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Thursday, April 14, 2011
Savage Species
The Savage Species supplement for late D&D 3.0 is one of those products that I've always really liked. This product gives you all the options to play a monster, whether an almost human but nasty goblin, orc or bugbear to something weird like a minotaur or mind flayer. It's just well done with lots of fun sounding options and good art. But for some reason it's something I've never used. Maybe part of the reason is the mechanical aspects of it, figuring out how your character fits in with normal PCs. Maybe it's more about how it assumes a different type of campaign since monsters don't normally just get to walk into the tavern. Maybe I just haven't found the time to use it yet. Have you played a monster today and if so, what kind?
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I recall playing an Ogre character once in a friends campaign but that might be the only time I've ever run a PC that wasn't one of the "standard" races. That being said I love the Savage Species book. It was probably the most successful attempt to make playing monster PCs accessible and fun.
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