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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kanegrundar" data-source="post: 2285960" data-attributes="member: 3913">Here's my list:Monsternomicon: This is the best monster book on the market, and it's recently been updated to 3.5.Book of Fiends: This is essentially 3 books in one.  It's a must have for anyone wanting to run adventures in the Lower Planes.Creature Collection Revised: The original stank, but it had some pretty interesting monsters in it.  This revised edition is better beyond compare and gets used a lot by me.  Creatures of Rokugan: It's 3.0, but the amount of cool creatures in it makes it worth the time to convert them over.Dangerous Denizens: While this book has a lot of rehashes and some silly concepts (like the Bugbear Mage, what's the point when you can simply add levels of wizard or sorcerer to them?).  This does have some good monsters and good Kalamar info as well.Denizens of Avadnu: Beautiful book and full of truly original monsters.Penumbra Fantasy Bestiary: Yet another 3.0 book, but it's huge and full of really cool and original monsters.Legacy of the Dragons: Excellent book full of monsters oozing flavor.Liber Bestarius: This book is pretty good on the whole, but some of the creatures aren't stellar.Monsters of the Mind: I dare say that this book is essential for anyone running a game with psionics.  Very well done.There are a couple others that aren't as good (IMO) as those above:Bestiary of Krynn: It's pretty, but some of the stats are a little off.  Nothing that's overly broken.  The format didn't suit me either, but it's still a decent book.Minions of Shadow: It's thin and has several rehashes or just silly monsters in it, but overall it's good enough for the price.Monster Encyclopedia 1 & 2: I just got these, and while it appears like Mongoose has finally gotten a handle on their editing snaffus, there are still a couple errors here and there, but nothing too bad.  These books have a lot of monsters in them, but many come off as a little bland.Tome of Horrors 1 & 2: These books are alright.  The stats are great and they pack a lot of monsters into the pages.  However, the descriptions are sparse (especially in ToH 1) and it's a boring overall read.  Compared to Mosnternomicon and Penumbra Fantasy Bestiary, the ToH line doesn't pack nearly the punch.  If you already have ideas for the monsters in the ToH books, you'll be fine with it.  However, they are not much more than a collection of stats.The Everquest and Warcraft bestiaries: If you want some epic enimies that don't exactly fall in line with D&D power levels for some creatures, these are great books.  There are a lot of interesting monsters in these books, but there are a lot of rehashes as well.Hope that helps.Kane</blockquote>

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