Unveiled Masters: The Essential Guide to Mind Flayers... anyone tried it?

Almacov · Jan 20, 2004

Can anyone please share their opinions on Unveiled Masters: The Essential Guide to Mind Flayers?

Crothian · Jan 20, 2004

Dude, it rocks. I've been slowly introducing things from it as the PCs have come across Mind Flayers. The book is a good read and takes one of the most feared creatures and truely makes them Scarey!!

BryonD · Jan 20, 2004

I agree.

A very good product.

Good crunch and good fluff

LGodamus · Jan 20, 2004

I have it as well , while not quite as good as its sister book on drow from green ronin, it is a very good book surely deserving a look over.

HellHound · Jan 21, 2004

My opinion?

It Absolutely RULES!

err...

Yeah, and I co-wrote it. So I'll keep the rest of my opinions on this under wraps.

But I *will* encourage you to pick it up and use it!

Ghostwind · Jan 21, 2004

Picking up and using this book in your campaign will give your players a reason to completely and utterly fear mind flayers. One of Paradigm's best books to date in my opinion.

Nightfall · Jan 21, 2004

The one book in my collection I sorely wish I had.

glass · Jan 21, 2004

Almacov said:
...Unveiled Masters: The Essential Guide to Mind Flayers

Out of curiosity, how is this possible? Mind flayers are not in the SRD. Was there a special licence aranged or something?

Psion · Jan 21, 2004

glass said:
Out of curiosity, how is this possible? Mind flayers are not in the SRD. Was there a special licence aranged or something?

Yes.

I'm sure Hound can share the exact details, but it basically runs: the book was in the production pipe when the final SRD came out without mind flayers, and they had to get permissions to finish it.

At any rate, it is a nice, well written book with some interesting background and options. The only thing I could fault is that perhaps the Lovecraftian footprints show a little too clearly in places.

Sir Whiskers · Jan 21, 2004

To everyone who likes this book, what specifically do you like? Rather than reading general praises, I'm hoping to get an idea of which specific features/ideas/whatever you got the most mileage out of. Thanks.