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I got it two weeks ago, so I was raped on the price. It's a fairly decent collection of their monsters. If you paged through the back of the adventures and thought thats cool, but didn't care for the game, well nows your chance. Some are very good like the coin and tablet golem. There are some stinkers like draconthrops (?). I have to say it's worth $6 bucks.
I agree.
True to the whole Dungeon Crawl Classics Series the monster have a distinct OD&D feel to it. So expect rather exotic takes/ alternatives on monsters which should provide good challenges especially in dungeons.You might look elsewhere when looking for "monster ecology style" like critters described in their ecological niche....
Some are very good like the coin and tablet golem. There are some stinkers like draconthrops (?). I have to say it's worth $6 bucks.
Heh, well, I can't blame the dracomorph on any of the DCC authors; I actually designed that one. =]
The coin and tablet golems were two of my favorites as well.
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The Tablet Golem, which I assume comes from The Sunken Ziggurat, is one of the most bad-ass monsters I've ever run. Easily in the Top 5, instant-classic. When my players faced it, they got knocked into a pulp. The best part was when the duskblade got killed herself when she delivered the deathblow on the golem and got nailed by a critical hit shocking grasp for 10d6. Boo yah. I live for moments like that.
What I'm wondering is, does this have any monsters that didn't appear elsewhere? Because I have the whole DCC line, and if there's nothing new I already have all these stats.
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What I'm wondering is, does this have any monsters that didn't appear elsewhere? Because I have the whole DCC line, and if there's nothing new I already have all these stats.
There are a handful of creastures from some of Goodman Games' other books, yes. While most are from the DCC line, there are others thrown in. Also, the DCC ones have been rechecked for accuracy and in some cases enhanced where needed.
In general, I've been hoping for a book like this for a long time. Whenever I browsed my DCC collection I'd hope for a monster compilation that would rival the old 1st edition MM with old-school goodness, and I must say this delivers. While I am NOT a big PDF-only fan, I grabbed this right up, and was not dissapointed.
Bittersweet, I'm really going to miss Goodman stuff now they they're going all 4e.
-DM Jeff
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What I'm wondering is, does this have any monsters that didn't appear elsewhere? Because I have the whole DCC line, and if there's nothing new I already have all these stats.There are a handful of creastures from some of Goodman Games' other books, yes. While most are from the DCC line, there are others thrown in. Also, the DCC ones have been rechecked for accuracy and in some cases enhanced where needed.
In general, I've been hoping for a book like this for a long time. Whenever I browsed my DCC collection I'd hope for a monster compilation that would rival the old 1st edition MM with old-school goodness, and I must say this delivers. While I am NOT a big PDF-only fan, I grabbed this right up, and was not dissapointed.
Bittersweet, I'm really going to miss Goodman stuff now they they're going all 4e.
-DM Jeff
I feel the same way about pdfs as game evening tools. ;-)
On the other hand my favourite local copy shop already once provided a perfect solution when I faced the same situation with Tome of Horror I (revised). (> 400 pages!)Especially these b/w pdfs aren't that costy to print out and at least shops here provide good and inexpensive binding.
- Günther
I HAVE to know... was this ever actually published as a genuine on-paper product?
No, it wasn't. However, we did a 4E version that is available in print.
BD