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Okay, I am thinking of getting it: Sell me On Monte's UA book, please.
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<blockquote data-quote="JeffB" data-source="post: 1198882" data-attributes="member: 518"><p>I have to say I'm not really a fan of Monte's latest works. I didn't care for his BoEM series or the RttToEE , etc. I do like some of his older pre-3e work (TSR & ICE). I respect the man greatly, just not usually my cup of tea.</p><p></p><p>That said, AU is an AWESOME book. Really most folks have said pretty much what I would say..but here goes my short list</p><p></p><p>1) Definitely puts the power back in the DM's hands. In a subtle way overall, but it does.</p><p></p><p>2) I like the D&D magic system, but the AU system is a very nice change of pace. </p><p></p><p>3) Racial levels are cool</p><p></p><p>4) But I hate the races..dog people, cat people, lizard thingy-people..blech</p><p></p><p>5) Classes are WAY cool!</p><p></p><p>6) Book is full of fluff..but again in a subtle way...it's hidden in all the crunch..but I was getting adventure and campaign ideas left and right reading through it...</p><p></p><p>7) definitely has a less polished or "raw" feel which I much prefer over the sanitized & sterile 3.X books. It's actually fun to read. 3.X gives me a headache.</p><p></p><p>8) Binding is not so hot</p><p></p><p>9) art even less so, IMO. </p><p></p><p>10) Well worth the price tag</p><p></p><p>I'm currently mixing and matching it with 3.5...I wish Monte would have used a few more things from 3.5 ..some of the improved skill descriptions/mechanics for example..I'm working up an entire new homebrew using it (haven't seen Diamond Throne..I hate PDFs, plus the whole AU races thing....)</p><p></p><p>I'd buy a AU DMG and AU MM in a heartbeat <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JeffB, post: 1198882, member: 518"] I have to say I'm not really a fan of Monte's latest works. I didn't care for his BoEM series or the RttToEE , etc. I do like some of his older pre-3e work (TSR & ICE). I respect the man greatly, just not usually my cup of tea. That said, AU is an AWESOME book. Really most folks have said pretty much what I would say..but here goes my short list 1) Definitely puts the power back in the DM's hands. In a subtle way overall, but it does. 2) I like the D&D magic system, but the AU system is a very nice change of pace. 3) Racial levels are cool 4) But I hate the races..dog people, cat people, lizard thingy-people..blech 5) Classes are WAY cool! 6) Book is full of fluff..but again in a subtle way...it's hidden in all the crunch..but I was getting adventure and campaign ideas left and right reading through it... 7) definitely has a less polished or "raw" feel which I much prefer over the sanitized & sterile 3.X books. It's actually fun to read. 3.X gives me a headache. 8) Binding is not so hot 9) art even less so, IMO. 10) Well worth the price tag I'm currently mixing and matching it with 3.5...I wish Monte would have used a few more things from 3.5 ..some of the improved skill descriptions/mechanics for example..I'm working up an entire new homebrew using it (haven't seen Diamond Throne..I hate PDFs, plus the whole AU races thing....) I'd buy a AU DMG and AU MM in a heartbeat :D [/QUOTE]
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