Sean, Go for it.
Another thing you could do with B&W illoes, color them. Sean K. Reynold's Coloring and Monster Book.
Another thing you could do with B&W illoes, color them. Sean K. Reynold's Coloring and Monster Book.
Your opinions on a monster book idea
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Darrin Drader
Explorer
Say I do buy PDF's.
Say I love monster books.
Say I have a color printer at home but have access to a laser printer at work.
Say I think this is a good idea!
Honestly though, I'd like to see more than just 32 new monsters. I would prefer that it be at least around 45.
Say I love monster books.
Say I have a color printer at home but have access to a laser printer at work.
Say I think this is a good idea!
Honestly though, I'd like to see more than just 32 new monsters. I would prefer that it be at least around 45.
mistergone
First Post
I'd be more interesed if it was in print. But, I already have a lot of monsters, anyways.
My pet PDF requests come from the aborted "Creature Compendium" back in 2e. Good idea, too ahead of its time.
With a PDF, you can print out multiple disposable pages. If, for tonight's adventure, you only need monsters B D and F, why bother bringing along the whole alphabet of monsters?
I don't like the dead tree approach: Lugging around several different monster manuals -- and memorizing which monster is in which manual.
With PDFs, you **ought** to be able to print out a slew of monsters **from different PDFs** and put 'em into a binder. Or just print the ones you want for now.
Thus, I'd like to see a PDF publisher think less in terms of singular "monster manuals" than expandable "monster entries".
Specifically:
* No two monsters on the same page.
* Keep updating the document (eg. "Monster a week") and let buyers **subscribe** to your service, not just "buy a book". They can either d/l the updated version each week (and throw away their old copy) or d/l only the updates.
* Add the best monsters that are SRD as "bonus material".
Rambling,
Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^
With a PDF, you can print out multiple disposable pages. If, for tonight's adventure, you only need monsters B D and F, why bother bringing along the whole alphabet of monsters?
I don't like the dead tree approach: Lugging around several different monster manuals -- and memorizing which monster is in which manual.
With PDFs, you **ought** to be able to print out a slew of monsters **from different PDFs** and put 'em into a binder. Or just print the ones you want for now.
Thus, I'd like to see a PDF publisher think less in terms of singular "monster manuals" than expandable "monster entries".
Specifically:
* No two monsters on the same page.
* Keep updating the document (eg. "Monster a week") and let buyers **subscribe** to your service, not just "buy a book". They can either d/l the updated version each week (and throw away their old copy) or d/l only the updates.
* Add the best monsters that are SRD as "bonus material".
Rambling,
Cedric.
aka. Washu! ^O^
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I'm A Banana
Potassium-Rich
I probably wouldn't buy it unless the monsters had a theme or hook that they could get me to use....
Say, they're all Psionic, or all designed for a specific environment, or with a theme in mind, or something.
With the MM, MM2, ToH, and soon FF, I've got more than enough beasties to go around when I'm in a pinch. Now, all I need are gaps filled (Arctic monsters? A fey compendium? Thing specifically inspired by the mythos of ancient Greece? Sign me up!)
Say, they're all Psionic, or all designed for a specific environment, or with a theme in mind, or something.
With the MM, MM2, ToH, and soon FF, I've got more than enough beasties to go around when I'm in a pinch. Now, all I need are gaps filled (Arctic monsters? A fey compendium? Thing specifically inspired by the mythos of ancient Greece? Sign me up!)
RangerWickett
Legend
I don't buy monster books, but nor do I buy adventures, rulebooks, campaign settings, or sourcebooks. I can usually make up whatever I need, or if I really want something, I've probably written it myself.
However, a small book like that is somewhat interesting. I'm not much of a critter guy, but if the monsters had a lot of flavor, perhaps a few with mythic overtones, then I might be interested. I wouldn't buy a book that just had new things to beat PCs up with, though. I'd want something that an adventure itself could be based on.
I mean, really, how often in classic folklore do you see more than one type of monster in a single story? Even Greek heroes didn't fight all their monsters at the same time ("And suddenly, a hydra, a medusa, a sphinx, a hellhound, and a bunch of harpies attack!").
However, a small book like that is somewhat interesting. I'm not much of a critter guy, but if the monsters had a lot of flavor, perhaps a few with mythic overtones, then I might be interested. I wouldn't buy a book that just had new things to beat PCs up with, though. I'd want something that an adventure itself could be based on.
I mean, really, how often in classic folklore do you see more than one type of monster in a single story? Even Greek heroes didn't fight all their monsters at the same time ("And suddenly, a hydra, a medusa, a sphinx, a hellhound, and a bunch of harpies attack!").
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