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Is This The World Record For Most Official RPG Monsters?
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<blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 7687987" data-attributes="member: 9849"><p>I don't believe it does tip the scales. The summary you quoted compared only the core monster books for each system. If you want to count all of the supplementary Pathfinder material, then you need also need to do the same for 2nd Edition. There were smaller monster supplements in almost all of the 2nd Edition boxed sets, and monster pages in many accessories and adventures. The "reprint" factor was also lower in 2nd Edition, with really only the Annuals being recycled monsters. Most of the Pathfinder AP and module monsters get reprinted in the Bestiaries.</p><p></p><p>I'm not persuaded that Pathfinder has 2nd Edition beat yet in monster count.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think you are closer with this one, but I am also not quite convinced that Golarion material exceeds Forgotten Realms material. I haven't done a rigorous page count, but eyeballing my shelves, FR still looks to be 20% ahead of Golarion on page count (and that's counting the Pathfinder hardcovers in favor of Golarion, which some people will argue against).</p><p></p><p>I think Paizo probably have 12-18 months still to go before we get to the point that Golarion material is challenging the Realms in terms of quantity. </p><p></p><p>Unless you are counting third-party material written for Pathfinder/Golarion? I just realized that I don't know if the Pathfinder License allows third-parties to reference elements from Golarion, or only Pathfinder mechanics. That could easily sway it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Echohawk, post: 7687987, member: 9849"] I don't believe it does tip the scales. The summary you quoted compared only the core monster books for each system. If you want to count all of the supplementary Pathfinder material, then you need also need to do the same for 2nd Edition. There were smaller monster supplements in almost all of the 2nd Edition boxed sets, and monster pages in many accessories and adventures. The "reprint" factor was also lower in 2nd Edition, with really only the Annuals being recycled monsters. Most of the Pathfinder AP and module monsters get reprinted in the Bestiaries. I'm not persuaded that Pathfinder has 2nd Edition beat yet in monster count. I think you are closer with this one, but I am also not quite convinced that Golarion material exceeds Forgotten Realms material. I haven't done a rigorous page count, but eyeballing my shelves, FR still looks to be 20% ahead of Golarion on page count (and that's counting the Pathfinder hardcovers in favor of Golarion, which some people will argue against). I think Paizo probably have 12-18 months still to go before we get to the point that Golarion material is challenging the Realms in terms of quantity. Unless you are counting third-party material written for Pathfinder/Golarion? I just realized that I don't know if the Pathfinder License allows third-parties to reference elements from Golarion, or only Pathfinder mechanics. That could easily sway it. [/QUOTE]
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