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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2010018" data-attributes="member: 18387">By Morgan Grover, Exec. Director d20 Magazine RackSizing Up the Target Creature Collection II: Dark Managerie is a core rulebook for the Scarred Lands campaign setting. Published by White Wolf under the Sword & Sorcery imprint, this 247-page collection of monsters retails for $24.95.First Blood Like the first one, Creature Collection II is packed full of fun and interesting creatures. They did an even better job this time around, keeping what worked with CC I, and adding to it. More creatures, more appendixes, templates, and larger range of CR’s. The artwork ranges from average to great, some of it very well done! Some of the creatures are based of of one from the first, such as more Ratman. There are new templates (something that was missing from the first), and 2 additional appendix’s including one compiling all of the monsters from the MM, CC I, and CC II, and ranging them in alphabetical order by CR. This is a HUGE help to nearly any DM who is looking for the right CR creature, and was sorely missed from the first. Critical Hits Most notable was the CR index. Definately important, no matter how simple it may seem. Additionally the new templates are a plus, and the most obvious . . more creatures! Critical Misses Hmm, not much was missed this time around. Some of the artwork could have been a bit better, but that it a personal qualm. Other than that this book is very well done Coup de Grace It could be fairly easy to say that this book combined with the first and the MM will give even the most wanting DM’s more than enough creatures to use for a long, long time to come. Granted there are always people like me, who have to snatch up nearly any creature book they see, even if they know they will hardly get a chance to use it. But for most people those three creature books have such a solid CR range and collection of creatures, that you won’t need much more. For those that use the Scarred Lands setting, then this is a must. With so many more good idea’s and creatures you can’t go wrong in picking it up, and it will add so much more to your game.To see the graded evaluation of this product and to leave comments that the reviewer will respond to, go to Fast Tracks at <a href="http://www.d20zines.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=4" target="_blank">www.d20zines.com.</a></blockquote>

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