Monster Manual 3 Available at Gencon [merged]

[Upper_Krust]

Hi all!

OOooo...

Neat stuff! I wonder if they've bumped up the power levels of the Yugoloths for 3.5 like they did for the Demons/Devils. I certainly hope so.

-A

I'm curious about this too, especially the Ultroloth, have they bumped that up to 20 HD?

 

[jeffers]

Ultroloths are CR 13...

... With 18 HD, Advancement 19-30 (medium) and 31-39 (large)

 

[Knight Otu]

They have the lizardfolk variants cut from the ECS, but not the other cut monsters, it seems.

Nycter were cut, as well

Flinds are back - another one from the ToH.

There's also Sand Giant and Cave Troll, but I believe both were original creations of the ToH crew?

Which reminds me... I assume no portion of the book is OGC, unlike the MM2, right?

 

[Knight Otu]

... With 18 HD, Advancement 19-30 (medium) and 31-39 (large)

And formerly they were 13 HD, Advancement 14-30 (medium) and 31-39 (large), CR 16...

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi jeffers!

Thanks for the update.

... With 18 HD, Advancement 19-30 (medium) and 31-39 (large)

So the top generic Daemon is about as tough as a Glabrezu or an an Ice Devil, thats pretty disappointing.

 

[jeffers]

Nycter are here...

And no... it's not OGC at all...

Oh.. and Eric Cagle rang up my purchase. It was a hoot. Here I was, thinking I was just talking to some Retail Goon and I was talking to a Game Designer Goon. He signed the book, but I missed Wayne Reynolds, that was dissapointing. His art rocks, and it would have been nice to get his signature on the book as well.

 

[Capellan]

I like Rakshasas almost as much as Illithids and Kobolds(sigh, why can't we have more Kobolds?)

http://arwink.themadship.dhs.org/

Click on "d20 Stuff", then "d20 Material". Three new kobold races and four new kobold spells

 

[Xath]

I picked mine up yesterday, and it makes me happy. I have to say, that aside from a few pictures, MM3 has the best art out of any of the Monster Manuals yet. Also, who wouldn't love giant Topiary Guardians?

 

[Gez]

Me.

 

[Banshee16]

What's with the dinosaur names? Did someone from battlebots or the wrestling federation sneak onto the Dinosaur Renaming Commission again?

I suspect it's because of the influence of Eberron. I'm noticing they've got the Shifter, Changeling, and Warforged in there as well, which are all Eberron races. And new breeds of Rakshasa. The dinosaurs in Eberron have been renamed, to what a medieval fantasy society might call them, instead of latin scientific names. I suspect that's what they've done here.

Banshee