Worlds & Monsters -- I has it, too!

[GreatLemur]

And they're snake people? Doesn't D&D have enough reptilian individuals? Oh, wait, they're also evil and they have Man/Snake taurs? C'mon. The 70s called, they want their pulp creatures back.

More like the '20s and '30s, really. Snakemen are (for good or ill) classic pulp.

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Furthermore, the Shadar-Kai... have a strange name, but it could be worse and is a legacy name... the concept is usable. It already was in 3E, but suffered from a) the late introduction, b) mechanic execution, and c) the utter boringness of the Shadow Plane.

I don't mind the Shadar-Kai name, I just hope they make them better mechanically. I was looking for a good Shadow Elf archetype for my own game, and for some reason the Shadar-Kai just didn't do it for me.

 

[Steely Dan]

More like the '20s and '30s, really. Snakemen are (for good or ill) classic pulp.

Funnily enough, in my 20 years of DMing, lizard men have never been encountered.

And while I am totally digging what I'm hearing about 4th Ed, dragonborn will not be making an appearance in my campaign worlds…

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Do they give concrete explanations on what the Primordials are? Are they creator giants, much like the Titans and Jotun of myth?

Also do they explain what an Exarch is? They were mentioned along with Angels in the Ecology of the Fire Archon article, but to me it sounds like Exarch and Angel might mean the same thing. Are they different?

 

[mhacdebhandia]

Funnily enough, in my 20 years of DMing, lizard men have never been encountered.

And while I am totally digging what I'm hearing about 4th Ed, dragonborn will not be making an appearance in my campaign worlds…

Wow, it's almost like your own personal choices as a DM don't really have much bearing on the direction of the game as a whole!

Madness! Sparta! Et cetera!

 

[LightPhoenix]

Madness! Sparta! Et cetera!

This... is. ENWORLD!!!

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

This... is. ENWORLD!!!

There is plenty of earth and water IN THE ELEMENTAL MAELSTROM

 

[Belorin]

Okay just received my copy of W&M and I have to say it is good! I sat dowm and read it from cover to cover to get an idea of what was in it. I then went back and looked at certain sections that caught my attention. Then I noticed something that for some reason completely escaped my first read-thru, the Art, not so much the monster concept art but the veiws of the locations for the planes and the world. Great stuff! Also the portraits of Asmodeus and Orcus are terrific as is the strangely evocative picture of a Githyanki female.
About half of the monster concept art has been seen before, Dryad, troglodyte, Malebranche devil & Beholder. Others like the troll, wyvern, Death knight & Adamantine Dragon are new.
The Origins of the World lays out the whys and wherefores of things like the Shadowfell and Feywild in a manner that makes the whole seen natural.
All in all I am glad I decided to get this book, it, like it's sister publication Races & Classes are a great look into the behind the scenes of the new edition.

Bel

 

[Steely Dan]

Wow, it's almost like your own personal choices as a DM don't really have much bearing on the direction of the game as a whole!

I know, what's with that, Mr Helper?!

 

[Ripzerai]

Wee Jas is named after the ouija board. Seriously.

Is "efreets" the proper plural form now? And they have a king, not a sultan?