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I hear its a good book, but when i hear the phrase classic monsters i think of orcs, goblins, dragons and various other original type monsters. What kind of monsters are in the classic monsters book?
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jdizzy001 wrote:I hear its a good book, but when i hear the phrase classic monsters i think of orcs, goblins, dragons and various other original type monsters. What kind of monsters are in the classic monsters book?
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You heard right. It's a great book. It's mostly creatures from Fiend Folio and Monster Manual II. Check out the forum link for more, but pick up this great book afterwards. :)

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tylermo wrote:You heard right. It's a great book. It's mostly creatures from Fiend Folio and Monster Manual II. Check out the forum link for more, but pick up this great book afterwards. :)

It also has some creatures from the original AD&D MM like the Ear Seeker, Behir plus others
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Quite right, Arduin.

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It even has some new, original monsters.

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Stephen gives me a nickel each time I plug a book, Kim. I'm up two $2.25 this year alone. ;)

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I use Classic Monsters at least as much as I use Monsters & Treasure. Never too many monsters to choose from and it's often helpful to find critters off the beaten path that can still take long-term players of RPGs by surprise.

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Consider it the MMII and/or Fiend Folio for C&C. Or if you want a more updated comparison it would be the Tome of Horrors for C&C.
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Julian Grimm wrote:Consider it the MMII and/or Fiend Folio for C&C. Or if you want a more updated comparison it would be the Tome of Horrors for C&C.
My fav is when some joker leaves a pair of ear muffs at a roadside shrine during winter. The ear muffs have an earseeker inside. :mrgreen:
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Had a guy loan me a book full of bookworms. I paid him back by giving him a Coke with a throat leech in it. :twisted:
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Julian Grimm wrote:Had a guy loan me a book full of bookworms. I paid him back by giving him a Coke with a throat leech in it. :twisted:
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I don't regret getting any of TLG's monster books, but Classic Monsters, when combined with the M&T, certainly makes it even easier to do "official" conversions of the older modules, since the book gives us many more of the monsters we typically see in those modules.
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Good to know.
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