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Bane Ledger $2.99
Publisher: Bloodstone Press
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by Megan R. [Featured Reviewer] Date Added: 05/31/2007 16:15:21

An RPG Resource Review:

The introduction states straight out what's special about this book: all the monsters herein are based on ancient lore from the real world (mostly Africa, Australia, Polynesia and the Americas). Some are real beasties, other thrived only in legend... and now in your campaign!

Each creature is given the standard D&D treatment, with statistics, appearance and ecological notes and details of its preferred combat style and special abilities. Most are illustrated, attractive line art for the most part. Rather disappointingly, unless you are well up in real world moster lore, you'll have to do some research as only the names are given, there's none of the background legends that spawned them. The monsters themselves, however, do match up with what legends say about them.

Naturally, as many of the original D&D monsters drew on legend, some look familiar. We have a couple of dragons - rather nice ones, the Storm Dragon and the Summer Dragon. Storm Dragons love fighting, and have two breath weapons: a gust of wind or lightning. Indeed they enjoy a scrap so much they've been known to heal opponents or let them have a breather, just so that the fight will go on longer! Summer dragons, on the other hand, don't really enjoy fighting and are too lazy to indulge much.

Many of the monsters are undead spirits, the restless remains of people - especially young children - who have been illtreated in life. Understandably, they hang around seeking revenge on the living.

There is also an appendix of real but unusual (and sometimes extinct) animals. So if you've wondered how a ranger or a paladin might cope with a shoal of piranas, read on...

Overall, it's quite an intriguing look at monster design, although it would have been improved by a brief retelling of the legends that inspired them.



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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