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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7734068" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>Looking at the updated information, this book doesn't sound like <em>Volo's Guide to <strong>Planar</strong> Monsters</em>. Instead it has: </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A guide to the planes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Descriptions of planar conflicts (Blood War, Githzeri vs Githyanki)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Descriptions of surface vs Underdark conflicts (elves vs drow, dwarves vs duergar)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Descriptions of Underdark vs planar conflicts (Gith vs Mind Flayers)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Planar subraces</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">High level monsters</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advice on running challenging monsters</li> </ul><p></p><p>Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ on a Bicycle…. And I thought <em>Xanathar's Guide to Everything</em> lacked a strong focus.</p><p>It's the planar book! But also it's full of dark elves and deep dwarves! And higher CR monsters!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I know they really don't want to give us books we've seen before, but this feels like a bunch of stuff that could have filled out entire books (and has done previously) all smooshed together. And, as such, is unlikely to really give topics the space they really deserve.</p><p>(Hopefully the high CR monsters will at least slant towards extraplanar beasts.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>They could have <em>easily</em> done the aforementioned guide to planar foes, which would have worked just fine. They could have focused on the two Gith, demons, devils, yugoloths, slaadi, and modrons and easily filled out a book. Heck, angels and archons could have been added as well. </p><p>Instead, it feels like they didn't want to repeat the formula and went with the "conflict" theme and then had to stretch and branch out into the elves and dwarves, which just feel out of place in a book otherwise about the planes. </p><p></p><p></p><p>And then they top it off with an incredibly generic name. I imagine <em>Mordenkainen’s Book of Random Crap</em> wouldn't get past the censors…</p><p></p><p></p><p>I can't wait until 2020, when they decide to do a book detailing the undead, in <em>VanRichten's Codex of Nasty People</em>, which naturally also includes assorted new magic items, and epic level play...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7734068, member: 37579"] Looking at the updated information, this book doesn't sound like [i]Volo's Guide to [b]Planar[/b] Monsters[/i]. Instead it has: [list] [*]A guide to the planes [*]Descriptions of planar conflicts (Blood War, Githzeri vs Githyanki) [*]Descriptions of surface vs Underdark conflicts (elves vs drow, dwarves vs duergar) [*]Descriptions of Underdark vs planar conflicts (Gith vs Mind Flayers) [*]Planar subraces [*]High level monsters [*]Advice on running challenging monsters [/list] Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ on a Bicycle…. And I thought [i]Xanathar's Guide to Everything[/i] lacked a strong focus. It's the planar book! But also it's full of dark elves and deep dwarves! And higher CR monsters! I know they really don't want to give us books we've seen before, but this feels like a bunch of stuff that could have filled out entire books (and has done previously) all smooshed together. And, as such, is unlikely to really give topics the space they really deserve. (Hopefully the high CR monsters will at least slant towards extraplanar beasts.) They could have [i]easily[/i] done the aforementioned guide to planar foes, which would have worked just fine. They could have focused on the two Gith, demons, devils, yugoloths, slaadi, and modrons and easily filled out a book. Heck, angels and archons could have been added as well. Instead, it feels like they didn't want to repeat the formula and went with the "conflict" theme and then had to stretch and branch out into the elves and dwarves, which just feel out of place in a book otherwise about the planes. And then they top it off with an incredibly generic name. I imagine [i]Mordenkainen’s Book of Random Crap[/i] wouldn't get past the censors… I can't wait until 2020, when they decide to do a book detailing the undead, in [i]VanRichten's Codex of Nasty People[/i], which naturally also includes assorted new magic items, and epic level play... [/QUOTE]
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