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Book of Beasts: Monsters of the Shadow Plane (PFRPG) $5.95 $4.99
Publisher: Jon Brazer Enterprises
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by Dark M. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/09/2012 11:22:50

Book of Beats: Monsters of the Shadow Plane by Jon Brazer Enterprises

This product is 52 pages long. It starts with a cover, ToC, OGL, and credits. (4 pages)

Monsters(39 pages) It starts off with a list of monsters from the 3 Pathfinder Bestiary's that also fit the plane of shadow. There is 57 new monsters in this book so no way I can list them all. They range in CR from ¼ to 21, and they seem to be fairly evenly spaced out in CR ranges over that range. This includes the first four appendix's which included several types of shadows 5, skeletons 6, zombies 6 and a new Darkened Template with 4 monsters having it applied to them already. Below is a few of my personal favorites. Darkling – evil fey that look wicked cool and are wicked cool. They can self heal by licking blood from their fey axe. Deathand – think of them like soul stealing grim reapers. Dull Mite – I love them just for one of their special abilities. Color steal, yes they drain the color from stuff and do Chr dmg. Gnomes of Pathfinder shake with fear. Elemental Shadows – Something needed. Great Dodo – It's a giant Dodo being shown eating a man, what more need I say? Monkeybat – it is a monkeybat that flings … filth... your players will HATE them. Nightstalker – a Shadow undead lion thing, that causes desecration and fear. Onyx Ooze – A ooze long ago trapped on the plane of shadow and transformed and spawned a new race. Phantasm Swarm – tiny undead swarm, one of the coolest monsters in the book. Vampiric Tree – despite it's name it is just a tree that eats living things.

Appendix 5-8 (8 pages) Appendix 5 is a copy of the universal monster rules. Six is copies of feats used by the monster within this book. Seven is a new subtype of monster the shadow subtype and Eight lists the the creatures by CR groups.

It ends with a ads and back cover. (3 page)

Closing thoughts. The art work is black and white and range from meh to pretty good. Editing and layout is very good. I didn't notice any errors at all. It is well bookmarked which is a big plus for a PDF this size. There is a whole host of varied and well done monsters, with new and interesting abilities, how they fit into the plane of shadow ecology, etc. While not all the monsters where great, there was very few bad ones and the vast majority where very good to outstanding. If this is the type of product we can expect from the rest of the line I really can't wait for it. I should note I am somewhat biased. I love the plane of shadow and have been looking forward to this book and the rest in the series since I heard about it. Plus I live there, so I am curious to see how well mere mortals get it right. So what's my rating? I am giving this a 5 star review. If you want monsters for the Plane of Shadows or more options from that plane then pick it up. You won't regret it.

Trust me, I'm a Succubus.



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