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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormprince" data-source="post: 261799" data-attributes="member: 2046">Re: Bestiary of LoeremUnfortunately, you're correct... from the Bestiary, every creature is considered OGC except for the Dragon and the Bahk, which actually belong solely to Larry Elmore.Basically, the way things work, is that Dragons are each born with two Elemental aspects, one dominant one recessive, and this determines their abilities.Now, the Dragons aren't the only interesting creatures in the book, particularly if you are already using the SS Magic System. There's quite a few new spells, magically created creatures that could serve as templates for designing your own, our version of the Lich - the Qabalta (uber-liches that work cooperatively together), our version of Treants - Chamber Oaks (uber-treants... trust me, they're bad arse!), summoned creatures, and the like. Off the top of my head, I think there are something like 15 new spells in there. It's a pretty book and one that I'm particularly proud of. I know that there have been two comments on the book.... the first one is white-space. *chuckles* We used an old marketing technique to draw attention to the artwork since it compliments each monster (and unlike many monster books, our descriptions actually match the artwork!), yet we don't feel it detracts from the value of the book as many "3E Elitists" say (as if "too much white space" is actually a bad thing... I know that my eyes bleed after reading a Paladium book, which lacks white space!). The second complaint is that the monsters seem to be "too out there." Every monster in the book has a place in Loerem, each one with comments on its place in the ecosystem... heck, Margaret herself went through each and every monster and made sure they fit! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />In closing, no, the Bestiary is not required, but I sure as heck advice people picking it up if they liked our first two hardbounds!ChristopherOh, and PS, if you like Void Magic, check out The Taan, the wicked saurian Void masters... they've got an all new twist on Void magic, with embedded stones that grant them incredible abilities.</blockquote>

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