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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Serge" data-source="post: 292306" data-attributes="member: 4049">Very little I suspect.  Of all the monster books I've bought (excluding Monster Manual and Monster Manual Appendix:  Monsters of Faerun), the only ones of value to me are Bastion Press' Minions, which offered a slew of higher CR and very bizarre monsters, and Green Ronin's Legion of Hell (although I liked the flavor text in Armies of the Abyss there are very few monsters I would use even in a demon-heavy game).None of the Sword and Sorcery stuff, non of the AEG or Fast Forward Entertainment (yuck) material, that I've bought has been of much value.In a way, this reminds me of 2ed.  There were so many different appendices and most of the new monsters were simply souped up versions of existing monsters.  I see this with most of the monsters released in second source d20 publications and there's a hint of this even in official WotC as well.  Unless the new monster is really filling in a nitch that does not exist, I see no reason for it.Still, I'll buy all those new WotC products... If they're smart, they'll make Fiend Folio a book filled with the Dukes of Hell, the Demon Lords, and other high level fiends.Do we know who's writing this material?</blockquote>