Dragonlance Bestiary of Krynn *OP [Hardcover]

Cam Banks (Author), Andre La Roche (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 158 pages
• Publisher: Sovereign Press (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931567131
• ISBN-13: 978-1931567138
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,085,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Born in the mythical antipodean utopia of New Zealand, wisely regarded by scholars as the fountainhead of cultural excellence and the only place on Earth capable of filling in for Middle Earth, Narnia, and Ancient Greece, Cam Banks was lured away by the siren call of a life with meaning and purpose. Cam now lives a quiet, pastoral existence in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area with his beautiful wife, their two boys, and more books, comics, and music than he can comfortably store. He works with Margaret Weis Productions as line developer and in-house coffee drinker. In his free time, Cam likes to read and write fantasy fiction, watch movies and television with his wife, play video games with his oldest son, and allow his youngest son to chip away at his sanity.

Cam's work has appeared in almost every one of over a dozen DRAGONLANCE game sourcebooks published by Sovereign Press and Margaret Weis Productions, and three times in Dragon Magazine. His work on the Bestiary of Krynn earned a silver ENnie Award in 2004 for Best Monster Supplement. Cam's first short story, "Chain of Fools," appears in the anthology Dragons of Time; The Sellsword, published in April 2008, is his first published novel.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing and incomplete, March 26, 2011

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Task (Tampa. FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragonlance Bestiary of Krynn *OP (Hardcover)

I am really shocked at the creatures missing from this. It's as if they went out of their way to leave out the most important of Krynn's monsters. So let's see, no draconians, (unless you count that "noble" crap), no minotaurs, no bakali, no ogre titans. I could probably let some of those go, but NO DRACONIANS? Seriously, these are critical to the game. Couldn't they have dedicated a few pages to them? Also some of the challenge ratings are way off. Having a CR 8 for a shadow wight, which could annihilate a character in one hit (1d8 charisma damage could kill a lot of fighters) erasing them from existence is ridiculous. I just can't give this book better than 2.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great additional resource, November 29, 2010

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This review is from: Dragonlance Bestiary of Krynn Revised (Hardcover)

So, I liked the idea that Dragonlance uses all the 3.5 manuals already printed by Wizards, that way you can use all those books you've already purchased with Dragonlance instead of replacing one or the other. I've played Eberron, Pathfinder and Forgotten Realms, but I'm liking the Dragonlance (with additions from Pathfinder) to be the best. I always thought it dumb to print books to be used with a particular backdrop of rules, but not to incorporate those rules into your world, but Dragonlance did it, and did it well. Very great products and I am excited to start my own campaign before too long!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More wonderful creatures..., July 30, 2007

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J. Leser (Laurel, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragonlance Bestiary of Krynn Revised (Hardcover)

A wonderful resource for anyone interested in the world of Krynn, especially those running a game set in the world. It provides an array of choices for creatures unique and native to this campaign setting for those DMs wishing to use creatures native to Krynn instead of those generic creatures from the Monster Manual series.