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<blockquote data-quote="BWP" data-source="post: 2763202" data-attributes="member: 29024">Such as the creatures that appeared in the 2e Monstrous Compendium, Appendix Three: Forgotten Realms that had originally appeared in one of the core 1e monster books (i.e., Monster Manual, Fiend Folio and Monster Manual II).&nbsp; There's more than a small number of them.&nbsp; Why had these &quot;core&quot; critters suddenly taken up exclusive residence in the Forgotten Realms setting?&nbsp; I didn't know, and I didn't want to know.It was after purchasing MC Appendix 3 that I realised that 2e was all about getting me to buy stuff I didn't want just to get me back to the level that 1e had already reached.&nbsp; I abandoned it at that point.&nbsp; (I had only been buying 2e stuff because I'd hoped for a dramatic improvement over the 1e rules; alas, that wasn't to happen until 3e came along.)As for claiming that Monsters of Faerun must be a core product because it doesn't say &quot;Forgotten Realms&quot; on the cover -- let's just say that I don't set my games in Faerun and have no interest in finding out what monsters might live there.&nbsp; If WOTC wanted to sell that book as a &quot;core product&quot;, then it should have been entitled Monsters of anywhere you like, and certainly not that place that is otherwise known as &quot;Forgotten Realms&quot;.&nbsp; I've spent many years not buying Forgotten Realms supplements, and it's not a habit I intend to break any time soon.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BWP, post: 2763202, member: 29024"] Such as the creatures that appeared in the 2e [b]Monstrous Compendium, Appendix Three: Forgotten Realms[/b] that had [i]originally[/i] appeared in one of the core 1e monster books (i.e., [b]Monster Manual[/b], [b]Fiend Folio[/b] and [b]Monster Manual II[/b]). There's more than a small number of them. Why had these "core" critters suddenly taken up exclusive residence in the [i]Forgotten Realms[/i] setting? I didn't know, and I didn't want to know. It was after purchasing [b]MC Appendix 3[/b] that I realised that 2e was all about getting me to buy stuff I didn't want just to get me back to the level that 1e had already reached. I abandoned it at that point. (I had only been buying 2e stuff because I'd hoped for a dramatic improvement over the 1e rules; alas, that wasn't to happen until 3e came along.) As for claiming that [b]Monsters of Faerun[/b] must be a core product because it doesn't say "Forgotten Realms" on the cover -- let's just say that I don't set my games in Faerun and have no interest in finding out what monsters might live there. If WOTC wanted to sell that book as a "core product", then it should have been entitled [b]Monsters of anywhere you like, and certainly not that place that is otherwise known as "Forgotten Realms"[/b]. I've spent many years not buying [i]Forgotten Realms[/i] supplements, and it's not a habit I intend to break any time soon. [/QUOTE]

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