Turjan said:
I think I have to look at that Old World Bestiary, too, if only to be able to build my own opinion about that title. It wasn't high on my priority list, because many people told me that you don't really need the bestiary for WFRP, because the monsters play only a secondary role in that game.
well, monsters tend to be much more "mundane" in the Old World. no flashy dragons, or demi planar half liches, but orcs, chaos cultists, some undead... you have the idea, i'm sure.
that said, i cannot recommend the bestiary more, for two reasons:
1. as i have already said more than once in this very thread, it's one of the best bestiaries out there. reading through it you not only get information on the monsters and some adventure ideas, but you also manage to build a better idea of the world, of how things work, and so on (of course, you could build on the many published novels for that, much more efficiently, but then...)
2. you have much more informationt than what is contained in the basic manual (which was very scarce on monster data...)
what you can do to save money is avoid to get the player's game pack and the game master's game pack... i found them to be a bit thin on the usefulness and quite thick on the price...
if you plan to run your adventures (as opposed to published ones), i do recommend you to get hold of the bestiary.
