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<blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 2969182" data-attributes="member: 11697"><p>I haven't purchased it, at least not yet, but I spent a long time last week going through page by page with a copy in my FLGS.</p><p></p><p>Overall... I have mixed feelings on it.</p><p></p><p><u>Artwork</u> - Very good by and large. WotC has had very snazzy art of late, and I appreciate this trend.</p><p></p><p><u>New stat block</u> - I like the new format. I appreciate more ecology and flavor. But...</p><p></p><p><u>Writing in the book</u> - I'm underwhelmed. Some monsters were good (Zern and Windrazors were rather nice), but many others seemed incredibly uninspired. </p><p></p><p>[Impending nitpick on a fiend] .... And while I like the two yugoloths presented in the book -their general concept is cool- but whoever wrote them seems to have neglected to do their homework on the race and seems to have been unaware of anything about them pre-3e. They don't all come from Gehenna, but MMIV suggests that anyways. And the MMIV says that Corruptors of Fate mate to produce other members of their kind. One problem: all lesser yugoloths mate to produce mezzoloths. So either you've put a single digit CR 'loth as a greater 'loth, or they're violating the entire racial heirarchy, or these guys work better as yugoloth constructs rather than proper yugoloths. And naming a nycaloth as "General Commander Render" just comes off in my mind as cheesy and goofy, same as naming another 'loth as 'Malice'. The concept behind the two new 'loths is rather nice, but it really suffers from an apparent lack of knowledge about their race in general when the writeup was made, and the names tossed in there come off poorly. Plus, dropping 20+ years of naming convention (ending their names in 'loth [or 'daemon in 1e]) was a bit inexplicable. I'd appreciate a comment on the decision behind that actually, if the author in question is on Enworld.</p><p></p><p><u>Monsters with class levels</u> - Not a bad idea, but please, not in a MM. I can slap class levels on a basic monster in five minutes, or on the fly. I don't need something with a few more HD or three levels of warrior passed off as a new monster.</p><p></p><p><u>Overall</u> The book has some good and it has some bad, but more than anything it comes off as a tad bland, generic, and uninspired. Yes, it's suffering incredibly by comparison to the writing of FC:I still fresh in my mind, but on its own it leaves me wanting nonetheless. I'll get the book if it's on serious discount, but I doubt I'll pay cover price since there's not enough offered by the book to my taste to justify the price.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shemeska, post: 2969182, member: 11697"] I haven't purchased it, at least not yet, but I spent a long time last week going through page by page with a copy in my FLGS. Overall... I have mixed feelings on it. [u]Artwork[/u] - Very good by and large. WotC has had very snazzy art of late, and I appreciate this trend. [u]New stat block[/u] - I like the new format. I appreciate more ecology and flavor. But... [u]Writing in the book[/u] - I'm underwhelmed. Some monsters were good (Zern and Windrazors were rather nice), but many others seemed incredibly uninspired. [Impending nitpick on a fiend] .... And while I like the two yugoloths presented in the book -their general concept is cool- but whoever wrote them seems to have neglected to do their homework on the race and seems to have been unaware of anything about them pre-3e. They don't all come from Gehenna, but MMIV suggests that anyways. And the MMIV says that Corruptors of Fate mate to produce other members of their kind. One problem: all lesser yugoloths mate to produce mezzoloths. So either you've put a single digit CR 'loth as a greater 'loth, or they're violating the entire racial heirarchy, or these guys work better as yugoloth constructs rather than proper yugoloths. And naming a nycaloth as "General Commander Render" just comes off in my mind as cheesy and goofy, same as naming another 'loth as 'Malice'. The concept behind the two new 'loths is rather nice, but it really suffers from an apparent lack of knowledge about their race in general when the writeup was made, and the names tossed in there come off poorly. Plus, dropping 20+ years of naming convention (ending their names in 'loth [or 'daemon in 1e]) was a bit inexplicable. I'd appreciate a comment on the decision behind that actually, if the author in question is on Enworld. [u]Monsters with class levels[/u] - Not a bad idea, but please, not in a MM. I can slap class levels on a basic monster in five minutes, or on the fly. I don't need something with a few more HD or three levels of warrior passed off as a new monster. [u]Overall[/u] The book has some good and it has some bad, but more than anything it comes off as a tad bland, generic, and uninspired. Yes, it's suffering incredibly by comparison to the writing of FC:I still fresh in my mind, but on its own it leaves me wanting nonetheless. I'll get the book if it's on serious discount, but I doubt I'll pay cover price since there's not enough offered by the book to my taste to justify the price. [/QUOTE]
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