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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 8711067" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p><em>Liber Mortis</em> was the 3E undead book (expanding on 2E's <em>Lords of Darkness </em>and the <em>Van Richten's</em> monster hunter series), <em>Lords of Madness</em> covered aberrations (which was compiled from the <em>I, Tyrant</em> and <em>Illithiad</em> and expanded to cover Aboleths and others). They're still relevant for the lore portions - a lot of which made its way (though abbreviated) into the 5E monster entries. 2E's (FR) Giantcraft covered giants, I don't remember it being revised or updated for 3E forward. I don't remember a Fey book - that'd be a good one with all the focus of late on the Feywild, and dragons have had a book since the days of 2E/BECMI (Draconomicon/Book of Giants and Dragons). And there's also the <em>Fiendish Codexes</em> from 3E, which went in-depth into Demons and Devils, respectively. Again, a lot of that lore crept in, in abbreviated form, into the 5E monster entries.</p><p></p><p>That's why I'm not so interested in the lore books (except maybe one on Fey) - 2E or 3E did a lot of in-depth delving into monster lore, and short of a few stat blocks, it's all still relevant to the game today. I'm sure folks who don't have the old books would probably enjoy reprints/compilations/updated stats, but for me, I've still got those old books and wouldn't put out the money for them - for example, I'll take the 3E Draconomicon over Fizban's any day of the week if it weren't for the 5E Draconian stat blocks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 8711067, member: 52734"] [I]Liber Mortis[/I] was the 3E undead book (expanding on 2E's [I]Lords of Darkness [/I]and the [I]Van Richten's[/I] monster hunter series), [I]Lords of Madness[/I] covered aberrations (which was compiled from the [I]I, Tyrant[/I] and [I]Illithiad[/I] and expanded to cover Aboleths and others). They're still relevant for the lore portions - a lot of which made its way (though abbreviated) into the 5E monster entries. 2E's (FR) Giantcraft covered giants, I don't remember it being revised or updated for 3E forward. I don't remember a Fey book - that'd be a good one with all the focus of late on the Feywild, and dragons have had a book since the days of 2E/BECMI (Draconomicon/Book of Giants and Dragons). And there's also the [I]Fiendish Codexes[/I] from 3E, which went in-depth into Demons and Devils, respectively. Again, a lot of that lore crept in, in abbreviated form, into the 5E monster entries. That's why I'm not so interested in the lore books (except maybe one on Fey) - 2E or 3E did a lot of in-depth delving into monster lore, and short of a few stat blocks, it's all still relevant to the game today. I'm sure folks who don't have the old books would probably enjoy reprints/compilations/updated stats, but for me, I've still got those old books and wouldn't put out the money for them - for example, I'll take the 3E Draconomicon over Fizban's any day of the week if it weren't for the 5E Draconian stat blocks. [/QUOTE]
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