Ash Mantle
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morbiczer said:
You just happened to "just see" these two monsters did you?
Somehow I doubt the authencity of your claims when you mention a gargantuan worm of Minauros and the hell louse.
Fiendish Codex II next month--Any scoop/rumors/etc.?
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You just happened to "just see" these two monsters did you?
Somehow I doubt the authencity of your claims when you mention a gargantuan worm of Minauros and the hell louse.
Ash Mantle
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Baron Opal said:
You sold your Planescape collection?! Say it isn't so!Amiel said:You just happened to "just see" these two monsters did you?
Somehow I doubt the authencity of your claims when you mention a gargantuan worm of Minauros and the hell louse.
These two monsters appear in the description of the layer of Minauros and Malbolge respectively, not in the "monster chapter", that's why I didn't see them when I was writing up the list of monsters found in the book.
I hope you'll have the decency to come back with a "sorry" when it turns out that everything I say about the book is true.
What's the art like? Do we get new illustrations for the Lords of the Nine, or are they Book of Vile Darkness reprints? (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/ag/20030126a)
From what you've shared, this doesn't sound all that... interesting. It seems as if the authors, judging from what you wrote, took a number of huge steps backwards.
I wonder if it's against the rules for some of the freelance writers not to take the time to do some research on the material from previous editions. Although there are plenty of things I despise with FCI, it was a great book because the authors took the time to do research on the material that preceded their material while adding new concepts... even if they end up contradicting or sidelining earlier ideas. This does not, based upon what we're seeing here, appear to be the case and that's very troublesome.
I like the idea that DMs can go in and make some adjustments to published material; however, I also think it's important for the designers to pay attention to work that preceded them and ultimately allowed them to write the stuff they end up with. Now, if there's more to all of this than meets the eye when I get the book, perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised, but so far it looks like I'm going to be disappointed.
I wonder if it's against the rules for some of the freelance writers not to take the time to do some research on the material from previous editions. Although there are plenty of things I despise with FCI, it was a great book because the authors took the time to do research on the material that preceded their material while adding new concepts... even if they end up contradicting or sidelining earlier ideas. This does not, based upon what we're seeing here, appear to be the case and that's very troublesome.
I like the idea that DMs can go in and make some adjustments to published material; however, I also think it's important for the designers to pay attention to work that preceded them and ultimately allowed them to write the stuff they end up with. Now, if there's more to all of this than meets the eye when I get the book, perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised, but so far it looks like I'm going to be disappointed.
Baron Opal
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Amiel said:
'Fraid so. A complete collection minus adventures. The four boxed sets, Astral plane, Inner planes, Hellbound... bunch of other stuff. The only thing I kept was The Planewalker's Handbook as it was a nice capsule review of everything.
It paid a month's rent at University, however, and that's what I needed at the time.
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