Draconomicon - anyone else think this is exciting?

[Li Shenron]

It's already quite a long time since I last bought a D&D book... too many books are IMHO about the same stuff: feats+PrCl+spells+monsters. Monsters tend to be repetitive and less and less original every time. Feats and PrCl and Spells are fine, but how many do you get to play? Bothered about disposable dragons? I am rather bothered about disposable players characters, I want to play PCs from 1st level to hero-stardom, and as a DM I don't like killing PCs only to let the players write up a new one every month. In conclusion, I really think I would never use more than a couple of the PrCl from any book I may buy nowadays, maybe half a dozen feats and spells but that's it.

But anyway, I'd like to buy some nice books, something that would be nice to read "before falling asleep" like the Manual of the Planes, even if it is not very useful itself for gaming. Something with things other than mere stats... and so Draconomicon is in my list of candidates together with Book of Vile Darkness + Book of Exalted Deeds (I either buy both or none). Because really I would never get to use the draconian PrCls

BTW, how's the Slayer's Guide to Dragons? I had taken a look long ago at a friend's Slayer's Guide collection, although he didn't have the only ones I would have liked to see really (Dragons, Orcs and Undead). The other ones were quite awful, except maybe the Troll one.

 

[Ferret]

Go dragons!

 

[Li Shenron]

BTW, how's the Slayer's Guide to Dragons? I had taken a look long ago at a friend's Slayer's Guide collection, although he didn't have the only ones I would have liked to see really (Dragons, Orcs and Undead). The other ones were quite awful, except maybe the Troll one.

At least, I didn't like how they wasted time for guides about uncommon creatures such as the Sahuagin or Winter Wolves... how many times do you depict the winter wolves society??

 

[Sage]

Though the Draconomicon seems really cool, I wouldn't pay $40 for a book about a single race (even if it is dragons).

Now as for the other books, check out this thread

I hope some of you are in on this

Sage

 

[Katowice]

I've been enjoying the "Fey Feature" series of articles on the Wizards of the Coast website. Maybe they can get those authors to write a book on Fey.

What about Fey? It would fit the "art heavy" style well, and with fey getting a revision in 3.5, there is PLENTY for them to cover.
New Fey, like sidhe, gorse, and petty faries.
Sylvan woods and glens
The Faerie Court (Titania and Oberron)
Fey Feats, spells, and PrCs (natch)
The Plane of Faerie detailed.
Corrupted and Evil Fey, like changlings.
Leperchauns, Brownies.
An explanation on the half-fey and feytouched.

 

[BOZ]

I've been enjoying the "Fey Feature" series of articles on the Wizards of the Coast website. Maybe they can get those authors to write a book on Fey.

did they use the asrai, atomie, booka, bramble, brownie, buckawn, dobie, faerie fiddler, forlarren, frost, gorse, killmoulis, korred, leprechaun, leshy, nereid, nightshade, grain nymph, pech, quickling, red cap, squeaker, and stwinger?

PS, we've also got a working 3.5 version of the hamadryad in this thread.