While the monsters in the core book give you a basic overview that lets you throw them into your game, this really does a deep dive into various creatures you could face in each genre, giving them better flavor and detail. I’m also grateful for the maps that they include for encounters. The loot is a nice suggestion too.
still can't get over that ELDER dragons hang out with occulists xD Those ancient eyeballs can't see shit without some crystal glasses. In fact, that sounds like a fun fetch quest!
Gosh, those occulists. Hey... Dragon optical. For all your medieval spectacle needs. Wizards in need of reading glasses. That one astronomer who needs BIG lenses. All assisted by glass made in part by dragonfire. That hoard is actually well deserved profits of a successful business. ... My imagination's strange lateral jumps on display.
I appreciate the book for its deep dive (although it's completely different than the style of other books they've released named "bestiary"). I'm not crazy about the racial stereotypes built into it. For instance under Orcs, "the orc species is composed of miserable, misbegotten humanoids"
Backed it along rust and redemption & it's only magic, thinking I'd regret it. I have every bestiary of numenera/cypher/etc. and I feared it'd be redundant AND semi-useless. As a full time job 40 year old geek with hardly a game in a single setting because of my six kids (half kidding here), I must say : I LOVE this product. Perfect hit! Super insipring for games, for campaign, etc. and it's a must above all the other bestiaries so far!
For me, I love the idea of a bestiary. I'm also the guy who had Voorhees show up in my The Strange game with a Level of 5 and having a machete doing 5 damage. Bestiary is great, certainly. But rather like the Matrix, one day you'll realize "that there is no spoon," and embrace the terrifying grandeur of the NPC static levels and how there are no limits to quickly making your own. ... Still planning to buy the Bestiary even so.
@@MrTarrasque We were on Ruk and I dropped a hint that Voorhees regenerated ... I hinted badly? The players took it to mean that Voorhees could infect the Allsong somehow if knocked to 0HP. Giving them the additional challenge of forcing Voorhees back into his own Recursion mostly unharmed. I let their mistake become real, rather than "correct" them. They succeeded at their self imposed objective. Good times for zero prep.
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@@MrTarrasque just ordered my copy
While the monsters in the core book give you a basic overview that lets you throw them into your game, this really does a deep dive into various creatures you could face in each genre, giving them better flavor and detail. I’m also grateful for the maps that they include for encounters. The loot is a nice suggestion too.
still can't get over that ELDER dragons hang out with occulists xD
Those ancient eyeballs can't see shit without some crystal glasses.
In fact, that sounds like a fun fetch quest!
Gosh, those occulists.
Hey...
Dragon optical.
For all your medieval spectacle needs.
Wizards in need of reading glasses.
That one astronomer who needs BIG lenses.
All assisted by glass made in part by dragonfire.
That hoard is actually well deserved profits of a successful business.
...
My imagination's strange lateral jumps on display.
@@Skeloric exactly!
I appreciate the book for its deep dive (although it's completely different than the style of other books they've released named "bestiary").
I'm not crazy about the racial stereotypes built into it.
For instance under Orcs, "the orc species
is composed of miserable, misbegotten
humanoids"
Told you that book would be awesome.
One of wonderful things is you can just reskin the monsters to fit into different genres.
Backed it along rust and redemption & it's only magic, thinking I'd regret it. I have every bestiary of numenera/cypher/etc. and I feared it'd be redundant AND semi-useless. As a full time job 40 year old geek with hardly a game in a single setting because of my six kids (half kidding here), I must say : I LOVE this product. Perfect hit! Super insipring for games, for campaign, etc. and it's a must above all the other bestiaries so far!
I knew I was describing you at the end of the video
Cypher System starter box went on pre order today
The book rocks.
Any recommendation where to buy the Monte Cook Games books when you are in Europe?
Have you tried different Amazon EU sites? Or Drivethru if PDF
@@MrTarrasque Yeah pdf is no problem, but i am looking for the physical books.The various amazon stores have some, but nothing consistent
@customiskey8366 what’s shipping like from the monte cook games webstore?
@@MrTarrasque For what i want to order shipping would be $48 not counting any import duties
@customiskey8366 shiiit
For me, I love the idea of a bestiary.
I'm also the guy who had Voorhees show up in my The Strange game with a Level of 5 and having a machete doing 5 damage.
Bestiary is great, certainly.
But rather like the Matrix, one day you'll realize "that there is no spoon," and embrace the terrifying grandeur of the NPC static levels and how there are no limits to quickly making your own.
...
Still planning to buy the Bestiary even so.
Jep, for me the ‘just name a number’ principle is what makes making monsters on the fly so much fun
@@MrTarrasque
We were on Ruk and I dropped a hint that Voorhees regenerated ... I hinted badly?
The players took it to mean that Voorhees could infect the Allsong somehow if knocked to 0HP.
Giving them the additional challenge of forcing Voorhees back into his own Recursion mostly unharmed.
I let their mistake become real, rather than "correct" them.
They succeeded at their self imposed objective.
Good times for zero prep.
How do you know about the horror in my family 😱
Mmm. I take it that's a metric sh*t-tonne.
Best…best….bestiary :)