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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 4647555" data-attributes="member: 363">I just want to again express how much I like these kinds of supplements.These Critter Caches go right for the types of critters that caught my attention the most back when I bought my first Monster Manual in 1979. Sure, stuff like the beholder or bulette were cool and interesting, but something about "dire" or giant versions of regular animals, as well as prehistoric animals, really fired my imagination. I have been interested in megafauna since I was a little kid. Giant goats, intelligent giant lynxes, Irish elk, axebeaks, baluchitherium (as it was called in the 1e MM), giant owls, giant eagles, etc. - these all seemed like the kinds of animals that could lend an air of the fantastic to a setting or adventure, yet still retain a haunting feeling of familiarity.  I won't knock the 4e Monster Manual, because it's actually a pretty cool book. However, critters like giant ants, smilodons, and giant eagles were conspicuous by their absence. I don't think this is simply because of nostalgia - these are the kinds of things I look for in any fantasy RPG I buy. They appeal to me more than, say, amorphous blobs with a bunch of tentacles and/or mouths. Not that I don't find such critters interesting also, but I think there's room for all kinds of critters.So, again, great job on these products, and I look forward to seeing more of them.</blockquote>