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CLASSIC MONSTERS REVISITED

I thoroughly enjoyed Classic Monsters Revisited. The monsters feel both familiar and different, and players who enjoy exploring the psychology of their foes before taking them down are in for a monstrous (pun intended) surprise. ("What do you mean the ogre's not attacking the rest of the party? Wait, why's he parting my PC's legs? He's doing what?!?") DMs who find their 4th edition Monster Manual sparse with fluff will especially appreciate Revisited.

This so far has been one of the few Paizo Pathfinder products which didn’t pack a punch. The premise, that lured me in, seemed very promising: take ten played-out monsters and administer a panacea of Paizo pizzazz. I was expecting a plethora of crunch for my peso: examples of monsters reworked, maybe some new templates, racial/monster feats, and monster stat-blocks. Instead I got fluff. Sure there was some interesting twists (bugbears spring to mind), but nothing that really justifies a $13+ price tag.

I guess after purchasing other Pathfinder products my expectations were set too high. This certainly didn’t approach the quality and quantity of exemplary products like Burnt Offerings or Skinsaw Murders.

There is one thing that does somewhat fall short, but only in a couple of entries: the orc and goblin have no real crunch entries. Aside from that, the rest of the entries are all very satisfying. They got me pondering, and now I want to use bugbears and ogres like they're going out of style. Very creepy, sick, brutal, nasty stuff, and I love every bit of it. That Nick Logue is one twisted pup, and God bless him for that. The hobgoblin combat-geared alchemy sounds intriguing as well. Arsonist goblins do appear logically driven, and trolls that disembowel themselves to divine the future...just freaking awesome. Pathfinder is the true way for the future, and I love reading its work.

Whats old is fresh and new once again thanx to this little gem. The way each critter in the book is envisioned for pathfinder is top notch. I'll be making the appropriate tweaks to my campaign ASAP!!!
Excellent Work!

Take some tired old monsters, add a dash of Paizo quality, and you get Classic Monsters Revisited. This is a fantastic book that can really be used in any campaign. No foreknowledge of Golarion is required.

Generally excellent but I'm knocking one star for the gnoll article. Gnolls, they're like Hyenas. Yeah, got it. As my favorite classic monster I had hoped for more.

This product really does what it says it will, taking old, classic monsters and re-envisioning them, but doing so in such a way that the old feels new again, and at the same time isn't so extreme that the creatures within are no longer recognizable. However, and more importantly, it also makes the creatures interesting. I had never considered troll mating and child-rearing instincts before, I'd never given any thought to the finer points of orcish history, and I'd certainly never had in interest in using gnolls at all before I read this product. I now almost feel sympathetic towards trolls, can drop orcish imperial ruins (yes, really!) into games, and know exactly how and why I'd want to use gnolls in my game. I had similar feelings about all the creatures in here. One quick note: this is an exceedingly fluffy book. Aside from monster stat blocks and a few feats, there are almost no rules in here at all.

My only complaint is no complaint at all: I want more!

throughly enjoyed this......it's about time some of the "older" monsters were looked at in a new light....especially liked the kobold and the ogre chapters

This collection of classical nasties for RPGs is done in the style of the ecologies stuff from the old Dragon Magazine, and is an excellent resource for any setting and DM... ehrm, excuse me, GM.

While written with some references to the Pathfinder setting, the material presented here is quite easily adapted to any homebrew, and each 6-pages chapter is chock full of inspirational bits that can spur adventures or campaign or just an interesting encounter.

Whether you're a novice GM looking for some in depht info or an experienced one who can no longer see the monster for the stat-block, this one is for you.

Highly recommended.

The same set of monsters have been used as the Game Master's "red shirts" for years, but Classic Monsters Revisited takes those tropes, puts them in a blender, adds some real-world mythological origins, some Secret Special Golarion Blend spices, and blends well.

Bugbears get their creepy back, minotaurs have a Golarion origin that fun-house-mirrors their Greek myth...and that's only a minor taste of what's in this book. Cannon fodder no longer, these tried-and-true denizens of the Game Master's bestiary have been imbued with a life of their own beyond their combat statistics, and I'll be darned if I'm not pleased as punch with the turn out.

"Please suh, may I have some more?"