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[Green Ronin] Announcing the Book of Fiends
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<blockquote data-quote="coyote6" data-source="post: 1222070" data-attributes="member: 1225"><p>Yeah, this would be nice. Include a 1 HD variant that would be more</p><p>PC-friendly, perhaps with no LA at all (e.g., only +1 or so natural</p><p>armor; give 'em a spread of racial abilities, like PH races have --</p><p>most MM races have few abilities compared to PH races).</p><p></p><p>(IMO, humanoids with racial HD often make poor PC races for anything</p><p>but fighters; the skill points from those HD mostly suck for other</p><p>classes, given that the other class won't get the extra x3 skill points</p><p>from first level. Racial HD + LA == extra ungood). </p><p></p><p>Or do a combined reptillian humanoids book -- include both lizardfolk</p><p>(& variants) Freeport's serpentfolk (& variants). Or do a book on just</p><p>the serpentfolk. Make it OGL, and replace the yuan-ti in d20 land . . .</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe a book on goblinoids in general, or at least goblins and</p><p>hobgoblins. Perhaps a hobgoblin variant, with more racial abilities</p><p>than the MM hobgoblin has (the MM hobgoblin gets a LA for having a</p><p>couple of good ability adjustments and a sizable bonus to Move</p><p>Silently; but compared to elves, dwarves, halflings, etc., their racial</p><p>abilities are pretty damned slim, and the LA ends up overcompensating,</p><p>IMO. Maybe a hobgoblin with balanced attributes, more abilities, and</p><p>either no LA or enough Stuff to deserve that full +1 LA). I don't think</p><p>hobgoblins need full-blown subraces for every environment (a la elves & the like), though. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This, I wouldn't be too interested in; of course, the right author</p><p>could make a difference. 48-64 pages is kind of small -- aren't smaller</p><p>books less profitable, in general?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some AU stuff would be nice; maybe include other AU races. Not sure how</p><p>AU supplements are doing, or whether Chris & co. would be interested in</p><p>it, though. Maybe (w/Monte's permission) include "regular" D&D variants</p><p>(IIRC, Monte has said that the AU races aren't quite equivalent to the</p><p>PH races; or am I misremembering?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="coyote6, post: 1222070, member: 1225"] Yeah, this would be nice. Include a 1 HD variant that would be more PC-friendly, perhaps with no LA at all (e.g., only +1 or so natural armor; give 'em a spread of racial abilities, like PH races have -- most MM races have few abilities compared to PH races). (IMO, humanoids with racial HD often make poor PC races for anything but fighters; the skill points from those HD mostly suck for other classes, given that the other class won't get the extra x3 skill points from first level. Racial HD + LA == extra ungood). Or do a combined reptillian humanoids book -- include both lizardfolk (& variants) Freeport's serpentfolk (& variants). Or do a book on just the serpentfolk. Make it OGL, and replace the yuan-ti in d20 land . . . Maybe a book on goblinoids in general, or at least goblins and hobgoblins. Perhaps a hobgoblin variant, with more racial abilities than the MM hobgoblin has (the MM hobgoblin gets a LA for having a couple of good ability adjustments and a sizable bonus to Move Silently; but compared to elves, dwarves, halflings, etc., their racial abilities are pretty damned slim, and the LA ends up overcompensating, IMO. Maybe a hobgoblin with balanced attributes, more abilities, and either no LA or enough Stuff to deserve that full +1 LA). I don't think hobgoblins need full-blown subraces for every environment (a la elves & the like), though. This, I wouldn't be too interested in; of course, the right author could make a difference. 48-64 pages is kind of small -- aren't smaller books less profitable, in general? Some AU stuff would be nice; maybe include other AU races. Not sure how AU supplements are doing, or whether Chris & co. would be interested in it, though. Maybe (w/Monte's permission) include "regular" D&D variants (IIRC, Monte has said that the AU races aren't quite equivalent to the PH races; or am I misremembering?). [/QUOTE]
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