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<blockquote data-quote="Keeper of the Dark Realms" data-source="post: 2008316" data-attributes="member: 1445"><p>I received my copies in the mail last week and after reading through it I have the same feelings about this one as I did the first one. It reminds me of the 1e Fiend Folio; a lot of really strange and unique creatures that will make you say "What the hell were they smokin'?" <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=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Overall though, the book is great. The monsters are unique and refreshing and seem to fit right in with the setting of the Scarred Lands, though they can easily be inserted into any campaign without anything more than ignoring the background flavor of text (just like the Monsters of Faerun can be inserted into any non-Realms world by ignoring the In the Realms text).</p><p></p><p>I really enjoed the first Creature Collection (yes it reminds me of the FF as well), but this one is stronger, more organized and better presented. The artwork is up and down, great in places, but bad in others (though I am not really a fan of the stuff in the new Monster Manual either, so YMMV).</p><p></p><p>The creatures, as I said, are unique and very well designed and thought out. The ones that stand out the most for me are:</p><p></p><p>Blade Beast: a panther-like creature that absorbs any bladed weapon into its body and then fire it back at the attacker as a missile weapon.</p><p></p><p>Daemons: three new daemons from the Lower Planes.</p><p></p><p>Gallows Eye: a very weird aberration with a death touch and enervation gaze.</p><p></p><p>Touch Corruptor: humanoid whose touch putrefies flesh.</p><p></p><p>Conundrum Creature (template): Cursed by the great sphinx Athentia, conundrum creatures are animated puzzles of stone (any corporeal creature can become one, the sample creature is a manticore). They retain all special abilities, and must get their opponents to answer their riddle to free them of their curse.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There are a ton of other great monsters in the book (demons, the iron devil, the Siege Undead, and of course Carnival Krewe). Overall, the book is awesome and I would recommend it to anyone looking for something a little different.</p><p></p><p>Scott Greene</p><p>Visit the Creature Catalogue</p><p>http://www.rpgplanet.com/dnd3e/creaturecatalog/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keeper of the Dark Realms, post: 2008316, member: 1445"] I received my copies in the mail last week and after reading through it I have the same feelings about this one as I did the first one. It reminds me of the 1e Fiend Folio; a lot of really strange and unique creatures that will make you say "What the hell were they smokin'?" :) Overall though, the book is great. The monsters are unique and refreshing and seem to fit right in with the setting of the Scarred Lands, though they can easily be inserted into any campaign without anything more than ignoring the background flavor of text (just like the Monsters of Faerun can be inserted into any non-Realms world by ignoring the In the Realms text). I really enjoed the first Creature Collection (yes it reminds me of the FF as well), but this one is stronger, more organized and better presented. The artwork is up and down, great in places, but bad in others (though I am not really a fan of the stuff in the new Monster Manual either, so YMMV). The creatures, as I said, are unique and very well designed and thought out. The ones that stand out the most for me are: Blade Beast: a panther-like creature that absorbs any bladed weapon into its body and then fire it back at the attacker as a missile weapon. Daemons: three new daemons from the Lower Planes. Gallows Eye: a very weird aberration with a death touch and enervation gaze. Touch Corruptor: humanoid whose touch putrefies flesh. Conundrum Creature (template): Cursed by the great sphinx Athentia, conundrum creatures are animated puzzles of stone (any corporeal creature can become one, the sample creature is a manticore). They retain all special abilities, and must get their opponents to answer their riddle to free them of their curse. There are a ton of other great monsters in the book (demons, the iron devil, the Siege Undead, and of course Carnival Krewe). Overall, the book is awesome and I would recommend it to anyone looking for something a little different. Scott Greene Visit the Creature Catalogue http://www.rpgplanet.com/dnd3e/creaturecatalog/ [/QUOTE]
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