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<blockquote data-quote="Firebrand" data-source="post: 2009534" data-attributes="member: 9788"><p>I picked up this book about 2 weeks ago and I finally put some thoughts about to share.</p><p></p><p>1) Art Work: 8/10</p><p>I've seen worse but this was definately as good as MMI. The art in a monster book is a huge factor. If the monster looks </p><p>rediculous I have hard time convincing myself to buy it. Needless to say some of the art work was amazing. Famine Spirit,</p><p>Fiendwurm, Felldrake, Hellfire Wyrm (This one was a WOWer), Linnorm, Phoenix (Another WOW), Runic Guardian, Teratomorph, Spellgaunt, Tempest, Death Knight, Half-Golems, Spellstitched, Tauric, Scorpionfolk, Ragewind, the Devils. the </p><p>Demons, the Clockwork Horrors, Avolakia and Automaton were of the best. The Terrible ones included: Grimalkin, the </p><p>Dragons (Ouch!), the Boggle, the Bogun, the Celestials, the Weirds (I am not into showing naked pictures to my kids), </p><p>Gambol, Gravorg (Which looks like a little cat to me than a nasty large sized carnivorous predator.), Greenvise, Grizzly </p><p>Mastodon, Jermlaine (Ouch! Rediculous), Julajimus, Red Sundew, Swamplight Lynx (Hugh?! Looks like a friendly cat to me </p><p>more than a monster), The Yugoloth (The picture could have been amazing but the drawing just looked like a Pink and the</p><p>Brain Cartoon, especially the Yagnoloth, totally destroyed its believability as a fearsome outsider.), Desmodu Bats and </p><p>Vaporighu.</p><p></p><p>2) Content: 10/10</p><p>Much better than MMI content. It has psionical versions of the monsters. It contains ECLs for monsters that are possible</p><p>ideas for players to choose as a race, though some are under powered like Bladelings. I would have liked to see more </p><p>Fey. I am very happy to see the Thri-kreen, Gem Dragons and the Braxat, especially the psionical versions of them. </p><p></p><p>3) Usability: 10/10</p><p>It really got useful for me. The monsters were high level setting with wonderful ideas. There is a large variety. The </p><p>templates in the back are very good. There was a lot of underwater monsters that can be used in an underwater </p><p>campaign (Something MMI was weak on). For those without the MotW, it had the Legendary animals. Some of the classical</p><p>monsters showed up like Banshee, Firbolg and Hook Horror.</p><p></p><p>Overall: 9/10.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Firebrand, post: 2009534, member: 9788"] I picked up this book about 2 weeks ago and I finally put some thoughts about to share. 1) Art Work: 8/10 I've seen worse but this was definately as good as MMI. The art in a monster book is a huge factor. If the monster looks rediculous I have hard time convincing myself to buy it. Needless to say some of the art work was amazing. Famine Spirit, Fiendwurm, Felldrake, Hellfire Wyrm (This one was a WOWer), Linnorm, Phoenix (Another WOW), Runic Guardian, Teratomorph, Spellgaunt, Tempest, Death Knight, Half-Golems, Spellstitched, Tauric, Scorpionfolk, Ragewind, the Devils. the Demons, the Clockwork Horrors, Avolakia and Automaton were of the best. The Terrible ones included: Grimalkin, the Dragons (Ouch!), the Boggle, the Bogun, the Celestials, the Weirds (I am not into showing naked pictures to my kids), Gambol, Gravorg (Which looks like a little cat to me than a nasty large sized carnivorous predator.), Greenvise, Grizzly Mastodon, Jermlaine (Ouch! Rediculous), Julajimus, Red Sundew, Swamplight Lynx (Hugh?! Looks like a friendly cat to me more than a monster), The Yugoloth (The picture could have been amazing but the drawing just looked like a Pink and the Brain Cartoon, especially the Yagnoloth, totally destroyed its believability as a fearsome outsider.), Desmodu Bats and Vaporighu. 2) Content: 10/10 Much better than MMI content. It has psionical versions of the monsters. It contains ECLs for monsters that are possible ideas for players to choose as a race, though some are under powered like Bladelings. I would have liked to see more Fey. I am very happy to see the Thri-kreen, Gem Dragons and the Braxat, especially the psionical versions of them. 3) Usability: 10/10 It really got useful for me. The monsters were high level setting with wonderful ideas. There is a large variety. The templates in the back are very good. There was a lot of underwater monsters that can be used in an underwater campaign (Something MMI was weak on). For those without the MotW, it had the Legendary animals. Some of the classical monsters showed up like Banshee, Firbolg and Hook Horror. Overall: 9/10. [/QUOTE]
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