The Complete List of d20 Monster Books Updated 12/10/04

[jgbrowning]

jgbrowning,

since you doing the Monster Geographica series (An excellent Idea that I love and will be getting for chistmass or buying after chistmass. Everyone in my family made me stop buying books so they could buy me presents.) I was wondering what books on this list you don't have or don't have access too?

Oh and will we see a Monster Geographica: Any Land

Right now I have none of them available. Before we moved to India I sold just about everything I owned. We'd selected the monsters from around 20 to 25 books and have everything available now digitally for the forthcoming Monster Geographicas.

The monsters that had any land, we siphoned off into different environment books based upon what we thought fit the concept best.

I'm just now getting to True Dragons (I hate them) for Beast Builder and I've already added around 8 pages of neutered SA/SQs to the big list. It should be quite large when done.

If I decide to go a head with non-SRD sources to add to the list I'll be doing them from the monster geographica files I have available already. It's a matter of time and return.

joe b.

 

[Qwillion]

I am curious if the beast builder will be in any way related to the Monster Handbook.

It sounds similar in style.

 

[DMH]

I was on Goodman Games site and found another- Dinosaurs that Never Were

http://www.broncosaurusrex.com/1004preview.php

And it looks like they have a book on dragon kin coming out soon.

http://www.broncosaurusrex.com/3008preview.php

 

[jgbrowning]

I am curious if the beast builder will be in any way related to the Monster Handbook.

It sounds similar in style.

It is somewhat similar, but I'm not going to be adding anything new crunch-wise(ala feats/templates/magic items... etc.). Instead I'm compiling the information from the SRD, breaking it down and showing you how to use it for yourself. The strength of the book, like most of our Magical Society books, is in the synthesis and analysis of the process. Once you as a GM know the nuts and bolts, you can build anything you want.

The new additions will be the aggressive ecology concept, the monsters in ecologies concepts and, depending on time/effort ratios, already published OGC material that allows you to further expand your creature building efforts.

Since Sean just annouced his "How to Build Spells" book, think of the beast builder as "How to build monsters." It's an exploration of the d20 monster creation methods and how to use them to get exactly what you want while staying as close to the core rules as possible.

joe b.

 

[Minicol]

List of monsters

I have already compiled quite a list of monsters on Access. If anybody is interested, email me. I would gladly send it. Its is not fully updated, as I do not have the time, but I think i have most of the main books covered.

 

[Voadam]

I was on Goodman Games site and found another- Dinosaurs that Never Were

http://www.broncosaurusrex.com/1004preview.php

And it looks like they have a book on dragon kin coming out soon.

http://www.broncosaurusrex.com/3008preview.php

The dragon kin one is out on www.rpgnow.com

I wish they'd put more of their complete books there, I've already got drow and beholders.

 

[DMH]

The dragon kin one is out on www.rpgnow.com

I know:

http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=111194

I have it and Treants and both are very useful.

 

[Qwillion]

just got my monster geographica underground.

must say i really am enjoying it, plan on using it in the WLD

What made you decide to go with arrangeing it by CR instead of alpha.
and why is there not a monster for every CR.

 

[DMH]

This should be updated. Here are a few pdfs I have bought that are new since then:

Brixbrix's Fieldguide to the Creatures of Ados (Tangent Games) [a spiffy and long file]
The Iconic Bestiary: Classics of Fantasy (Lions Den Press) [another spiffy idea]
Bane Ledger vol. 2 (Bloodstone)
Ruins of the Pale Jungle (EN Publishing)
Flock of Foes (Genjitsu)

Monster Specific (some are older and still need to be added)
Swarm of Stirges
Maze of the Minotaur (Both Behemoth 3)
Dryden: Hero or Horror (Ancient Awakening)

Honorable Mention
Beast Builder (Expeditious Retreat Press)
Verdent World (New Arcadia Publications) (not creature specific, but does have a lot of plant monsters)

 

[DMH]

This is a useful thread- is it going to be updated?