Any books about playable monster races? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Any books about playable monster races? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Skyshroud7
03-11-04, 10:17 PM Topics really says it all, are there any books that go in depth about the monster races that can be played as characters? Mainly humaniod ones of course but I s'pose trying out an ooze would be fun... j/k.. hehe
Raymond_Luxury_Yacht
03-11-04, 10:21 PM None in 3e. 2e had a nice book though, and I still use it when determining the lifespans of various races.
Korhal_IV
03-11-04, 10:25 PM Mongoose Publishing has a good long series of "Slayer's Guide To [Insert Monster]" books. Some are suitable for PCs, like gnolls, others less so, like krakens. They also released a humorous one on female gamers.
Factol Rhys
03-11-04, 10:41 PM If you have the Monster Manual 3.5, it has stats for making characters out of certain monster races, including goblins, kobolds, trolls, mind flayers, yuan-ti, and many many more. Not just things like favored class. It has ability adjustments and all. Besides that, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Savage Species. It has a bunch of different methods, but the most interesting is turning a race into a levelled class, and you gain levels so that you can start off at the same power level as everyone else without worrying about level adjustment.
Gez
03-12-04, 04:25 AM It's for 3e rather than 3e revised, but you can check third-party products.

The Races of Evernor (http://www.silverthornegames.com/products.htm) PDFs.
Mythic Races (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/llmr.html) by Fantasy Flight Games.

There's probably other, but those are the ones I know of.
BrutalMisery
03-12-04, 06:20 AM Savage Species is all about making monsters as playable races. Nearly every other book you can buy has some kind of playible races. Monsters (I for got the publisher) follows the same concept. Hald breeds and Bloodlines deals with crossing races (and monsters). Mythic Races has a bunch of odd ball types including an undead race and something like a golem.

This list goes on...

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Skyshroud7 03-11-04, 10:17 PM	Topics really says it all, are there any books that go in depth about the monster races that can be played as characters? Mainly humaniod ones of course but I s'pose trying out an ooze would be fun... j/k.. hehe
Raymond_Luxury_Yacht 03-11-04, 10:21 PM	None in 3e. 2e had a nice book though, and I still use it when determining the lifespans of various races.
Korhal_IV 03-11-04, 10:25 PM	Mongoose Publishing has a good long series of "Slayer's Guide To [Insert Monster]" books. Some are suitable for PCs, like gnolls, others less so, like krakens. They also released a humorous one on female gamers.
Factol Rhys 03-11-04, 10:41 PM	If you have the Monster Manual 3.5, it has stats for making characters out of certain monster races, including goblins, kobolds, trolls, mind flayers, yuan-ti, and many many more. Not just things like favored class. It has ability adjustments and all. Besides that, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Savage Species. It has a bunch of different methods, but the most interesting is turning a race into a levelled class, and you gain levels so that you can start off at the same power level as everyone else without worrying about level adjustment.
Gez 03-12-04, 04:25 AM	It's for 3e rather than 3e revised, but you can check third-party products. The Races of Evernor (http://www.silverthornegames.com/products.htm) PDFs. Mythic Races (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/llmr.html) by Fantasy Flight Games. There's probably other, but those are the ones I know of.
BrutalMisery 03-12-04, 06:20 AM	Savage Species is all about making monsters as playable races. Nearly every other book you can buy has some kind of playible races. Monsters (I for got the publisher) follows the same concept. Hald breeds and Bloodlines deals with crossing races (and monsters). Mythic Races has a bunch of odd ball types including an undead race and something like a golem. This list goes on...