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Let me see...I started reading Libris Mortis on the 20th of October or thereabouts, and finished it yesterday, for a total of about 12 days. During that time, I spent probably an hour or so on weeknights, and maybe an average of 3 hours on each day of the weekend. I'd guess it was somewhere...

As much as the concept of the World's Largest Dungeon intrigues me, I don't think I'd have the time to devote to reviewing a work of that size in anything less than a year or so. But yeah, it would probably be interesting.

Yeah, and I likewise recall the Ghost Brute template from an earlier article in Dragon. I wasn't trying to imply that WotC had "stolen" these templates from other companies, merely that a few of the concepts had already been done elsewhere. For example, Mongoose Publishing's Encyclopaedia...

Originally posted by Knight Otu: That's why I mentioned it - it was a standardization issue.

Oh, and to confirm what a couple of people have already surmised: Yes, if there weren't so many problems with the stats, I'd definitely have given Monster Manual III a 4/5 rating. I'll also confirm that I haven't received any review copies of S&SS books. Many companies do tend to stick with...

Originally posted by MerricB: So, nitpicking the nitpicker, huh? Fair enough. :) You're absolutely right, MerricB. I added those to the errata list because I had recalled seeing two Powerful Charge entries in the same monster's stat block, and I had thought at the time that they had been in...

Monster Manual III By Rich Burlew, Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, Andrew J. Finch, Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel, Rich Redman, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and P. Nathan Toomey Wizards of the Coast item code 179210000 224 pages, $34.95 Monster Manual III is the latest in WotC's continuing series of...

Hey, good eye, coyote6! Baragor has a Str 46, so he has a +18 Str modifier, one-and-a-half of which would be +27. I edited the review to reflect your input. Thanks!

Masters & Minions Horde Book 2: Maze of the Minotaur By Brian Stith Behemoth3 product number BEH3502 60 pages, $12.00 Maze of the Minotaur is the second in Behemoth3's "Masters & Minions" series, each book dedicated to bringing new life to a D&D monster with roots all the way back to the...

Wow - I was out of town most of the week, and I return home to find a thread about me? I'm just sorry it took me this long to find out about it. Hopefully I'll be able to address everybody's questions/concerns/comments, and I apologize in advance for the length of this response. First of all...

Masters & Minions Horde Book 1: A Swarm of Stirges By Tavis Allison Behemoth3 product number BEH 3501 54 pages, $12.00 A Swarm of Stirges is the first in Behemoth3's "Master & Minions Horde Books," each one taking an extensive look at a single monster from the SRD, and expanding upon it. In...

THE ECOLOGY OF CANTON VOLUME ONE By Jason Vandenberg, Jon Misevicz, Jeremy Aldrich, Justin Vandenberg, and David Woodrum Geeks Cubed product number GEK0003 158 pages, $27.00 The Ecology of Canton Volume One serves as the Monster Manual to the "Pantheonic Dreams" campaign setting, detailing 75...

Pantheonic Dreams - World of Canton Realm Book By Jeremy Aldrich, Benjamin J. Eggers, Jason & Justin Vandenberg, and Jon Misevicz Geeks Cubed product number GEK0002 286 pages, $32.00 The World of Canton Main Realm Book is the first book in the "Pantheonic Dreams" line of RPG sourcebooks...

From the initial list, I only have Tome of Horrors and Manual of the Planes. From the Bayesian list, I can add the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.

Of course, that said, I haven't seen Primeval Groves for myself so I can't really comment on the specifics of that book. I have seen three of Goodman Games' "Complete Guide" lines each featuring a specific monster, though, and have been really impressed with them. Also, I'll echo the...

I tend to agree with Vraille Darkfang. Correct game mechanics are way at the top of my list, as well. I feel that while many DMs like to "tweak" their monsters to fit their own tastes (and more power to them), they shouldn't have to do any "tweaking" just to get the monster to comply with the...

I do recall seeing a link on the Mongoose messageboards to a page of artwork from the main artist of The Book of Hell. Here it is: http://www.metautomata.com/zenobite/galeria/bokk_hell/hellbook.htm It looks very impressive.

Originally posted by JoeGKusher: Nope, not me, Joe. I was told that Mongoose is currently rethinking their review policy, and they haven't sent me anything for months. (It's a pity, too, because I can't find several of their books in my local gaming stores, Book of Hell and Book of the Planes...

Joe - You're absolutely right about the deviant mimics; somehow that got by me. Sorry about that! (I'll delete those two from the review.) I see your point about the 1.5 Strength bonus as well - I've always gone straight by the "natural weapons" description in the Monster Manual, and never...

MONSTER GEOGRAPHICA: UNDERGROUND By Joseph Browning, Suzi Yee, and Kevin Baase Expeditious Retreat Press product number XRP 3002 200 pages, $20.00 Monster Geographica: Underground is the first book in a new series of monster books sorted by environment. (The hand-printed note I received with...