Yup, I'll be using this. *evil grin*

Just noticed, three of my suggested monster templates made the cut, and I got credit on the title page for them! I almost forgot what my suggestions were until I did a look see - one of them is the faceless creature, based on a Japanese cursed being called the Noppero Bo. At least that's what it would be called in Kaidan.

Liz, thanks for getting this up.

and Mike, I always try to take suggestions and give credit :)

Will there ever be a Print option or a Print/PDF option?

I believe Rite folks are having a straight flush of releases. This is another must have.

Regards,
Ruemere

Will there ever be a Print option or a Print/PDF option?

There are no current plans for a print version.

*Still dreaming of the day that all the "101" books get put into one giant hardcover*

davrion wrote:

Will there ever be a Print option or a Print/PDF option?

There are no current plans for a print version.

What about PoD?

Rite Publishing wrote:

davrion wrote:

Will there ever be a Print option or a Print/PDF option?

There are no current plans for a print version.

What about PoD?

There are no current plans.

*Still dreaming of the day that all the "101" books get put into one giant hardcover*

There is one coming for the 101 spell series

1001 Spells Hardcover

Twin Dragons wrote:

Rite Publishing wrote:

davrion wrote:

Will there ever be a Print option or a Print/PDF option?

There are no current plans for a print version.

What about PoD?

There are no current plans.

That's the beauty of PoD, you don't need a plan. You just make it available as an option.

Rite Publishing wrote:

Twin Dragons wrote:

Rite Publishing wrote:

davrion wrote:

Will there ever be a Print option or a Print/PDF option?

There are no current plans for a print version.

What about PoD?

There are no current plans.

That's the beauty of PoD, you don't need a plan. You just make it available as an option.

Let me make it clear as mud. No Comment.

Specific PoD services require PDFs to be set up in specific ways. Especially when it comes to covers. So unless a PDF was designed for a specific PoD service from the beginning, it can take a non-trivial amount of work from the layout staff to set up.

Popular PDFs do tend to be good candidates for print compilations.

A CR20 Seagull wrote:

*Still dreaming of the day that all the "101" books get put into one giant hardcover*

There is one coming for the 101 spell series

1001 Spells Hardcover

Oh, Darn it! To Heck and back! Twice!

Another book I gotta scrap up coin to buy! If I buy the Hardcopy, do I get the download free?

Yep, Hardcover / print combo. Strange that the product page doesn't mention that, but it's mentioned in the product discussion.

Yep, Hardcover / print combo. Strange that the product page doesn't mention that, but it's mentioned in the product discussion.

I can't put up the print/PDF bundle until I have the PDF ready to upload. When it is, then it will switch over to having a print/PDF bundle available. :)

We are trying to time that better with the PDF becoming available at the same time the print does, this is much more difficult when I don't control when the print product becomes available. Still we are working on it.

And reviewed here, on DTRPG and sent to GMS magazine. Cheers!

Thanks for the review End.

Thanks to everyone for making us the #1 Pathfinder Compatible product this week.

@Rite Publishing, nice job on this! I was gunning for us to hit #1, but you guys truly deserve it, as the 101 Not So Simple Monster Templates is a fantastic product. Great job!

I just have to say this product is so chock full of awesomeness I can barely stand it!! Thank you for a quality product that will see regular use at my table.

I just have to say this product is so chock full of awesomeness I can barely stand it!! Thank you for a quality product that will see regular use at my table.

Your welcome

I picked this pdf up over the weekend and I have to say, I am quite pleased. I've bought quite a few of RiP's products in the last couple weeks and their material is high quality and it sure makes the DM's work easier. The 101 Not So Simple Monster Templates is a nice jewel to spice up the ho-hum monster. Most are quick and easy to apply. A few of my favorites, in no particular order:

~Apex Predator Creature
~Charming Creature
~Combat Clairvoyant Creature
~Crypt Thing Creature (this one is particularly nasty)
~Disorienting Creature (a fighter's nightmare)
~Executioner Creature
~Frozen Corpse Creature (Great for hard winter campaigns)
~Missing-Arm Creature (not everyone can pay for regeneration)
~Preternatural Creature (this is my favorite one, absorbs magic)
~Riven Magic Creature (spell caster's nightmare)

For a DM, it's definately worth the money.

Baldwin, I am glad your enjoying them so well.

I had chance to actually implement the Crypt Thing Creature Template from this pdf, along with the Envious Armor Haunt from #30 Haunts for Houses last night in my KM campaign. The party of 6 adventurers , 7 counting the Summoner's Eidoln, made their way into the lonely burial cairn in the second KM book. Since this is a large party, I had advanced the baddie in the Cairn (I won't spoil by disclosing the creature type). In additon to an advanced baddie, I put the Crypt Thing Creature Template on him and it was an absolute blast of time. The teleport burst was an outstanding feature, and when the creature needed a some healing the dimension door came in handy. To add a little spice to the room I place the Envious Armor Haunt in the entry way to the crypt and that neutralized the party's cavalier who ended up being armorless. One of the better adventures in a long time. The group really liked the challenge and strategy that was required to overcome this encounter. Excellent Template and Outstanding Haunt put to use.

Excellent! I love hearing in game use!

Love it. This is exactly how it should be used. I hope having his armor trashed scared the heaven out of the cavalier.

Long overdue, but got a review up. This is one of my most used 3rd party products. I pulled out the War Creature template earlier in the year to beef up a couple of elite trolls for my Kingmaker game, and I'm looking forward to the time my PCs discover the Pyrrhic creations left behind by a slightly mad mage, or when the Riven Magic creature I've made sees the light of day. Thanks for publishing this book and all the other excellent products you've released!

Thanks for the glowing review idilippy, I hope you get a chance to review our Book of Monster Templates, and enjoy the templates we put out each month for free in Pathways, I keep meaning to spend some time doing a compilation of those but I keep getting busy.

Thanks again.

Just tossing this out there, but I badly want a Hero Lab data set for this--I use the templates out of here constantly and it would be sublime to be able to wrangle them on a whim through HL. :)

What are the chances you guys will do another book, but have variants of the Cunning Creature template, for Wisdom and Charisma-based creatures. So far the only way to get Charisma-based stuff is if you're undead. That's a bit unfair.

Well I do a new monster template every month in our free Pathways e-zines, I have done The Book of Monster Templates, plus this book. Right now I don't have any plans for a new monster template book.

I've owned this book for nearly a year now and it is truly a gaming staple for me. This supplement sits right on my gaming table. That is a testament to its quality. It's chalk full of awesome ideas which are extremely easy to implement. I recently used the torturer creature template to make a cool variation to a vampire - I swapped out energy drain (Su) for the Chastise (Su). My players have come to appreciate the unexpected delights that are harvested from the 101 Not So Simple Monster Templates.

Any chance that these templates will be released for Hero Lab? That would be wicked fun.

Not anytime soon as we have andrew slaving away on Heroes of the Jade Oath, then The Secrets of Adventuring, followed by Faces of the Tarnished Souk.

Should the effects of the locomotion handicapped template be included when the creature is under the effects of a polymorph effect, specifically alter self?

this is a GM's adjudication call, if the GM allows it to bypass it then it does not reduce the CR of the monster. If it sill hinders the creature then it reduces the CR of the monster.

My personal ruling would be to have it still hinder the creature as that form would also be lame.

For the Divine Creature template, is it the same as the standard cleric? If you're alignment is good, you have to channel positive. If you're evil, you have to channel negative, and neutral gets to choose.

Correct.