SmiloDan RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 |
Marc Radle |
It'd be great to see a couple more reviews up in the main product thread - guess it takes folks a while to fully digest 400 or so monsters :)
Speaking of reviews, please also consider posting a review over on EnWorld - we only need a few more reviews for the Tome of Beasts to be officially ranked.
8 reviews over at EnWorld so far - I *think* we only need 2 more before the Tome of Beasts gets an official ranking!
marv |
Thank you!!!
Just ONE more!!!
If anyone who was good enough to post a review here on paizo wanted to post over on EnWorld as well ... I'm not going to say that the Kobold Gods will smile on you, but, well, it does seem like the odds for such a thing would have to increase considerably ...
Done. Do I get a sword of Qorgeth slaying?
Wolfgang Baur Kobold Press |
Fake Healer |
I got the Hardcopy +PDF and the Pawns from Kobold and I love them. I really needed more critters to throw at the party. I do have a minor gripe but it is minor, I really dislike some of the oddball names. I really would have rather seen more names that people in a fantasy setting would give some of the real-world mythological creatures instead of bagiennik, fext, asanbosam, and the myriad of others. Some I can derive a good common-folk name for, like tree-ogres for asanbosam, but others I really would have liked to seen a more common-folk name up front and then the real-world mythos name in the description along with whether they were from Slavic, Norse, African, etc...mythos.
Sorry. It really is a minor thing but I do hate using too much stuff like that because it take me out of the game a bit when I have a slavic creature, then an Indian creature, then a chinese creature with their naming conventions. So I then have to change them to conform to something the local peasantry would pick up and use. "Careful of the Uraeus pit down by the creek. It's near where the Water Leapers took that kid last month"
That said my complaint is very minor compared to how awesome having 400+critters is. Thanks guys. I would give a 4.5 out of 5.
Wolfgang Baur Kobold Press |
Marc Radle |
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Hey everyone!
Be sure to check out the Supersized Episode of the Tome Show featuring a discussion and review of the Tome of Beasts, followed by an hour long interview with Wolfgang Baur and Dan Dillon. Well worth a listen!
And ... the Tome of Beasts remains on Paizo's Top Ten Downloads list again this week at #3!
Wolfgang Baur Kobold Press |
Wish we had a list of monsters that were in the book. Might make the decision to buy much easier.
Oh, that's easy! Scroll down to the free list of Monsters by Type. There are also about a dozen preview monsters, like the Selang.
SmiloDan RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 |
Marc Radle |
Many thanks for the wonderfully positive comments everyone!
Oh, be sure to check out this pretty darn cool Kickstarter:
Kobold Press Bestiary - A Collection Of Fantasy Miniatures
A collection of 28mm scaled miniatures based on the Midgard campaign setting as well as the Tome of Beasts from Kobold Press!
Kickstarter just launched yesterday and already funded in under 24 hours!
Wolfgang Baur Kobold Press |
EileenProphetofIstus |
I was on the fence about ordering this book because I didn't feel that for the price tag it would be a wise purchase when I could not flip though it page by page. So I didn't order it.
Went to my nearest gaming store a couple of weeks ago and saw it sitting on the shelf. I grabbed a copy and flipped through it. My first impression was so..so.. but I bought it anyway because I feel monster starved with 5th edition.
Tonight I was working on random encounter tables for my world. I went through the book one page at a time giving each monster a reasonable look and reading the first couple of paragraphs to see if the monster would work for this particular encounter table. Here's what I realized...
1. Tons of Fey, Undead, and Draconic monsters.
2. Some unique beings that were fey lords of some sort.
3. Far more work went into this book than I initially gave it credit for.
My only complaints are the separated paragraphs on the monsters relation to the Midgard world and occasional mention of specific deities or other places in the world. The art was reasonable but not top notch.
Am I glad I bought it...Absolutely. Well worth the price tag if your looking for good quality monsters to add to your campaign.
Good Stuff here, if your thinking about buying it, don't hesitate like I did, order it or find a copy in your local gaming store. I really think you will like it and I will use mine for my entire 5th edition DMing career.
SmiloDan RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32 |
Wolfgang Baur Kobold Press |