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Monster Geographica: Underground
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Timothy B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/07/2010 12:42:01

A collection of OGC monsters from various products. Great if you are looking something very specific (in this case Underground) monsters, bad if you are looking for something bad new. The nicest feature of this book is that some older 3.0 monsters have been updated to 3.5. In some cases that is worth the cover price alone.



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Monster Geographica: Underground
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Chris G. [Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 03/31/2006 00:00:00

Monster Geographica Underground (MGU) is a PDF by Expeditious Retreat. They are best known for their PDF/Book a Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe. As with that they break new ground by offering a new type of monster book. MGU focuses on creatures that can be found underground and while this is not anything new in itself (see Monster of the Endless Dark for example), this is compilation of previously released monsters. About half of the monsters had yet to be updated to 3.5 before this volume. All the monsters have been edited to make sure that they are done properly and all the little errors are nonexistent. The book offers two hundred monsters in this 200 pages of text. And its all text as to conserve on space and price no art except the cover appears in the PDF.

The PDF comes in a zip file a little under five megs in size. Inside are three different PDFs. The first is the cover done in full color and by Ravindra Rana. The other two are the bulk of the book one in designed for on the screen and the other designed to be printed. One of the highlights for me is the book marks. This is possible the most concise book marking I have seen. One of the great things they did was have the monsters listed three ways in the book marks. They are listed by challenge rating, alphabetically, and by creature type. That is a great way to make sure the creatures can be found with ease. However, there is no art. As I said they did not include art for cost and size reasons. I can understand that, but monsters are nice to have pictures of. It is just easier to envision some of these creatures using a picture then the written descriptions. There are two hundred creatures here. I am not sure exactly how many monsters are found in the other monster books, but two hundred does sound like a good amount. They range in challenge rating from one fourth to twenty. Creature types are also very varied. One really good thing that they include is flora and fauna. These are a great addition for people who want exotic but not always deadly plants to enhance their world. MGU is a very good monster book. The stats of the creatures were specifically all checked and redone when necessary to ensure accuracy. The two hundred monsters that come from a few dozen different sources brings together the creatures one needs to populate the underground.

<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



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Monster Geographica: Underground
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Patrick W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/06/2005 00:00:00

A great collection of creatures. Great to see some 3.0 critters updated to 3.5. Very useful product with a nice layout that makes full use of the PDF format.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



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Monster Geographica: Underground
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Yair R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/28/2005 00:00:00

I was very impressed with this work. There is a wide variety of monsters, and although some were banal or uninteresting there were lots of ones I could definitely use and a few I was tempted to base a campaign on. They are very easily and comprehensively referenced, and it's easy to print just the ones you want. Note that it has lots and lots of creatures in it, but no pictures. You'll just have to rely on that rusty imagination of yours.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The ability to print out just the creatures I want, the campaign-making monsters.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Some of the monsters were not different enough from existing monsters or did not fit the underground theme. A few simply made no sense to me.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Monster Geographica: Underground
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Geoff K. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/19/2005 00:00:00

ERP has done a great job of compiling and updating a ton (ca 200) of underground monsters, and have made it available for an amazing price. I commend them for simplifying an adventure writer's life. The book is meticulously bookmarked alphabetically and by type and CR. The handful of Flora and Fauna entries add a nice touch; I found the stonemites an interesting concept. This book, combined with another purchase I recently made (Green Ronin's Advanced Bestiary), give me enough new creature possibilities to keep me busy for a long time!

Geoff Kushnick Director of Game Design Eldersygn Press www.eldersygn.com<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Tons of cool, open-game creatures for a good price.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: No illustrations -- for this price, it would have been impossible (so, I still give the book 5 stars). But, I like the content so much, I'd pay for an illustrated version.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Monster Geographica: Underground
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Orval M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/10/2004 00:00:00

Great stuff for any underground/underdark campaign! Use with no inhibitions and watch your player characters run for their mommies!



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Monster Geographica: Underground
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Karl T. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/07/2004 00:00:00

ER makes well-organized books that make good use of PDF features. This book brings together monsters from about 20 different OGC sources, and arranges them by Challenge Rating. The Table of Contents lists by Name and by Type, so you can easily locate anything you're looking for.



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