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Message: <blockquote data-quote="roytheodd" data-source="post: 825589" data-attributes="member: 1508">I use monsters from as many sources as I can find as often as I can. The reason why I do it is because I have a player in my group who knows the WotC monster books backwards and forwards. I have, however, found that he doesn't know a lick about monsters from any other source (even the TSR monster books). Thus, when the group faces an Adherer they have no clue as to how to defeat it other than hack. I'm just waiting to spring a Husk on them this weekend and watch them collapse into spasms of terror as it mows through their Strength stats.I must say, though, that I am selective about what I use. I usually go for creepiness, utility, and special powers. I don't use even half of the mosters from any given book because most of them don't fit what I'm going for. I particularly don't use underwater creatures, surprise killers, carniverous plants, dire anything, animal-like creatures, psions, lycanthropes, or most flying things. I'm not much of a fan of templates, but I've been giving monsters levels in classes since 1st ed. I'm a huge practitioner in modifying things.</blockquote>