Monster Manual III

[the Jester]

Anyone have any hints as to what will be in the MM3? Anyone who has done any playtesting- I realize there are NDAs and stuff, but can you hint as to the percentage of old monsters vs. new ones inside?

Thanks to anyone who can help!

 

[demiurge1138]

Well, from the press release and the GenCon report, supposedly the monsters are mostly new. This could mean reprints of Dragon and Dungeon creatures, however.

Also, based on what happened with MMII and FF (monsters cut from the former made it into the latter), there's a chance that the two monsters cut from FF (a giant infernal tumbleweed and the fallen celestial template) might show up in MMIII.

Demiurge out.

 

[Gort]

There's gonna be an MM3? Okay, I'm done contributing

The MM2 is a hundred times as freaky as the MM1, so I predict a great deal of freakiness in the MM3.

 

[Trainz]

There's gonna be an MM3? Okay, I'm done contributing

The MM2 is a hundred times as freaky as the MM1, so I predict a great deal of freakiness in the MM3.

I stoped using MMII with 3.5. The conversion was too much of a hassle. FF's conversion wasn't too bad, but I started doing it in the MMII, and every page was so scribbled with mods in the margins that I said Eff it and just put it back on the shelf.

What I'm saying is that I do need more 3.5 critters and welcome the MMIII.

I might buy the MMII again if they print a 3.5 one.

 

[Gort]

They need conversion? Me and another DM, between us, have run pretty much every monster in that book with next to no preparation.

What exactly needs modding? Are you talking facing or something?

 

[johnsemlak]

I stoped using MMII with 3.5. The conversion was too much of a hassle. FF's conversion wasn't too bad, but I started doing it in the MMII, and every page was so scribbled with mods in the margins that I said Eff it and just put it back on the shelf.

What I'm saying is that I do need more 3.5 critters and welcome the MMIII.

I might buy the MMII again if they print a 3.5 one.

Perhaps I'm not that detail oriented, but what's the hassle with using MMII, or any 3.0 mosnter book (Tome of Horrors for example), in a 3.5 game? Are the conversion issues that fundamental?

 

[Trainz]

They need conversion? Me and another DM, between us, have run pretty much every monster in that book with next to no preparation.

What exactly needs modding? Are you talking facing or something?

Mainly DR's.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Naaah, monsters are pretty easy. Other than the occasional DR issue, the rest can largely be overlooked -- only those who demand a certain level of accuracy need to be concerned with the details like skill points, feats, et al.

 

[Trainz]

Perhaps I'm not that detail oriented, but what's the hassle with using MMII, or any 3.0 mosnter book (Tome of Horrors for example), in a 3.5 game? Are the conversion issues that fundamental?

It varies from DM to DM. To me yes.

The MMII 3.5 conversion document is big.

 

[Trainz]

Naaah, monsters are pretty easy. Other than the occasional DR issue, the rest can largely be overlooked -- only those who demand a certain level of accuracy need to be concerned with the details like skill points, feats, et al.

So you're implying I should just concern myself with updating the DR's and leave the rest as is ?

I might consider doing just that then.