Monsternomicon

[Carnifex]

Well, I bought the Iron Kingdoms Monsternomicon today, had a browse through and it looks good. The steam-tech side of things is particularly useful since my campaign (link to the story hour in sig ) does make use of such things, though the players have yet to encounter it much.

The quickplates in particular look really useful, although I've only just glanced through them.

What do others who have this product think of it? Anything need modifying in it (ie CR's?).

 

[Crothian]

i haven't picked it up yet, actually I haven't even seen it on the shelves yet. I just want to hear more about it from the fans.

 

[Carnifex]

I must say that is has quite a striking cover - that's part of the reason I picked it up straight away.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I really like it. It has an extremely high signal to noise ratio. And although it has a good number of constructs, they're not so steampunkish that they can't work in a regular campaign...

 

[Apok]

One of my friends owns the book and I have spent some time perusing it's pages. I must say that I'm impressed. This is, without a doubt, one of the best monster books out there easily on par with Creature Collection II. True, many of the creatures tend towards being steam-tech and clockwork mechanics are a common theme but I like that alot. The quickplates are damn usefull and the monsters make for some great challenges for seasoned PC's. Even if your campaign doesn't use alot of steam-tech or clockwork mechanics, there is a quick an easy solution that will let you bring in most of these creatures; Phyrexia.

In the FR game I am currently running, one of my future plots is going to involve the use of lots of "clockwork horror" type creatures from one of the layers of the Abyss inspired by M:tG's Phyrexia. The Monsternomicon provides me with a great horde of nasties to torment my PC's with. Yay! However, the thing I like the most are the Warpwolves which are, IMO, what the Werewolves of D&D should have been.

 

[jaldaen]

Hello all,

Thanks for the kind words about the Monsternomicon... I'm one of the "wordsmiths" that helped put together the book and I must say that I am impressed with how it looks as well... I just recieved my copies today and I'm taken aback by the quality of the art and layout...

As a personal favor I always like to hear people's thoughts on the work that I've done... so if you have any specific comments about the assassin fly, boatman, dune prowler, eldritch, lemax, oasis ooze, rusalka, sepulcharal lurker, or the tatzylwurm... I'd love to hear them.

Joseph Miller
PP Freelancer

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

I wrote quick review of the Monsternomicon the other day in a previous thread. Some other good comments can be found there too...


The other thread:

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22622

 

[your_mother]

It's my favorite monster book so far, though I'm sure it will be outdone by the Necromancer Games book that's coming out this month.

 

[Painfully]

The cephalyx, gobbers, warpwolves, and ogrun all seem to have a strong link with confrontation figures. But I could just be imagining things.

I especially like the straightforward layout of the pages. All entries start at the top left of the page, and are always an even number of pages long. Thus, they are two, or four, or six pages in length. Gaps are filled with appropriate illustrations, and each entry includes "legends & lore" with entries for common, uncommon, rare, and obscure lore for each creature. WotC's monster manual should have been more like this one!

 

[Mortaneus]

A well done book, though the font they use makes it difficult to quickly scan over the stat blocks. I was a bit annoyed by that.