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tauster
Senior Scribe
Germany
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 Posted - 07 Mar 2008 : 12:38:37
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I had another weak moment and bought all the others that I resisted yesterday... *sigh* 
Because you can never have enough monsters, and because I like themed monster collections:
E.N. Critters - Tulenjord: Land of the Fallen One
E.N. Critters - Interlopers from the Blasted Realm
E.N. Critters - Berk's Wasteland
E.N. Critters - Beyond the Campfire
Apart from the last one, the other three each feature a certain plane, climate or reagion (icelands, a bunch of critters from an evil lower plane invading the material plane, and a desert)
because you can never have enough guilds:
E.N. Guilds - Merchant Guild
E.N. Guilds - Artisan's Guild
E.N. Guilds - Safe Harbor Guild
E.N. Guilds - Monster Hunters' Guild
E.N. Guilds - Adventurers Guild
Faction Folio 1: The Labyrinth
Faction Folio 2: The Blackcloak Watch
FF1 features a thieves guild that uses a extradimensional hideout that leads to several other planes, and even gives the players the option of joining the guild. Sounds good enough for me, especially for 1$. Reminds me of Mote Cook's "The Nexus"; might be nice to combine the two.
FF2 features some kind of Watch/City Guard-like organisation that deals with powerful troublemakers like spellcasters or, well, player characters. :D
The Fantastic Science: A Technologist Sourcebook
...another tech-book I seem to have overlooked yesterday.
because you can never have enough magic stuff and creative spells:
Arcane Strife: A Tome of Arcane Magics
Elements of Magic (Revised)
I'll prolly use them for other crystal spheres. after all, spelljammer always told us that magic can work different in other spheres but never showed us HOW...
Carnage For Beginners: How to Fight With Flair!
d20 Status Cards
I'll check these and see if there's anything useful in to make our combats a bit more fun. We play with 2e rules plus the three Player's Options books, and critical hits are always great.
I can post small reviews when I've been through the books, but that take a few weeks. |
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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1564 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2008 : 18:31:21
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I did spring for a couple of them, but I can't say that the Alchemy one caught my eye. It's just not a subject that grabs me. Sorry! 
Well, when you want a Swamp Thing in your Realms, don't say you never had the chance to find the rules on how to slowly morph a PC from animal template to vegetable...
SES
Hmmm... or a NPC cleric of Moander into a humanoid plant? I can't recall that there has ever been any mechanical reference to how Minions of Moander (or their innards, IIRC) actually slowly transform into vegetable matter. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 20 Mar 2008 : 18:19:23
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Everything I ordered is still on backorder... But it looks like the sale is over. So I'm de-stickying (is that a word?) this scroll.  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2008 : 20:36:47
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I got my Bastion Press books today. Unfortunately, one of the books I'd ordered they ran out of. And it was one of the two I wanted most, too! Doom Striders was my second choice (after Airships), as soon as I saw the sale, but it went out of stock. 
I did find one on eBay for a similar price, though, so I'll still be getting the book in a few days. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2008 : 17:22:43
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I just got Doom Striders in the mail, and flipped thru it...
It's not at all what I expected. I was expecting a tome covering variant golems, and all sorts of nifty magical constructs. What Doom Striders is about is fantasy versions of powered armor and mecha. And while I like mecha and powered armor, I prefer to leave them to sci-fi, in most cases.
So I'm disappointed.
Are there any third party books that focus on variant golems and nifty magical constructs? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2008 : 17:34:12
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I must admit, aside from a few tidbits from the book, I haven't really used Doom Striders all that much. It's been a worthwhile source for a quick mecha idea here and there, but I tend to prefer the approach to fantasy mecha offered by both DragonMech and the WarJacks in the Iron Kingdoms setting from Privateer Press.
Anyways, I asked a similar question back in January '07. You may find the sources listed in that scroll to be somewhat useful. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 25 Apr 2008 : 17:55:53
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Are there any third party books that focus on variant golems and nifty magical constructs?
The only two I can think of are:
MGP1004, Encyclopedia Arcane – Constructs - It Is Alive
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MGP1013, Encyclopedia Arcane – Crossbreeding - Flesh & Blood
both are by Mongoose Publishing but those books are long out of print since they were printed for 3e and not 3.5e but I loved that whole series of books.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 25 Apr 2008 : 18:42:01
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quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Are there any third party books that focus on variant golems and nifty magical constructs?
The only two I can think of are:
MGP1004, Encyclopedia Arcane – Constructs - It Is Alive
and
MGP1013, Encyclopedia Arcane – Crossbreeding - Flesh & Blood
both are by Mongoose Publishing but those books are long out of print since they were printed for 3e and not 3.5e but I loved that whole series of books.
I'll check those out. I just ordered them from Amazon. |
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Bastion Press sale at Paizo.com
