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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 1135850" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>Well, it's fair to say that I've had a chance to look through <em>Encyclopaedia Arcane: Crossbreeding</em>...since I wrote it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Those three reviews you read on EN World's d20 Reviews page all gave it four stars and the reviewers were overall pretty positive about it. But there are other opinions out there, if you wish to do some further investigating before committing to a purchase: <a href="http://www.gamewyrd.com/review/253" target="_blank">HERE</a> is a review on the GameWyrd site. The reviewer gave it a "7 out of 10 (good)." <a href="http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9226.phtml" target="_blank">HERE</a> is a review on the RPGnet site. The reviewer gave it a "3 (average)." His biggest criticism (and a quite valid one) was that the chart showing which creature type results from "creature type A crossed with creature type B" was too confining, and he gives several good examples of how he could create a crossbreed that should probably be classified as a different creature type than what the chart indicates. It looks like you may have to make some judgment calls despite what the chart says. (Of course, that's true of most DMs anyway - many like to tweak what the "official rules" say to make them fit best into their world, and more power to them.)</p><p></p><p>I should also point out that the book was written under the 3.5 rules, so you'll have to ignore some things like "Beast" being referenced as a creature type and "Shapeshifter" being a creature type as opposed to a subtype. It should take very little effort to convert to 3.5, though.</p><p></p><p>If you have any questions about the book, I'd be more than happy to answer them for you.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with the (eventual) campaign. I like playing with crossbreeds in my campaigns as well. (Oh, and there will be a crossbreeding adventure in issue #6 of Mongoose's <em>Signs & Portents</em> magazine, due out in December I think.)</p><p></p><p>Johnathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 1135850, member: 508"] Well, it's fair to say that I've had a chance to look through [I]Encyclopaedia Arcane: Crossbreeding[/I]...since I wrote it. :) I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out. Those three reviews you read on EN World's d20 Reviews page all gave it four stars and the reviewers were overall pretty positive about it. But there are other opinions out there, if you wish to do some further investigating before committing to a purchase: [URL=http://www.gamewyrd.com/review/253]HERE[/URL] is a review on the GameWyrd site. The reviewer gave it a "7 out of 10 (good)." [URL=http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9226.phtml]HERE[/URL] is a review on the RPGnet site. The reviewer gave it a "3 (average)." His biggest criticism (and a quite valid one) was that the chart showing which creature type results from "creature type A crossed with creature type B" was too confining, and he gives several good examples of how he could create a crossbreed that should probably be classified as a different creature type than what the chart indicates. It looks like you may have to make some judgment calls despite what the chart says. (Of course, that's true of most DMs anyway - many like to tweak what the "official rules" say to make them fit best into their world, and more power to them.) I should also point out that the book was written under the 3.5 rules, so you'll have to ignore some things like "Beast" being referenced as a creature type and "Shapeshifter" being a creature type as opposed to a subtype. It should take very little effort to convert to 3.5, though. If you have any questions about the book, I'd be more than happy to answer them for you. Good luck with the (eventual) campaign. I like playing with crossbreeds in my campaigns as well. (Oh, and there will be a crossbreeding adventure in issue #6 of Mongoose's [I]Signs & Portents[/I] magazine, due out in December I think.) Johnathan [/QUOTE]
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