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Super Powered Bestiary $20.95
Publisher: Rogue Genius Games
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by Joseph J. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 04/03/2017 14:21:57

To start off with the obvious, this is a straight forward conversion of the bulk of the 3rd edition D&D Monster Manual (it appears to be lacking only humanoids and proprietary creatures) to 3e M&M. Importantly, it is a conversion, not an adaptation, in that it does not make allowances for the differences in play between the two systems. This leads to some silliness – giants, for example, have a bonus to their Dodge, but only against thrown rocks. More significantly, a large proportion of creatures in this work have Parry scores much higher than their Dodge, which I suspect comes from basing a creature's Fighting on it’s D&D Attack Bonus. Additionally, a sizeable majority of creatures do not have any attacks that reflect their full PL.

The reader is clearly expected to be familiar with D&D. For example, all the languages listed on the various stat blocks come from that game, and are not explained. The descriptions also assume that you’re playing in a D&D-type fantasy world. (I really don’t see the Freedom City Sanitation Department employing otyughs.)

The only real nod to the superhero genre is the four characters at the end of the book. Even here there are problems, as two of the four depend on controlling creatures that they have no clear way to obtain. One of them, Crucible, is essentially useless in an ordinary superhero campaign. (Hint to Rogue Genius: instead of Affliction, the power should have been modeled using Summon.)

The execution of this project is good, but i question the goal. If what you want is to play D&D with 3e M&M rules, this book will be exactly what you’re looking for. But if you’re planning on a four-color superhero campaign, you’ll probably find that it’s not worth the price.



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