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Old 09-02-2010, 01:06 PM   #1
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Why is there no bestiary for fourth edition? What's the rationale behind this? Someone please tell me.
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Old 09-02-2010, 01:11 PM   #2
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Why is there no bestiary for fourth edition? What's the rationale behind this? Someone please tell me.
I'm sure they just haven't gotten around to it yet. Or maybe the demand isn't very high, there are fan made Bestiaries that are plenty good.
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Old 09-02-2010, 01:12 PM   #3
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The rationale, I believe, is that they haven't good a sufficiently good offer. I'm fairly certain Kromm has stated as much on his blog.
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Old 09-02-2010, 01:17 PM   #4
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Why is there no bestiary for fourth edition? What's the rationale behind this? Someone please tell me.
I cant speak to the rationale, but I can recomend a few solutions.

Mailankas DF monster thread, KMUNOZ's pdf, and Collective Restraints conversions should get you on your way.

Search the forums and you will find still more!

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Mailankas thread
http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=63730

Check KMUNOZ and Collective Restraints sigs for links to their work.

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Old 09-02-2010, 01:19 PM   #5
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The short version of what we've been told is that they never found an author.

In more detail: What gets published depends on SJ Games finding qualified authors who want to write things the company wants to (or can be convinced to) publish. They had a bestiary on their wish list for...well, basically as long as they've had a wish list. However, while it was out there, they never got a proposal for it which met their expectations. Last time it came up, there was some mention of the company considering alternatives to the usual public call for proposals, which is what the wish list represents.
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Old 09-02-2010, 01:33 PM   #6
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They're waiting for my call... but I've told'em. It's a million dollars or nothing!

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Old 09-02-2010, 02:01 PM   #7
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I cant speak to the rationale, but I can recomend a few solutions.

Mailankas DF monster thread, KMUNOZ's pdf, and Collective Restraints conversions should get you on your way.
And if I may be so bold, the Community Repository would also be a good place to look (although many of these are admittedly from Mailanka's thread).

Heck, submit your own monsters - we can always use more over there...
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Old 09-02-2010, 02:09 PM   #8
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And if I may be so bold, the Community Repository would also be a good place to look (although many of these are admittedly from Mailanka's thread).

Heck, submit your own monsters - we can always use more over there...
I apologize for the ommision and it looks like its coming along nicely!

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Old 09-02-2010, 02:29 PM   #9
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Mailankas DF monster thread, KMUNOZ's pdf, and Collective Restraints conversions should get you on your way.
Don't forget Luke Campbell's Animalia.
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Old 09-02-2010, 03:14 PM   #10
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I think there were rumours that something like a Bestiary is in development...?! well, we'll see...
Anyway there is still a lot of material spread over several sourcebook and of course the great community stuff.
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