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<blockquote data-quote="Darkness" data-source="post: 398251" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Thanks for reviewing the MM2, Crothian! Yu0 r0x0r! <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>Heh. But I still got it after flipping through it in the store today (which is the first day it has been out 'round here). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>And I <em>love</em> it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>See, it has just about everything I want:</p><p></p><p>Sure, some more background details on the monsters would have been nice - but I can live without them, too (especially for the monsters that existed in 2e, like thri-kreen). 'sides, background is easier for me to create than the monsters themselves.</p><p></p><p>Which, BTW, are IMO a good mix of old favorites and interesting, new creatures. (There's far more of the latter, though, and some <em>more</em> "old favorites" really wouldn't have hurt.)</p><p></p><p>When reading many of the entries, I was instantly hooked and ideas on how to use them in a game came to my mind. Heh. I really want to use many (if not most) of them <em>right now</em>. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>Some particular favorites of mine (for now, that is; I haven't had time to read it all yet, ya know, so I'll certainly find others later and possibly change my mind on a couple of these):</p><p></p><p>Automaton</p><p></p><p>Banshee (BTW: Wow! Nice power boost that they got since 2e! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" /> )</p><p></p><p>Bladeling</p><p></p><p>Chain Golem</p><p></p><p>Corpse Golem</p><p></p><p>Deathbringer</p><p></p><p>Demon: Kelvezu</p><p></p><p>Elemental Weirds</p><p></p><p>Famine Spirit</p><p></p><p>Fiendwurm</p><p></p><p>Frost Salamander (for the picture, if nothing else <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>Grell (still, they already were covered in 3e, so...)</p><p></p><p>Hellfire Wyrm</p><p></p><p>Ixitxachitl (Yay!!! Everyone's favorite impossible-to-spell, chaotic evil rays are baaack! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p></p><p>Jermlaine (At least I think I like them; weren't they the ones who used to shave off all the hair of people they captured in 2e...? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />)</p><p></p><p>Thri-Kreen (Finally balanced! Yay! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)</p><p></p><p>Death Knight (Even though they already appeared in Dragon)</p><p></p><p>Half Golem (Too bad that they don't have an ECL. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)</p><p></p><p>Monster of Legend</p><p></p><p>Spellstitched</p><p></p><p>Titanic Creature</p><p></p><p>Warbeast</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darkness, post: 398251, member: 13"] Thanks for reviewing the MM2, Crothian! Yu0 r0x0r! :) Heh. But I still got it after flipping through it in the store today (which is the first day it has been out 'round here). ;) And I [i]love[/i] it! :D See, it has just about everything I want: Sure, some more background details on the monsters would have been nice - but I can live without them, too (especially for the monsters that existed in 2e, like thri-kreen). 'sides, background is easier for me to create than the monsters themselves. Which, BTW, are IMO a good mix of old favorites and interesting, new creatures. (There's far more of the latter, though, and some [i]more[/i] "old favorites" really wouldn't have hurt.) When reading many of the entries, I was instantly hooked and ideas on how to use them in a game came to my mind. Heh. I really want to use many (if not most) of them [i]right now[/i]. :cool: Some particular favorites of mine (for now, that is; I haven't had time to read it all yet, ya know, so I'll certainly find others later and possibly change my mind on a couple of these): Automaton Banshee (BTW: Wow! Nice power boost that they got since 2e! :eek: ) Bladeling Chain Golem Corpse Golem Deathbringer Demon: Kelvezu Elemental Weirds Famine Spirit Fiendwurm Frost Salamander (for the picture, if nothing else :)) Grell (still, they already were covered in 3e, so...) Hellfire Wyrm Ixitxachitl (Yay!!! Everyone's favorite impossible-to-spell, chaotic evil rays are baaack! :D) Jermlaine (At least I think I like them; weren't they the ones who used to shave off all the hair of people they captured in 2e...? :p) Thri-Kreen (Finally balanced! Yay! :D) Death Knight (Even though they already appeared in Dragon) Half Golem (Too bad that they don't have an ECL. ;)) Monster of Legend Spellstitched Titanic Creature Warbeast [/QUOTE]
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