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Title: Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition) by Allen Varney, Jeff Easley ISBN: 1-56076-862-2 Publisher: TSR Hobbies Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I love it; my players shiver when I pull it out
Comment: I have been DMing with the same group for almost five years now and while some of the PCs are new, they seem to have all the basic monsters and rules memorized. They're also high level, ranging from 9th to 12th.
Problem is: I have to change the appearances of most monsters and appearances to fool the group.
What I love about this item is: it's got a ton of powerful creatures in it with new pictures that the PCs can't distinguish from . . . and, moreover, they don't know the special powers of these creatures and it works very well against high level PCs.
About half of this book encompasses the Yugoloth, devils and demons. All worthy foes.
The pictures are fantastic, for the most part, and you can cover up the other page and show the picture to the PCs to give them a visual.
You do not need to be running a PLANESCAPE campaign to use these creatures. Besides, most of these creatures were from the AD&D first edition.
Would recommend but only if you are running or planning to run for players with a median average of at least 7th or 8th level.
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent monster supplement
Comment: The first monstrous compendium to come out of the planescape setting is a success. The terrific illustrations by DiTerlizzi and the well organised & detailled notes on the different monsters listed inside breath new life into some old favorite from the planes. demons & devils have never looked so good, and I can finally make sense of the hierarchy of the Aasimon (archon) & Yugoloth (daevil).There is a great continuity in this work and you get the feeling that every monster included in this book belongs here. A short table at the end of the book helps you by sorting out the monster by planes, making it easier to create your own encounter tables. The only importants omissions of this book are the modron (included in the Planescape boxed set) and the demon & devil lord (sadly, they seems to have been forgotten in the planescape campaign...). In short this book is the most usefull of the 3 monster compendiums made for the planescape setting, and the only one most people will ever need. Easily adaptable to any other campaign setting, smartly written and with great illustrations to look at, this supplement is an excellent purchase.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Bare Necessities
Comment: This is one of those books you just can't live without. It is one of the most useful guides to monsters and mayhem there is. It is another one of the many fine TSR products that has made role-playing games like Advanced Dungeons & Dragons alive and kicking all the way into the new millenium.
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