[Fiery Dragon] Creature Collection 4th Edition preview: Asaatthi!

[Klaus]

Fiery Dragon is pleased to present the first preview of the 4th Edition version of its first Sword & Sorcery release, the Creature Collection.

Without further ado, here's the Asaatthi entry.

 

[Zaukrie]

great preview. Now get it printed and in the stores please

 

[avin]

Good, pictures will be P&B? Telle me "yes"

Thanks god, FLUFF!

 

[JoeGKushner]

How are the stats being figured? Levle 4 minion seems off but I'm no expert with the old 4e stats. level /2 for bonus right? So +2. Str 14 = +2 so should be +4 bonus?

Or am I way off here? Help Me Obie Wan!

 

[Klaus]

To tell you the truth, I honestly don't know (didn't work on the writing this time). But perusing the MM, there are lots of inconsitencies among minions. Some add 1/2 level, other's 1/4 level...

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

crit damage is wrong for most of the weapons. For scimitar for ex., it should be 1d8 + 11, not 2d8 + 3.

Also, minions are listed first in the MM, no matter what their lvl.

Just some input.

 

[haaz]

Yeah, really a great preview ! I can't wait for the book ! When will it be released ?

 

[Scott Holden]

crit damage is wrong for most of the weapons. For scimitar for ex., it should be 1d8 + 11, not 2d8 + 3.

Also, minions are listed first in the MM, no matter what their lvl.

Just some input.

I'm pretty sure I changed the crit damage in the final draft - looks like Jason was working from an older version when he made this mock-up. I don't have the stuff on the computer here at work, though, so will have to check it later.

Also, and this one I'm sure of, I did put the minions all together at the start of each monster listing. But tbh, I don't think it's a big deal at all - there are lots of things about the WOTC editing/layout/formatting that I think are completely wrong-headed.

Cheers and thanks for the interest.

 

[Scott Holden]

How are the stats being figured? Levle 4 minion seems off but I'm no expert with the old 4e stats. level /2 for bonus right? So +2. Str 14 = +2 so should be +4 bonus?

Or am I way off here? Help Me Obie Wan!

The standard I went with is that minions use Str + (1/2 level - 1) for their modifier calculations. As Klaus notes, that's not strictly adhered to in the MM, where there seems to be some inconsistency, but it seemed a good formula to me.

 

[Scott Holden]

The standard I went with is that minions use base modifier + (1/2 level - 1) for their final modifier calculations. As Klaus notes, that's not strictly adhered to in the MM, where there seems to be some inconsistency, but it seemed a good formula to me.

Fixed.

 

[Conway]

Thanks for the preview!

 

[Covetous]

Thanks for the preview!

I echo that statement. I'm much more interested in the books.

 

[Aljovin]

Is there any news on this creature collection? Is it out yet?

 

[thundershot]

Yeah, I've been waiting and waiting for this (and Relics & Rituals) to come out.

 

[raptor112]

I agree, i really want to see the creature collection happen, but has anyone even heard from firey dragon at all? Do they still exsist? I hope so. Any info is better then no info

 

[Klaus]

First of all, thanks for the patience.

Creature Collection is undergoing final layout now. It was moved back a while so we could finish Counter Collection 4e Paragon 1 and Epic 1 and Counter Collection Digital 3.0.

If FDP's schedule permits it, we'll move more people to the Creature Collection layout to speed things up. But the most time-consuming parts (writing, editing and illustrating) are done.

It's coming!

 

[NarlethDrider]

KOOL! Will the narleth be in the new 4E CC?

 

[raptor112]

thank you for the response, I look forward to this book, heck I want it more then the base MM for 4th edition. Any chance we can get a sneak peak at the table of contents?

 

[Klaus]

KOOL! Will the narleth be in the new 4E CC?

I just looked and...

YES! There are 3 narleth variants in there.

 

[NarlethDrider]

I just looked and...

YES! There are 3 narleth variants in there.

this really needs to be the next preview