Any interest in a Monster Compendium?

[cybertalus]

This idea reminds me of what TSR started doing in the waning years of 2nd Edition with the Monstrous Compendium Annuals. I really liked those, so I'd be all for a similar series for 3E.

 

[heimdall]

If you could compile the monsters onto a CD/DVD, that would be awesome. That would eliminate the # of books issue. Also, if there was some functionality to select a monster list, sort of like selecting playlists in the various music apps, so a DM could print off the monsters he or she knew were in the upcoming adventure... that would be golden.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Clearly, there would be a lot of legal tangles to put together something truly encyclopedic,

What legal tangles? WotC owns all the rights to their books, so there wouldn't be any legal issues.

 

[Kesh]

I'd be happy with a book that takes a bunch of 3e creatures (Monsters of Faerun, MM2, Fiend Folio, etc.) and updates them to 3.5e in a single volume.

 

[Fishbone]

This is like the Monster Geographica books. Condensed format, no artwork, monsters pulled and converted to 3.5 and sorted for CR 1/4 to CR 20, one for each environment. They're great books, love them to pieces.
Is that what you're talking about, Felon?

 

[BOZ]

What I'd love would be if Paizo did a Monstrous Compendium, a book of all sorts of monsters from Dragon and Dungeon Magazine through the years, ala the Dragon Compendium.

Probably isn't going to happen anytime soon, but it'd rock.

Demiurge out.

i've been wanting that since the 2E days.

a whole lot of monsters have come and gone and been totally forgotten in the older magazines... which is why you'll find a lot of them at the Creature Catalog website.

 

[John Cooper]

I always welcome new monster books. A "reprint" book with 3.0 (or earlier) monsters converted to 3.5 would definitely be worth looking into. I don't know about monsters pulled from other 3.5 books, though.

 

[RisnDevil]

Condensed format, no artwork, monsters pulled and converted to 3.5

That is a truly great idea! I would also suggest making the artwork for all the monsters one ginormous web-enhancement for people that want it.

 

[Ghendar]

I love the concept of a monster compendium. However, it would have to be an ongoing series vol 1, vol 2, etc, etc.

I'd also like to see more previous edition monsters converted to 3rd ED.

 

[Ghendar]

Clearly, there would be a lot of legal tangles to put together something truly encyclopedic, and if it could be done with less mess, and it looks like it will sell, WoTC will do it. Though I must say from my perspective that as long as I have internet access, its kind of pointless.

What legal tangles? WotC owns all the rights to their books, so there wouldn't be any legal issues.

Yeah, I'm shaking my head at that one as well. Am I missing something?