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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Messageboard Golem" data-source="post: 2008344" data-attributes="member: 18387">Okay, so I bought this book when it first came out. I thought the cover was cleverly done, somewhat matching the D&D core book covers, and the yeti fur look was cute. Quickly thumbing through the inside I saw a bunch of monster entries each sporting art and stats--I figured it would be useful, and ponied up my twenty-five bucks.The book sat on my shelf until yesterday, when I decided to look through it for new and exciting monsters. Well, at least I supported my local gamestore when I bought this book.The creatures in this book seem to be either medium-sized, very very large, or--get this twist--very very small. It also seems that any given monster will (a) always attack you as soon as it sees you, (b) never attack you because it cleverly has a raft of others willing to attack you on its behalf, or, for an amazing amount of these scary and dangerous creatures, it (c) is unwilling to ever attack anyone unless backed into a corner, which is most unlikely to happen, seeing as it probably ran away long before you got near.Most of the creatures in this book are tightly entwined with the Swords and Sorcery setting, which would be a great idea if they then inspired one to purchase the rest of the books. They don't.As for the art, well, let's dwell on the positive: There are several pieces in here by Ron Spencer, whose style is consistent and evocative. And not all of the remaining pieces look like they were drawn on a napkin.I don't forsee using these critters in my campaign. The Creature Collection is now snugly nestled on my shelf next to both unused books of the single-book Synnibarr system, right where it belongs. If you haven't bought this book, take a much harder look at it than I first did before you plunk down your cash. And if you have already bought it, well, thanks for supporting your local game store.</blockquote>

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