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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 9053404" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>MC4 is kind of a "meh" entry. As you mentioned, I'm pretty sure it was partially a conversion guide for Dragonlance, hence all the material for PCs. This wasn't that long after the publication of Dragonlance Adventures. But I had Tales of the Lance long before I even took a good look at this MC*, and even though the box recommends this MC, it has sufficient coverage of the most useful stuff in here. Sure this has the draconians, but they're pretty solidly Dragonlance. The most portable setting specific monster here IMO is probably the thanoi, which are a decent adversary for polar regions.</p><p></p><p>There are some general purpose monsters in here, but most of them just aren't as interesting as some of the material from MCs 5, 11, or 14, or the later softback Mystara appendix. Of course MCs 1 & 2 are the staples, and MC 3 falls somewhere in between the core selection and optional stuff. The death knight probably gets in here because of Lord Soth, but it later made the cut for the MM (not much from this one did). I wouldn't call this one completely worthless, but it is the least important of the standard fantasy MCs.</p><p></p><p>*I did see at least part of MC4 <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/20-years-of-playing-d-d.338298/post-6153885" target="_blank">during my first experiences with D&D</a> -- I distinctly remember the entries for the Silvanesti and Qualinesti -- but of course I had no real knowledge of the rules at the time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orius, post: 9053404, member: 8863"] MC4 is kind of a "meh" entry. As you mentioned, I'm pretty sure it was partially a conversion guide for Dragonlance, hence all the material for PCs. This wasn't that long after the publication of Dragonlance Adventures. But I had Tales of the Lance long before I even took a good look at this MC*, and even though the box recommends this MC, it has sufficient coverage of the most useful stuff in here. Sure this has the draconians, but they're pretty solidly Dragonlance. The most portable setting specific monster here IMO is probably the thanoi, which are a decent adversary for polar regions. There are some general purpose monsters in here, but most of them just aren't as interesting as some of the material from MCs 5, 11, or 14, or the later softback Mystara appendix. Of course MCs 1 & 2 are the staples, and MC 3 falls somewhere in between the core selection and optional stuff. The death knight probably gets in here because of Lord Soth, but it later made the cut for the MM (not much from this one did). I wouldn't call this one completely worthless, but it is the least important of the standard fantasy MCs. *I did see at least part of MC4 [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/20-years-of-playing-d-d.338298/post-6153885']during my first experiences with D&D[/URL] -- I distinctly remember the entries for the Silvanesti and Qualinesti -- but of course I had no real knowledge of the rules at the time. [/QUOTE]
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