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Message: <blockquote data-quote="flametitan" data-source="post: 6937603" data-attributes="member: 6822731">I'm planning to pick it up tomorrow, but from what I've read around the web:like:-Monster lore is always nice-Monsters are unique and interesting, so adding them will add new complications to a fight-Lairs, though I haven't heard too much about whether they have maps or not. I'm more in need of maps than if they're adventures.Dislike:-the return of the stat penalty. I really don't think this is a good mechanic, either for encouraging you to play to type or for balance.-Really, the fact that they a warning that the races might be imbalanced. It just feels wrong for an official product to say "the materials here are probably imbalanced," as it doesn't make it feel like monstrous adventurers should be rare, but rather that wotc didn't care to make something in line with the official races. I'm not saying that they didn't, but rather that's what including such a warning gives the impression of.That said, it seems like the good outweighs the bad (a page or two on stats for 2 races vs a book full of what sound like interesting monsters) so I'll probably pick it up anyway. I'm just not looking as forward to future products if this book implies anything.</blockquote>