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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 9102813" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>[USER=6670628]@AuldDragon[/USER]'s right, there's only three monsters from this MC that did not get a full reprint later in 2e, but one does have to dig through a good amount of Planescape to find some of these entries. He listed them, so I don't have to go digging through my notes to look them up (gives us more time to make fun of Bwimb <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />).</p><p></p><p>The first Planescape MC is still superior IMO as it includes all the important monsters, Tony DiTerlizzi's art rather than Tom Baxa's, and has better XP Values, unfortunately WotC only has this one available on DriveThru. This one's fine as a reference as long as one has the proper XPs I guess. It does bring back the demons and devils and other extraplanar stuff from 1e, so it did fill a gap left in the earlier MCs. It also introduced the idea of the Blood War, but it would take Planescape to actually do anything with it. The beginning of the MC seems to be a mini update of the Manual of the Planes at least where the Outer Planes are concerned, but once again, this is something Planescape would later handle in full detail.</p><p></p><p>Like Alzrius, I was unaware of 2e's fiend purge until later, so the name changes didn't bother me too much. Even now, I'm not bothered much by it because I do have the 2e stats for them. I just don't bother much with using the terms baatezu and tanar'ri in my game, they're devils and demons. </p><p></p><p>Some background information on the development of MC8 here:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.expositionbreak.com/a-walk-through-the-planes-side-story-an-interview-with-jamie-lafountain-about-monstrous-compendium-outer-planes-appendix/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orius, post: 9102813, member: 8863"] [USER=6670628]@AuldDragon[/USER]'s right, there's only three monsters from this MC that did not get a full reprint later in 2e, but one does have to dig through a good amount of Planescape to find some of these entries. He listed them, so I don't have to go digging through my notes to look them up (gives us more time to make fun of Bwimb :p). The first Planescape MC is still superior IMO as it includes all the important monsters, Tony DiTerlizzi's art rather than Tom Baxa's, and has better XP Values, unfortunately WotC only has this one available on DriveThru. This one's fine as a reference as long as one has the proper XPs I guess. It does bring back the demons and devils and other extraplanar stuff from 1e, so it did fill a gap left in the earlier MCs. It also introduced the idea of the Blood War, but it would take Planescape to actually do anything with it. The beginning of the MC seems to be a mini update of the Manual of the Planes at least where the Outer Planes are concerned, but once again, this is something Planescape would later handle in full detail. Like Alzrius, I was unaware of 2e's fiend purge until later, so the name changes didn't bother me too much. Even now, I'm not bothered much by it because I do have the 2e stats for them. I just don't bother much with using the terms baatezu and tanar'ri in my game, they're devils and demons. Some background information on the development of MC8 here: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.expositionbreak.com/a-walk-through-the-planes-side-story-an-interview-with-jamie-lafountain-about-monstrous-compendium-outer-planes-appendix/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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