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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9102809" data-attributes="member: 2209"><p>I borrowed MC8 from the guy in our group who bought it when it came out and I really liked the introduction of the Blood War including Yugoloths as mercenaries for both sides. It made the 1e Manual of the Planes set up much more active, and provided some backdrop justifications for fiends not being more focused on the prime or invading heaven or whatever while still being active evil that was not just lurking in their home planes.</p><p></p><p>I started out with B/X which had no planar stuff, and 1e AD&D which had the full Great Wheel panoply of fiends. I was relatively fine with 2e not having demons in core and focusing on humanoids and undead and dragons and such, but also really glad they had a full appendix with complete sets of various planar groups and the expanded 2e lore entries. Mostly it did not affect me and my games much either way at the time as I was continuing with the three 1e hardcover monster books for my 2e games, the modules I was running had very few planar monsters, and once I got into Ravenloft fiend stuff was not that big a deal anyway. </p><p></p><p>I never felt MC8 got superseded by the Monstrous Manual or the Planescape stuff, but I was not into Planescape at the time. The later Monstrous Manual only had a smattering of fiends so having the variety of them all in one place was still attractive even after the 2e MM came out. Di'Terlizzi's art style is fantastic for fey stuff but I generally prefer a different vibe for straight out full on fiends. Having gotten them since though they are fantastically lush and attractive full color monster books that look a bit like a Froud D&D book.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9102809, member: 2209"] I borrowed MC8 from the guy in our group who bought it when it came out and I really liked the introduction of the Blood War including Yugoloths as mercenaries for both sides. It made the 1e Manual of the Planes set up much more active, and provided some backdrop justifications for fiends not being more focused on the prime or invading heaven or whatever while still being active evil that was not just lurking in their home planes. I started out with B/X which had no planar stuff, and 1e AD&D which had the full Great Wheel panoply of fiends. I was relatively fine with 2e not having demons in core and focusing on humanoids and undead and dragons and such, but also really glad they had a full appendix with complete sets of various planar groups and the expanded 2e lore entries. Mostly it did not affect me and my games much either way at the time as I was continuing with the three 1e hardcover monster books for my 2e games, the modules I was running had very few planar monsters, and once I got into Ravenloft fiend stuff was not that big a deal anyway. I never felt MC8 got superseded by the Monstrous Manual or the Planescape stuff, but I was not into Planescape at the time. The later Monstrous Manual only had a smattering of fiends so having the variety of them all in one place was still attractive even after the 2e MM came out. Di'Terlizzi's art style is fantastic for fey stuff but I generally prefer a different vibe for straight out full on fiends. Having gotten them since though they are fantastically lush and attractive full color monster books that look a bit like a Froud D&D book. [/QUOTE]
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