ryhopewood
Mongoose
Picked up my copy of Monster Coliseum from my FLGS this afternoon. It is a pretty book with a good selection of monsters. There are 108 creatures listed in the index with quite a few entries having sub-races as well. It is a bit disappointing that a few creatures such as the horse have been reprinted from the core rules.
HOWEVER I am really unhappy that Mongoose have not produced a SIZ / Weight comparison table in this book (or indeed the core rules for that matter). SIZ is a fundamental characteristic with a non-linear progression relative to weight. For many creatures I have a good idea of the weight and therefore such a conversion table is essential for writing up creatures from other settings and for designing all new monsters. Sure I could pinch the one from RQ3 or from CoC but I really should not have to! IMHO this is pretty poor game design.
There seems to be a strange analogy between my love of Southampton Football Club and Mongoose RPGs. They both seem to occassionally produce something truly special - keeping me interested and hopeful - before descending for long periods into mediocrity which leaves me wondering why I bother until in the nick of time the next good product appears. With A&E2 and problems like SIZ I think I might just go back to BRP and the excellent range of monographs that are being produced.
And to the Mongoose writers who promise errata and clarifications for published books when time permits - please fix the existing ones as a priority otherwise you will have no customers left to buy any new ones.
Rant over :lol:
HOWEVER I am really unhappy that Mongoose have not produced a SIZ / Weight comparison table in this book (or indeed the core rules for that matter). SIZ is a fundamental characteristic with a non-linear progression relative to weight. For many creatures I have a good idea of the weight and therefore such a conversion table is essential for writing up creatures from other settings and for designing all new monsters. Sure I could pinch the one from RQ3 or from CoC but I really should not have to! IMHO this is pretty poor game design.
There seems to be a strange analogy between my love of Southampton Football Club and Mongoose RPGs. They both seem to occassionally produce something truly special - keeping me interested and hopeful - before descending for long periods into mediocrity which leaves me wondering why I bother until in the nick of time the next good product appears. With A&E2 and problems like SIZ I think I might just go back to BRP and the excellent range of monographs that are being produced.
And to the Mongoose writers who promise errata and clarifications for published books when time permits - please fix the existing ones as a priority otherwise you will have no customers left to buy any new ones.
Rant over :lol: