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Savage Species: Playing Monstrous Characters
A New Breed of Adventurer
Whether wondrous or wicked, some monsters have a calling that reaches beyond the ordinary existence of their kind. Traveling alongside other intrepid characters, these heroic creatures carve their places in legend with sword, spell, tooth, and claw.
This supplement for the D&D game provides everything you need to play a monster as a character or to make the monsters your heroes fight even more formidable. Inside are over 50 all-new monster classes that show how creatures develop their characteristics and abilities as they gain levels. Along with new prestige classes and monster templates, Savage Species also features new feats, spells, magic items, and more.
To use this supplement, a Dungeon Master also needs the Player's Handbook, the Dungeon Master's Guide, and the Monster Manual. A player needs only the Player's Handbook and the Monster Manual.
Whether wondrous or wicked, some monsters have a calling that reaches beyond the ordinary existence of their kind. Traveling alongside other intrepid characters, these heroic creatures carve their places in legend with sword, spell, tooth, and claw.
This supplement for the D&D game provides everything you need to play a monster as a character or to make the monsters your heroes fight even more formidable. Inside are over 50 all-new monster classes that show how creatures develop their characteristics and abilities as they gain levels. Along with new prestige classes and monster templates, Savage Species also features new feats, spells, magic items, and more.
To use this supplement, a Dungeon Master also needs the Player's Handbook, the Dungeon Master's Guide, and the Monster Manual. A player needs only the Player's Handbook and the Monster Manual.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2003
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November 13, 2012
This sourcebook offers players and DMs various rules and ideas for running characters of monster races. It would be a great resource for those so inclined. There are some help on how to handle things yourself, or you could just flip to the long appendix and use a monster class of your choice - lots of examples from the simple to the really exotic like celestials and golems.
The book felt like it could do with another pass or two as there seems to be a number of inconsistencies and typos. Also, while the overall creativity and quality of the smaller sections of items, feats, spells, and prestige classes are okay, it seems to range widely from being very bland or generic to being pretty interesting. For example a prestige class called the Survivor, is about as generic as it gets and so without flavour.
Still, if monsters as player characters is what your campaign needs, this book may give you the head start and the tools to run it.
The book felt like it could do with another pass or two as there seems to be a number of inconsistencies and typos. Also, while the overall creativity and quality of the smaller sections of items, feats, spells, and prestige classes are okay, it seems to range widely from being very bland or generic to being pretty interesting. For example a prestige class called the Survivor, is about as generic as it gets and so without flavour.
Still, if monsters as player characters is what your campaign needs, this book may give you the head start and the tools to run it.
April 8, 2012
good book for those that want to play non-standard races in 3.0 dnd.
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