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[Felon]

MMIV is not liked by quite a few posters here and over on WOTC own boards because of the format change, but I and several other DMs with busy lives really enjoy and get a lot of use of the new format. If MMV's format is identical to MMIV, which it appears to be, then it means that sales for MMIV were good enough for WOTC to continue the MM's in the same format.

I'd like to see the classed monsters reined in a bit; they were a little too prevalent in MMIV. I'd also like to see classes for some of the monsters with untapped potential, like avolakias and braxats. Heck, tap stuff from MMII and Fiend Folio so that we get some 3.5-compliant stat blocks if nothing else.

 

[rjs]

Pshaw, what do you know, Bulmahn? The book was probably written by a bunch of hacks. Not that I would know anything about that...

Undoubtedly. Hacks, each and every one

 

[Darrell]

Hmmmmmm....

I'll have one o' them there Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk thingys, I believe. Dungeon Tiles, too, as I'm pretty much picking up a couple of each set; and probably Monster Manual V. Don't know about much of the rest, but probably not the Drow or FR material, and I'd be burned in Hell before I lay down so much as a nickel for anything Eberron.

MMIV is not liked by quite a few posters here and over on WOTC own boards because of the format change, but I and several other DMs with busy lives really enjoy and get a lot of use of the new format.

Ditto. Monster Manual IV is the only one I have other than the Core Monster Manual, and quite frankly, it's because of the 'advanced' regular critters. It cuts down on my prep time to have 'em already set to run. I never use most of the other critters, anyway. I'd like to see WotC go back and re-do Monster Manuals I-III in this same way.

Regards,
Darrell King

 

[Psion]

Is there a way to address psionic monsters that allows them to be useful to those who don't have the psionics handbooks? Can a pychic warrior or soulknife be presented as easily as a scout or warmage?

I'm paying for the book too. A non-psionic mind flayer is just as useless to me as a psionic mind flayer is to you.

They managed it in lords of madness. They can manage it in other books as well.

 

[Dragonhelm]

The Castle Greyhawk thing seems...odd to me. It's definitely a break from WotC not publishing anything at all for Greyhawk.

It isn’t that their supporting the Greyhawk setting so much as it is that they’re trying to profit off of a classic element of D&D with name recognition. Expedition to Castle Ravenloft wasn’t so much support for the Ravenloft setting as it was a reimagining of the original module.

My only concern with this Greyhawk module is that it may be a departure from what Gygax had planned for the super-dungeon. Granted, I enjoyed the Castle Greyhawk module and Greyhawk Ruins, so it’s not like I’m a purist here (though there are plenty of purists out there).

Luckily, we have Castle Zagyg to quench the thirst for Gygax’s vision. I hope that this new product will touch upon Greyhawk Ruins some. I’m not holding my breath for Castle Greyhawk. Still, even if it isn’t Gygax’s vision, then at least it’ll be a nice variant. Castle Zagyg can be fit into the Greyhawk setting anyway, so all’s good.

Beyond that, I love the Complete class books, so Complete Champion is a must. I have the original Drow of the Underdark, so I’m not sure I really need a new version. I guess it depends on how well this one is done. And yes, I’m a sucker for monster books.

 

[Ry]

Ask your government.

QFT.

More like QF...WTF? CAD's trading against USD @ 0.875 - sounds like Wizards is just out of touch with the exchange rate.

 

[drscott46]

Pardon my density and overall laziness, but it says the Shadowdale adventure is part two in a trilogy. What was part one? City of the Spider Queen was the only 3/3.5e big adventure for FR that I can recall.

 

[Jdvn1]

No news on Dungeonscape?

 

[Brakkart]

Pardon my density and overall laziness, but it says the Shadowdale adventure is part two in a trilogy. What was part one? City of the Spider Queen was the only 3/3.5e big adventure for FR that I can recall.

Part 1 of the Trilogy is out in March and is named Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave. It is also a 160 page hardcover by the same authors.

 

[Wavestone]

simu-post

Pardon my density and overall laziness, but it says the Shadowdale adventure is part two in a trilogy. What was part one? City of the Spider Queen was the only 3/3.5e big adventure for FR that I can recall.

Part one is probably this adventure:

Cormyr:The tearing of the Weave

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/fracc/956857200


edit - beaten to it by Brakkart