I.C.E. Hero Bestiary

[Earen]

I have an old edition Hero Bestiary (copyright date 1992 ... Stock Number 507). How different is the current Hero Bestiary from the one I have? Did they just update the monster/animal character sheets for FREd? Or was it much more of a makeover?

[Derek Hiemforth]

It's a completely different book. The new one is much larger with more critters, more original artwork, all in all, just a much better book. No comparison, really. If you found the old Hero Bestiary useful, you should definitely get the new one.

[Earen]

Curses ... that's what I thought the answer would be. Now I have three books I want to buy ... which is both good and bad, I guess

[Markdoc]

Actually I have the old hero bestiary and bought the new one and thought "Well, OK, it's nice to have, but there's not much new here"

So buy it by all means, but I would not put it on the must-have list like FH, for example.

cheers, Mark

[M-3]

My opinion is alomost the exact opposite of Markdoc's: The new version is much, much better. The critter stats makemore sense although I still feel animals have been made too weak.

On the other hand, I feel the new FH is greatly inferior to the previous edition, and I rather wish I'd spent that money on something else.

[Killer Shrike]

On the other hand, I feel the new FH is greatly inferior to the previous edition, and I rather wish I'd spent that money on something else.

Really? In what way? Genuinely puzzled by this assertion.