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I'd probably just use it for the Asaathi. :) Though I did buy it for a friend of mine for his birthday.

Not back then ;)

Well, there is sorta of a reason. A malebranche caste is a demotional caste, which is probably why it has such pitiful DR, though I still don't care for it.

I don't own it for one. It's a monster book that focuses exclusively on a subset of monsters. So yes, it's a monster book and I've used it more than other books I've had for much longer periods of time.

In order of use: Monster Manual II Fiend Folio Monster Manual III Tome of Horrors Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss Lords of Madness Creature Collection II

What's so bad about DRM? I've never followed the DRM discussions before.

I gotta say, Zangarmarsh is the coolest new zone in the game. I love the look of the giant mushroom forests and the local fauna. Super cool :)

I personally find the bard to be a very useful class. Now the monk I have trouble finding uses for other than being a 'spellcaster killer.'

Not really. The baggage I speak of is the damage bonus against flanked opponents. Obviously just personal preference, but it's not something I see as being swashbuckler-y. YMMV of course. I personally dig the totem warrior, runethane, ritual warrior, and kinda-sorta the mageblade. The witch...

The swashbuckler class doesn't have sudden strike. Sudden Strike > Sneak Attack when modelling a swashbuckler. Skirmish is also better if you see a swashbuckler as constantly moving, taking quick jabs at the enemy before deftly jumping backwards. Sudden Strike fits the 'a ha, I just stabbed...

Sorcerers REALLY shine when you take Metamagic feats into consideration. Spontaneous metamagic is a SERIOUS advantage and the full-round casting time is not that big of a deal. With a wizard, you have to decide which spells you want to metamagic beforehand and you get, generally, less slots to...

I really liked the spyder-fiends. :( I thought that they filled an interesting thematic niche (similar to the dragonspawn but, 1000x better and more flavorful) in the D&D cosmology, despite their somewhat dubious name.

Hobgoblins and from what I've read, there's quite a bit of variety of foes in there.

True. :) But I'm glad that these got cut and not... well, anything else.

That there is a nice looking dragon :)

Having not seen the entire book, I agree. The book looks pretty interesting, but if I get it, it will NOT be for the tricks, which don't entice me at all from what I've seen.

Meh. I can see why they got cut. :)

Uh no.

Heh. Unlike popular opinion which seems to be that 'dragons r teh sukc' I like them. I like the color coded system, the variety of CR's they cover, their 3.x art, the Draconomicon, and the niche they fill. I feel that the 3.x MM has just the right amount of dragons aside from the shadow dragon...

It wouldn't have been too much of a stretch to make up a mechanic like that while all those fancy-schmancy new spellcasting rules were being created. ;)