Vraille Darkfang
First Post
Ok,
I'm really in need of a fix now. It's been, like 3 months since I've picked up a D&D/d20 monster book.
Where have they all gone?
I'm almost finishing inputing all the monster books I have into MS Access (any experts out there?) so I can then build CR/Climate/Terrain encouter tables that kill an entire tree to print out. I just hit 6,000 entries and only have 4 or 5 books left.
So, what 3.0/3.5 D&D/D20 Monster Books am I missing? (at present, I'll pass on PDF's, I'm just not set up right now to handle them how I want to).
I have:
Monster Manual 3.5 (good)
Monster Manual II* (Good, I like the free 3.5 update)
Monster Manual III* (Good, once you download the update file)
Monsters of Faerun (Good, once more, yea for a 3.5 update file)
Fiend Folio (I like it)
Advanced Bestiary (Nice, just a lot of example creatures don't fit the template applied)
Bestiary of Krynn (Not bad)
Bestiary of Loerem (so-so)
Book of Fiends 3.5 (Higly Recommended)
Creature Collection Revised (All the CC's aren't bad, high end of average).
Creature Collection II
Creature Collection III 3.5
Creatures of Freeport 3.5 (more suited to campaign monsters than random encounters)
Creatures of Rokugan (I liked it)
Dangerous Denizens 3.5 (Nice Random Encounter Monster Tome)
Deadliest Creatures Tome 3.5 (The only decent book FFE came out with I believe)
Denizens of Avadnu 3.5 (Get it, you'll thank me, download the errata too).
Denizens of Darkness 3.5 (Proof WW saw RL as a cash cow, or just skimmed the SRD)
Dinosaurs That Never Were (Still don't get it, but don't have Broncosaurus Rex).
Draconic Lore (All the Lore series I liked, though see Giant Lore)
Elemental Lore
Fantasy Bestiary (Cool, will there be a 3.5 update?)
Giant Lore (A few monsters, more PRC's & stuff than monsters though)
Jade Dragons & Hungry Ghosts (Good for OA games).
Legacy of the Dragons (rant on dropping Player vs Monster Alignments lies here)
Liber Bestarius (Very cool, a book I reach for time & again)
Menagerie (Don't have it, don't worry)
Minions (Don't let the crayon artwork fool you, the monsters are cool)
Minions of the Shadow (Good)
Monster Encyclopedia I (My faith in Mongoose is restored!)
Monster Encyclopedia II (Wait, check that.)
Monsternomican 3.5 (Drooooooollllllll)
Monsters of Luclin (Ok if you are running Epic Level+)
Monsters of Norrath (Same as MoL)
Monster of the Boundless Blue (Very cool)
Monsters of the Endless Dark (Very Cool)
Monster of the Mind (Only psionic beastiary out there)
Necromantic Lore (Good, lots of Templates though)
Nightmares & Dreams I (Better than Denizens of Dread)
Nightmares & Dreams II (Same)
Priemval Groves (Crap. Errors everywhere, the errata files fixes 2 or 3)
Tome of Horrors (Old School? This is your OTHER core monster book)
Tome of Horrors II (Solid monster book)
Twisted Lore
Warcraft: Manual of Monsters (I still need to start using this).
I'm Aware of the Monster Geographica series, but I've passed them up so far do to the lack of art work. I'm also aware of Fast Forward's line of Demons & Devils, & Mongoose's Ultimate Monster 1, but those managed to suck and blow more than a Hoover in a Tornado.
So help me complete my monster shelf. Which really neat monster books are out there? (P.S. Whoever recomended Denizens of Arvandu: I thank You; my players curse you).
I mean actually trying to USE 6,000+ monsters over the course of a campaign is perfectly normal. Right?
I'm really in need of a fix now. It's been, like 3 months since I've picked up a D&D/d20 monster book.
Where have they all gone?
I'm almost finishing inputing all the monster books I have into MS Access (any experts out there?) so I can then build CR/Climate/Terrain encouter tables that kill an entire tree to print out. I just hit 6,000 entries and only have 4 or 5 books left.
So, what 3.0/3.5 D&D/D20 Monster Books am I missing? (at present, I'll pass on PDF's, I'm just not set up right now to handle them how I want to).
I have:
Monster Manual 3.5 (good)
Monster Manual II* (Good, I like the free 3.5 update)
Monster Manual III* (Good, once you download the update file)
Monsters of Faerun (Good, once more, yea for a 3.5 update file)
Fiend Folio (I like it)
Advanced Bestiary (Nice, just a lot of example creatures don't fit the template applied)
Bestiary of Krynn (Not bad)
Bestiary of Loerem (so-so)
Book of Fiends 3.5 (Higly Recommended)
Creature Collection Revised (All the CC's aren't bad, high end of average).
Creature Collection II
Creature Collection III 3.5
Creatures of Freeport 3.5 (more suited to campaign monsters than random encounters)
Creatures of Rokugan (I liked it)
Dangerous Denizens 3.5 (Nice Random Encounter Monster Tome)
Deadliest Creatures Tome 3.5 (The only decent book FFE came out with I believe)
Denizens of Avadnu 3.5 (Get it, you'll thank me, download the errata too).
Denizens of Darkness 3.5 (Proof WW saw RL as a cash cow, or just skimmed the SRD)
Dinosaurs That Never Were (Still don't get it, but don't have Broncosaurus Rex).
Draconic Lore (All the Lore series I liked, though see Giant Lore)
Elemental Lore
Fantasy Bestiary (Cool, will there be a 3.5 update?)
Giant Lore (A few monsters, more PRC's & stuff than monsters though)
Jade Dragons & Hungry Ghosts (Good for OA games).
Legacy of the Dragons (rant on dropping Player vs Monster Alignments lies here)
Liber Bestarius (Very cool, a book I reach for time & again)
Menagerie (Don't have it, don't worry)
Minions (Don't let the crayon artwork fool you, the monsters are cool)
Minions of the Shadow (Good)
Monster Encyclopedia I (My faith in Mongoose is restored!)
Monster Encyclopedia II (Wait, check that.)
Monsternomican 3.5 (Drooooooollllllll)
Monsters of Luclin (Ok if you are running Epic Level+)
Monsters of Norrath (Same as MoL)
Monster of the Boundless Blue (Very cool)
Monsters of the Endless Dark (Very Cool)
Monster of the Mind (Only psionic beastiary out there)
Necromantic Lore (Good, lots of Templates though)
Nightmares & Dreams I (Better than Denizens of Dread)
Nightmares & Dreams II (Same)
Priemval Groves (Crap. Errors everywhere, the errata files fixes 2 or 3)
Tome of Horrors (Old School? This is your OTHER core monster book)
Tome of Horrors II (Solid monster book)
Twisted Lore
Warcraft: Manual of Monsters (I still need to start using this).
I'm Aware of the Monster Geographica series, but I've passed them up so far do to the lack of art work. I'm also aware of Fast Forward's line of Demons & Devils, & Mongoose's Ultimate Monster 1, but those managed to suck and blow more than a Hoover in a Tornado.
So help me complete my monster shelf. Which really neat monster books are out there? (P.S. Whoever recomended Denizens of Arvandu: I thank You; my players curse you).
I mean actually trying to USE 6,000+ monsters over the course of a campaign is perfectly normal. Right?
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