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The Tome of Horrors? But that’s been done already; why do it again? Well, actually it’s been done three times, but never like this. With the advent of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game as the newest torchbearer for the world’s most popular role-playing game, we need monsters—lots of monsters. That’s where The Tome of Horrors Complete delivers in spades. Starting from the original Tome written with the 3rd Edition rules along with the later releases of Tomes 2 and 3 for version 3.5, Necromancer Games was in the unique position to bring you updates of the classic monsters not formally released by the OGL, as well as, loads of new ones never sprung upon unsuspecting players before. So well received have these monsters been by the gaming community, that this open content has appeared again and again in game publications by other companies including updates to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game system and even appearances in its own Bestiaries.
Why stop there? Never before have all three volumes been updated to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game in their entirety and released as a single, hardbound tome. Monsters from the aberrant to the yellow musk zombie appear in this book, and everything in between—that’s over 700 monsters. But that’s not all; the appendices bring just as much to the table from templates to hazards to a treatise on poison variations in nearly 50 types of venomous snakes. There are also new feats, planes of existence, strange beings beyond mortal ken, and plenty of charts dividing the compiled monsters by CR, type, and terrain.
But it’s more than just that, because the entire compilation has also been updated to the Swords & Wizardry rules for release as another version of the volume. And in this version, the space freed up by the smaller stat blocks is filled by sample monster lairs and encounters with the hundreds of different monster types featured in the tome. Never before has this massive selection of monsters been updated and brought with these resources all together in one place for use in your own game. And before any Pathfinder players cry foul over the monster lair additions in the Swords & Wizardry version of The Tome of Horrors Complete, this lair information is included as a part of the PDF download.
So you’ve got the monsters—both from the original edition of the game and new—the templates, the multiple appendices on rules, planes, and the n’gathau, and a truckload of sample encounters and lairs to throw at your players, all together in one easy-to-use book. That’s why we call it The Tome of Horrors Complete!
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The Tome of Horror was always a staple book for adding interesting monsters to a campaign, the addition of pathfinder updates makes this a must have for anyone interested in being an amazing game master.
Just got my book in the mail the other day. I'm very impressed with it. The art is not quite as good as the stuff you find in Paizo books, but the stat blocks and the creatures themselves were wonderful. A lot of the old critters from the fiend folio and other books are given stats. No major complains except some of the Cr's are off in my opinion. For example, I don't think any players want to take 12d6 from scorching rays every round , from a cr 7 tormentor devil. Besides that minor complaint, its a great addition to my gaming library. Also, I can beat a kobold to death with it. =)
As the title says this book is top shelf material, assuming your shelf is sturdy and well anchored.
I can agree with all of the praise that has been given here in other reviews.
I think this book is especially appreciable to those of us who have been playing since 1st edition, or who venerate the old school of gaming.
Very happy to have a hard copy which arrived today in pristine condition. I've been able to use it in every game session since the pdf released, much to the simultaneous pleasure and dismay of my players.
Packed full of monsters. No more will there be an issue of stale old monsters being used over and over again. Great for DM's running the older Paizo APs and modules trying to convert them to PFRPG. And with the free 127 page Lairs enhancement you have plenty of ready to go side quests and one offs.
The title says it all, really. This book is a gift to us GMs. With more than 700 monsters, it's a treasure trove of coolness and it'll keep players busy for a VERY long time.
While I can't tell you if a monster's CMB is correct or a monster has one too many feats as I haven't read every single monster entry in detail, I can tell you that I'll be using a ton of these monsters in my own games. As an added bonus, Paizo has used the various Tomes of Horrors extensively throughout the adventure paths, and having this updated version of the Tomes means that the book becomes super relevant for those running Pathfinder modules as well.
The book itself is generally well laid out. My only gripe, and Frog God Games has explained why this is so, is that there's a wee bit too much white space in several monster entries. This is a minor gripe, however, and not something that subtracts from my overall impression.
The artwork is bad to awesome, all black and white. But overall a very decent collection of artwork.
This book is monstrously epic. The ooos and awws never stopped as I flipped through its pages (in the PDF). It is 10 times more then I ever hoped for. I can't wait for my print copy to arrive. The Frog Gods rock in a way that it is so epic it makes all other rocks seem like pebbles. Keep doing what you are doing! I can't wait to see what your next epic pathfinder masterpiece is.
818 pages of monster goodness, and there's not so much as a period wasted. The original Tome of Horrors was a brilliant rescue of some of the forgotten treasures of Dungeons and Dragons history, and this tome finishes the job and returns these creatures to the world's greatest roleplaying game. I'm thrilled at how magnificently AWESOME this book is. It's awesome enough that it even has its own statblock contained therein... and your players WILL NOT want to mess with it! I just wish that there was a higher rating to give this thing than just perfect... this sucker's transcendent! Worth every penny of the asking price and more.
Perhaps the greatest collection of monsters ever assembled for a d20 game...
First up...this tome is MASSIVE...818 pages in the PDF. The table of contents alone takes up six pages, with three columns per page.
In this post I give an exhaustive listing of the contents of the book.
CRs range from CR 1/8 all the way up to CR 39...there's something here for anyone. Sorry Bestiary 2...you've just been replaced as the second-most important monster book available for the Pathfinder RPG.
The format is the same one monster / page format that Paizo uses. Some of the more involved monsters take up 2-3 pages. They do also occasionally try to save a bit of space by having putting another monsters onto the same page as the last of one of those more involved monsters. And there are several sections where they put 2 or more monsters on a page. But overall, the vast majority is 1 monster / page.
The art is black and white, but almost all of it is very good.
This gets my highest possible recommendation. Frog God Games hits another one out of the park!
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