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<blockquote data-quote="Belen" data-source="post: 722733" data-attributes="member: 1405">Hey all,I purchased Savage Species last week.&nbsp; I instantly regretted the purchase when I got home.&nbsp; I had expected the book to be somewhat similar to the old Humanoids Handbook, but I was in for a shocking suprise.Instead of mundame monsters that I would actually allow people to play such as flind or wemic, I saw monsters that were completely over the top!&nbsp; What GM in their right mind would ever allow an air elemental PC!&nbsp; Yes, it could be a good GM reference to make monster BBEG to work against the PCs, but never in my right mind would I allow a person to play such a character.&nbsp; I just cannot understand why the book is full of overpowered, unbelieveable choices for PCs.&nbsp; I could count the mundane monsters on one hand.&nbsp; Why did I need to see an example of every elemental?!&nbsp; Could they not have detailed ONE elemental type and made room for some actual races that a PC could use in a campaign!?I am 26 and I feel old.&nbsp; It feels like WOTC is turning DnD into another round of Magic.&nbsp; How could they ever have thought that the races in Savage Species would be something that a GM would allow players to use!?Am I too old and disconnected from what people really want these day?&nbsp; It certainly feels like it.&nbsp; That book is great for munchkins, but I want something that could be useful for mature groups.&nbsp; This book is worse than BoVD!Dave</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Belen, post: 722733, member: 1405"] Hey all, I purchased Savage Species last week. I instantly regretted the purchase when I got home. I had expected the book to be somewhat similar to the old Humanoids Handbook, but I was in for a shocking suprise. Instead of mundame monsters that I would actually allow people to play such as flind or wemic, I saw monsters that were completely over the top! What GM in their right mind would ever allow an air elemental PC! Yes, it could be a good GM reference to make monster BBEG to work against the PCs, but never in my right mind would I allow a person to play such a character. I just cannot understand why the book is full of overpowered, unbelieveable choices for PCs. I could count the mundane monsters on one hand. Why did I need to see an example of every elemental?! Could they not have detailed ONE elemental type and made room for some actual races that a PC could use in a campaign!? I am 26 and I feel old. It feels like WOTC is turning DnD into another round of Magic. How could they ever have thought that the races in Savage Species would be something that a GM would allow players to use!? Am I too old and disconnected from what people really want these day? It certainly feels like it. That book is great for munchkins, but I want something that could be useful for mature groups. This book is worse than BoVD! Dave [/QUOTE]

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