Praising Of Gods & Monsters

[Camazotz]

I haven't seen much on this in any forum posts yet, but wanted to say that I snagged the physical copy recently (happy it came out even if it's not in hardcover) and have really enjoyed this book. I'ts basically the "Gods book" I've been waiting for since the last decent one to be released, which was the 2nd edition Legends & Lore lo' those many years ago.

Not much else to comment on at the moment regarding it; although I've spotted a few typos, I really appreciate that this book brings a "bit of the mythology" back to role playing games; it seems like RPGs these days are becoming overly inspired by film, video games and their own internal canon/logic, when in truth RPGs are really an extension of the age old tradition of storytelling from which most mythology stems. I just want to emphatically state kudos to James Ward and to the Trolls for producing this book, I hope it sells well and that more like it are on the way.

For those of you wondering what's in it, this book has various fantasy pantheons (elvish, dwarvish, halfling, gnome, monstrous and Aihrdean) as well as those of real world myth (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Native American, Aztec, Celtic, Norse, Japanese and East Indian). It's not just gods and their avatars; its loaded with new spells, a lot of new ideas and concepts for powers specific followers might gain (read: clerics) and many, many more monsters than I actually expected, even with the title it has.

Anyway, I'm going to be using this book with both my C&C games and my Pathfinder games; Mr. Ward, more please!
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[Tadhg]

Glad to hear this good report. I've got this book on my Xmas list!!

Thanks.
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[Treebore]

I concur, I only rank Green Ronins "Book of the Righteous" above it, which is still high praise in my book. The 2E Faiths and Avatar is a closely following third. I loved the Specialty Priest concept.
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[Dagger]

Oh yea, this book is full of imagination and has lots of cool character boosts/flaws for worshipping each specific deity. It oozes with flavor. Even if you didn't want to use one of the pantheons "as is", a CK could easily mix and match deities, rename them, and create their own pantheon.
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[Aladar]

I really like this book as well. The only problem I had was with the naming of some of the non-human gods & goddesses, especially the elven and dwarvish gods. Of course this I can change in my campaign, so overall an excellent product, and well worth the purchase.
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[old school gamer]

I got it recently from Noble Knight Games and I do like it. I did have some problems with Ares/Mars being chaotic good and that the Aztec Gods did not have Queztcoatl, he was one of my favorites, in it. Still I think like the CKG (hint, hint) this book was way overdue.

[jaguar451]

How much info does it have on the 'Religions' themselves? Garb, holy symbols, etc -- background fodder / RP stuff....