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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Harry" data-source="post: 877201" data-attributes="member: 5468">Thank you for the specific responses, and especially the number breakdown.  I like the idea of the size comparison chart (and remember it from CoC).How are the monsters distributed by CR?  (i.e., how many levels will my campaign have to progress before I can make full use out of the little beasties? -- but then, I don't want to "run out" of critters.)The legends/lore, and plot hook descriptions are hopeful signs - from their web releases, it is one of the reasons I am looking forward to the Atlas Games Bestiary.In general, what am I afraid of?  (This applies to *any* new monster book.)-> "Second verse, same as the first -- but this time in A#, not A natural!"Retreads of other monsters, especially where it seems like I can use Thing #1 (which I already have) *or* Thing #2.  A variant of this is the "They're like orcs, but they use *falchions* instead of short swords!"   In general, the consensus seems to be that the variants are well done.  Are there a lot of them?-> World specific monstersActually, this doesn't concern me too much.  The monster has to be pretty darn specific to make something unusable.-> More undeadWhy I didn't get Denizens of Darkness, though I only looked through it, so I might be being unfair.  (Please tell me, someone, if you feel that I am mistaken on DoD)  Really, when it gets down to "This form of undead is created when 6th-level orc paladins get angry at someone else taking the last cheese danish, and die on the spot.  And they die on a Tuesday.  In Lent."  With the expanded use of templates, a lot of this seems to be already taken care of.(Although a book discussing clever ways to use templates could be exceptionally useful.)-> Too many dragonsWhat dragons exist, and what type they are, do a lot towards making a campaign well-defined and unique.  Spending a substantial portion of the book on big either/or monsters (see above)that feel like retreads puts me off my lunch.-> "Orcs, but with green hair"  See "Undead", above.  I'd much rather buy a good society book, like Kenzer's _Fury in the Wilderness_.-> A lot of constructsThis most often overlaps with campaign-specific monsters.    Harry</blockquote>

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