What book to get?

[Crothian]

Is there much duplication ( in theme at least ) for the various templates in these books? I own advanced beastairy, and have heard some good things about DBoT, but I'm not sure how much ADDItional utility it will provide.

I haven't done a side by side comparison but I didn't notice much duplication in reading them

 

[JoeGKushner]

I haven't done a side by side comparison but I didn't notice much duplication in reading them

Some themes are duplicated but the general mechanics are not. The apocalypse creature in Deluxe Book of Templates for example, seems much more powerful than that found in the Advanced Bestiary.

 

[Mystery Man]

Out of your 3 choices I like the MMIII the best.

 

[Simplicity]

MM3 is a great book. There's a lot of monsters in there that make you go: "COOL..."
I keep looking at Lords of Madness, but I haven't gotten around to buying it yet.
It also looks like quality work though, and I know it's gotten good reviews.

I haven't heard much about Advanced Bestiary.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Out of your 3 choices I like the MMIII the best.

well, the one big strike against the MMIII, is the pages of errata.

 

[Mystery Man]

well, the one big strike against the MMIII, is the pages of errata.

Aye.

 

[Scorpionfolke]

hey guys thanks for all the input---i have narrowed it down (somewhat) to MMIII or LoM---

 

[Jolly Giant]

hey guys thanks for all the input---i have narrowed it down (somewhat) to MMIII or LoM---

I'd strongly recommend LoM! Great book; almost as good as Draconomicon!

I've never used aberrations much in my campaigns, but after reading LoM I got the inspiration for several long campaings revolving around them!

 

[Valmiras]

LoM

Don't have either of the other two, but I am really enjoying LoM. It's a great read even if you don't use any of it in your campaign.

 

[Psion]

hey guys thanks for all the input---i have narrowed it down (somewhat) to MMIII or LoM---

Let this be a last ditch admonition for Advanced Bestiary. MMIII's concepts are not gripping IMO and it is riddled with errata. LoM is a more interesting book, but genreally, AdB is more of workhorse and has great ideas all its own.