabs for them. Cool idea though. Would not buy it now though since computers have the monsters and I just cut/paste the stats I need.
Favorite would be the 3-ring-binder. Was not very useful since I never put the pages back after I took them out for the specific adventure. That and most of the things broke and I needed to reinforcement tabs for them. Cool idea though. Would not buy it now though since computers have the monsters and I just cut/paste the stats I need.
sevenbastard
Legend
I think setting specific like Threats to the Nentir Vale do a great job of providing more than just stats and generic lore. They build an interconected ecosystem of monsters and built in adventure ideas.
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