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<blockquote data-quote="Crothian" data-source="post: 2011872" data-attributes="member: 232">Bardic Lore the Falchan&nbsp; &nbsp; One of the biggest complaints about monster books seems to be the lack of information inside them.&nbsp; Many of them are designed with combat information but little in terms of cultural information.&nbsp; Monsters become little more then the next encounter for the players to kill with out much detail on ecology or history of them.&nbsp; Bardic Lore takes a different approach.&nbsp; It presents one new creature and gives one the details that one might want.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Falchan is a small PDF detailing in great detail this new creature.&nbsp; The PDF is only eight pages long and the file less then a half a meg in size.&nbsp; The book has so so art, but the lay out is pretty good.&nbsp; The PDF is also nicely book marked.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The Falchan is a very odd race.&nbsp; They have one eye, one arm out of the center of their chest and one leg.&nbsp; While the detail on these creatures is extensive and easy to use, the appearance seems rather silly.&nbsp; The book includes information on their society, how they are in combat, and some simple notes for including it in any campaign.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The book continues on to give full stats for using one of these creatures as a player character and includes a small three level paragon class for the race like seen in Arcana Unearthed.&nbsp; There is an NPC example of the leader of them written up.&nbsp; And lastly they have a great bit of info for players depending on a Bardic Lore roll.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; While the detail of the creatures is well done I just have a hard time getting past their appearance.&nbsp; They are based on a creature from Celtic mythology and I like to see things from myth stated out, but with the options out there I think a better creature could have been done.&nbsp; So, if you can get past the appearance this is a very well done book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crothian, post: 2011872, member: 232"] Bardic Lore the Falchan One of the biggest complaints about monster books seems to be the lack of information inside them. Many of them are designed with combat information but little in terms of cultural information. Monsters become little more then the next encounter for the players to kill with out much detail on ecology or history of them. Bardic Lore takes a different approach. It presents one new creature and gives one the details that one might want. The Falchan is a small PDF detailing in great detail this new creature. The PDF is only eight pages long and the file less then a half a meg in size. The book has so so art, but the lay out is pretty good. The PDF is also nicely book marked. The Falchan is a very odd race. They have one eye, one arm out of the center of their chest and one leg. While the detail on these creatures is extensive and easy to use, the appearance seems rather silly. The book includes information on their society, how they are in combat, and some simple notes for including it in any campaign. The book continues on to give full stats for using one of these creatures as a player character and includes a small three level paragon class for the race like seen in Arcana Unearthed. There is an NPC example of the leader of them written up. And lastly they have a great bit of info for players depending on a Bardic Lore roll. While the detail of the creatures is well done I just have a hard time getting past their appearance. They are based on a creature from Celtic mythology and I like to see things from myth stated out, but with the options out there I think a better creature could have been done. So, if you can get past the appearance this is a very well done book. [/QUOTE]

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