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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 2430582" data-attributes="member: 172">Here's the deal for me, though: I think it is easy to make the pronouncement something is "tied to the setting" when it's really not so tied. Because of this, some people shy away from setting specific monster and magic books when I think some of these are the best sources to be had for these sorts of book. When I am shopping around for resouces, I am not in it for just the mechanics, but the ideas. I find that sometimes, in an attempt to be setting neutral, some authors go overboard and water their material down in an attempt to make it setting-neutral. But the setting "specific" stuff can often be easily mined out, and give you richer returns.For example, above I mention the Tempus Twins, a creature from scarred lands. The mechanics are cool, but not that special. Its a creature that can replicate itself, but still draws from the same HP pool. But in Scarred Lands, they are children of a now imprisoned titan of time. How much effort does that take to translate to a slain deity of time? None. And that little bit of setting material helps me define what they are like.</blockquote>