[War Gamer] Kobold Press slashes prices of monster DnD books
[War Gamer] Kobold Press slashes prices of monster DnD books
Need more monsters for your Dungeons and Dragons game? Tabletop RPG publisher Kobold Press has put its third-party 5e monster books on sale.
Kobold Press' monsters are fun and original. Just be aware that they hit at their listed Challenge Rating, while many of the first party WotC monsters are easier/less effective in combat than their listed CR.
3Can someone give a good example if what makes these books good? I'd love to see a single great example of the level of quality that these books bring.
3DM'd as to not post any "free samples" of the books
2Thanks! They look quite slick and have a lot going on. Particularly the void dragons you sent my way.
Each would be more or less perfect for a single-monster encounter, as they are dense with fairly novel mechanics.
Many people think that the WotC statblocks are a bit too boring, but I consider them a good entry point for new GMs. This is clearly a nice way to up your game.
Cheers!
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@KurtDunniehue @Brunbrun6766 well the more monsters you have access to the more interesting your campaign can be everyone's heard of giants and beholders etc etc etc so books like these add variety and spice to the encounters you can create
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Are any of these monster books actually good? The fact they don't seem to have sample monsters makes me doubt it.
2The whole Tome of Beasts series is pretty great, including the Creature Codex. Some of them are a bit too "out there" for me to use in my particular game, but I'd rather have that than another reskinned goblin.
4Tome of Beasts books are fantastic. I once found two monsters in Kobold Fight Club from that and made a themed dungeon around them, giant ant and Spawn of Akyishigal, the Demon Lord of cockroaches.
3The main 4 monster books from KP are published under an OGL and are available on open5e , you don't get any lore, art, or advice on how to run the monsters without paying for the books, but you can see the statblocks.
The kobold press website also has a tool that can show you the environments a monster can typically be found in.
I would still recommend getting the books, especially if you want to use any of the higher CR monsters as the lore makes it a lot easier to understand the mindset the creators had when designing them.
2As stated, tome of beasts books are some of the best monster books out there
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