Psion
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Naturally, MM is a staple. Book of Fiends (and its predescessors) I use for ALL my fiendish needs, and the Book of Templates serves my templating needs, regardless of game.
Other than that, which monster books I use varies from world to world that I run. I tend to use recurring monsters from a variety of sources for any given campaign, and may mix it up for different regions.
For example, I used a few creatures from Creature Collection, Creature Collection II, and Necromatic Lore to help shape my classic high fantasy game. In my exotic East Asian themed subsetting, I use OA, Creatures of Rokugan, and Jade Dragons and Hungry Ghosts. For my river of worlds and pirate game, I was using CCIII and Creatures of the Boundless Blue
For my Second World game, I am mixing up the influences a bit, with more frequent use of Tome of Horrors, Liber Bestarius, and Monsters of the Mind. My dragon-themed sub-campaign will see use of Book of Dragons, Draconomicon, and Draconic Lore. Forays into Europe will utilize Monsternomicon, fitting the theme of the area.
Honestly, I am finding that MMII, and (especially) Fiend Folio don't strike a chord with me. There's a few creatures in there that are great (especially in MMII, and the classes in the FF), but a lot of them strike me as "leftovers" or weakly try to be "bigger and better" than creatures in the MM but come off with much less flavor.
Ahem...
Naturally, MM is a staple. Book of Fiends (and its predescessors) I use for ALL my fiendish needs, and the Book of Templates serves my templating needs, regardless of game.
Other than that, which monster books I use varies from world to world that I run. I tend to use recurring monsters from a variety of sources for any given campaign, and may mix it up for different regions.
For example, I used a few creatures from Creature Collection, Creature Collection II, and Necromatic Lore to help shape my classic high fantasy game. In my exotic East Asian themed subsetting, I use OA, Creatures of Rokugan, and Jade Dragons and Hungry Ghosts. For my river of worlds and pirate game, I was using CCIII and Creatures of the Boundless Blue
For my Second World game, I am mixing up the influences a bit, with more frequent use of Tome of Horrors, Liber Bestarius, and Monsters of the Mind. My dragon-themed sub-campaign will see use of Book of Dragons, Draconomicon, and Draconic Lore. Forays into Europe will utilize Monsternomicon, fitting the theme of the area.
Honestly, I am finding that MMII, and (especially) Fiend Folio don't strike a chord with me. There's a few creatures in there that are great (especially in MMII, and the classes in the FF), but a lot of them strike me as "leftovers" or weakly try to be "bigger and better" than creatures in the MM but come off with much less flavor.
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