Pyramid Review
Old World Bestiary (for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay)
Published by Black Industries
Written by T. S. Luikart & Ian Sturrock with Kate Flack, Ewan Lamont, Alessio Cavatore, Tuomas Pirinen, Chris Pramas & Gave Thorpe
Cover by Christer Sveen
Illustrated by Kori Christensen, Caleb Cleveland, Paul Dainton, Carl Frank, Dave Gallagher, Mark Gibbons, John Gravato, John Hodgson, Neil Hodson, Paul Jeacock, Veronica Jones, Michael W M Kaluta, Karl Kopinski, Travis Kotzebue, Pat Loboyko, Chuck Lucas, Britt Martin, Michael Phillipi, Wayne Reynolds, Karl Richardson, Adrian Smith & John Wigley
128-page full-color hardcover; $29.99
Traditionally, monster books have not been the most exciting supplements in the world. The basic format has been the same since "D&D" carved it in stone and too few writers have tried to diverge from it. In the Old World Bestiary supplement for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, authors T. S. Luikart and Ian Sturrock diverge like crazy.
The first half of the book tells us what the inhabitants of the setting think about monsters, while the second half contains the stats and rules. This means that players can read the first half without learning every monster's stat line. I often want to show my players a great illustration and then think, "No, they'll see how many hit points it's got and the magic will be lost and the world will end!" There's no danger of that here.
The player-friendly information is split up again according to whether your . . .
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Article publication date: February 10, 2006
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