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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 2438131" data-attributes="member: 13098"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I like the Deluxe Book of Templates.  Quite a bit of goodness therein.  I also wonder about the BESM Monstrous Manual by Guardians of Order.  But I was mostly trying to drum up the discussion about the current ENnie nominees since these can be voted on right now, and they can be purchased as PDF at good prices.  But to expand out the discussion beyond that, I like toolkits.  I like to be able to change up adversaries in an unexpected way.  Of course, I use a lot of humanoid NPCs to try out class combos.  But Templates are fun as well.  Beast Builder looks interesting for creating the niche monsters that I want for my game.  As an example, I have ressurection magic in my game.  But there are some ways to die where you cannot be brought back.  One of these is a creature that literally devours your soul.  Nasty critter!  I also have various sorts of undead that are not in any book.  I like to use monsters like this to give my homebrew that extra twist and to totally thwart the metagaming aspect of player knowledge about a given monster.  Beast Builder might be helpful in all of these regards.  But a good template book would give me some possibilities as well.  Especially since I can use templates to create entire race branches, or to create those strange one-off creatures that are freaky mutants of hybrids.  The old Monsters Handbook from Fantasy Flight games is good.  The Deluxe Book of Templates is good.  But there are new things coming out and I haven't seen as much buzz on these as I would like.</blockquote>

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