Immortals Handbook Epic Bestiary (now available)

[Angel Tarragon]

Hey Upper Crust! How is it going (things in general that is)?

I was cruising the products over at Mogoose pages and came across Flaming Cobra. I saw a product called The Immortals Handbook slated for a September release. I know they have their Classic Play book Book of Immortals. I am curious if Eternal Publishing has signed up with Mongoose.

 

[historian]

Hey U_K!

Incidently I 'splashed out' and managed to pick up the Hordes of the Abyss book at Q-Con yesterday. I have only had an hour or two with it so far, but (Demon Lord's aside*) it looks nice. I'll probably have a review of it at some point in the future when I am not so busy. First impressions suggest the good outweighs the bad.

*I winced when I read Kostchtchie carried a +1 icy burst maul.

I picked it up yesterday for myself. I think it's a good product notwithstanding the Demon Lords being underpowered.

One thing I have noticed that is rather disturbing is that I can't foresee how Demogorgon as statted could defeat Orcus as statted absent a critical failure on a d20 roll -- and even at that it's not a given.


BTW, all this editorial commentary reminds me that I have failed to update my copy of the Bestiary since version 1.2.

I've been regretfully slack in that regard and honestly I was more than pleased with what I've had, but it occurs to me that I should do something about this prior to the release of Ascension.

Any suggestions?

 

[CRGreathouse]

Hey Upper Crust! How is it going (things in general that is)?

I was cruising the products over at Mogoose pages and came across Flaming Cobra. I saw a product called The Immortals Handbook slated for a September release. I know they have their Classic Play book Book of Immortals. I am curious if Eternal Publishing has signed up with Mongoose.

http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=2883267&postcount=347
http://www.immortalshandbook.com/Assets/images/IH_EpicBestiary_Vol1_Cover(50%).jpg

 

[Anabstercorian]

Yeah, what IS abiding?

 

[dante58701]

My DM wants to run a new campaign. One centered around the "what if" scenario of "what if a lowly human was by some cosmic fluke, some grand cosmic [accident], irrevocably granted the powers and abilities of a seraphim. Similar to the scenario of..."what if" a man became god for a day. Imagine...this lowly mortal, probably some highschool geek, granted the power of a seraphim by the demiurge itself. Sure...there is the power to consider, but one must also consider the ramifications of inexperiance with profound knowledge and power. Not to mention the plethora of enemies one would have in such a scenario. Many angels might even consider such a creature an abomination, although such a creature trulyisnt, since abominations are another kind of creature altogether and far less powerful. What would any of you do were you suddenly given that much power. Would heads start rolling, would you be good...evil?
Maybe you would make all the world your oyster..or free it from tyranny? So many roleplaying possibilities. Id imagine some would go the Sephiroth route...others would go the route of the hero.

Do not attempt to bypass the profanity filter. It's there for a reason. -Hyp.

 

[dante58701]

Two hours into the campaign and his ethical value of "no mercy" for the wicked gets him into trouble. Attacked by the heavenly host for delivering his own brand of justice he's driven into the lower planes. After laying low for a while, he resurfaces in Japan and begins a less noticable killing spree. Restricting himself to slaughtering only those that are evil. Afterall, wouldnt want that nosy Sandalphon sending more of those damnable Malkim again. Free to slaughter the evil ones with glee, he adds their souls to his armies. Of course before he kills them he must somehow purchase their souls. Such humble beginnings for the damned.

 

[dante58701]

Now posing as a cursed statue in japan he is begining the long term goal of a cult of vengeance takers. The locals leave offerings in hopes of keeping ill fortune away...ill fortune he would undoubtedly bring if they did not show him the proper respect. Police have sectioned off that are of the city and that area of the city has since become a haven for bloodshed and death. Thus far his prized enclave has but one member. A young woman who came to him seeking the power to kill all rapists. An odd relationsip has formed between them. She kills evil humans, thus condemning their evil souls to the lower planes, preventing their repentance. And he harvests their damned souls as larva, for use in bartering with the fiends in the lower planes.Admittedly the harvest is slow, but he has eternity. The best cults form from patient gatherings. And from those cults spawn monotheistic religions that dominate the world and kill their own kind for power. Such is corruption.

 

[Ltheb Silverfrond]

U_K!
My eyesight isn't too bad, save that I am colorblind, but it looks as if you spelled "Organization"
as "organisation" on your ToC.

 

[Kvantum]

He's British. That's how every other English-speaking country spells it. We're the weird ones with our z's and "armor" instead of "armour".

 

[Fieari]

I'll take a couple of cool Zs in exchange for some stupid extraneous Us any day.