{"id":23003,"date":"2021-01-01T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T13:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/?p=23003"},"modified":"2020-12-02T14:05:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T20:05:06","slug":"rpg-review-monsters-of-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/rpg-review-monsters-of-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"RPG Review \u2013 Monsters of the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Welcome to the Finder\u2019s Archive and a review is what we have in store for you this week<\/em>. &#x1f60a;<\/p>\n<p>We take products and review them, intending to give the reader the best chance of evaluating whether this particular release is for them.<\/p>\n<p>There is, of course, a scoring system, similar to that used elsewhere, in a 5-star rating, which we have determined as follows:<\/p>\n<p>1 * &#8211; Bad<br \/>\n2 * &#8211; Mediocre<br \/>\n3 * &#8211; Decent<br \/>\n4 * &#8211; Good<br \/>\n5 * &#8211; Excellent<\/p>\n<p>The following review is an <strong>OPINION<\/strong> piece and only reflects the opinion and tastes (because ultimately, all reviews will be based in personal taste) of the reviewer. Also please note that we were given a free copy for this review, but we will base it on the actual price as well.<\/p>\n<p>That disclaimer out of the way, let\u2019s get on with the show!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23004 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_001.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week we give you <strong><em>Monsters of the City<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher: <\/strong>Cawood Publishing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author: <\/strong>Andrew Cawood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cover Artist: <\/strong>Travis Hanson<\/p>\n<p><strong>System: <\/strong>5e<\/p>\n<p><strong>Page count:<\/strong> 144 ( 1 page cover, 1 page inside cover, 1 page credits, 1 page OGL,1 page Table of Contents, 137 pages of content, 1 page back inside cover (advert), 1 page back cover)<\/p>\n<p>Right, so let\u2019s look at the cover first. It shows us a young girl, standing in a well-lit hallway, but surrounded by dark leering monsters, hiding in the shadows above it, and in the doorway of a nearby house. A good moody piece, but if I\u2019d been looking at it I\u2019d have thought that this was a horror game, rather than a monster book. Also, I noticed something odd while looking at the cover \u2013 it seems to have a subtitle of \u201cSins &amp; Virtues,\u201d but that isn\u2019t named on the product page, nor on the preview cover. Perhaps it was an earlier or later image that was used, rather than the one on the preview and product page.<\/p>\n<p>Here I also have to address something that could well be off-putting to some people, and that\u2019s the artwork itself. It is VERY cartoony\/comic-y. I know that a lot of that is because Travis Hanson is a comic-book writer, but it\u2019s not to everyone\u2019s taste, and I think it\u2019s bold that they put that front and center. While I\u2019m not a fan of this type of artwork, I don\u2019t hate it either \u2013 and more importantly, the artwork is consistent throughout the book, which I REALLY appreciate, as so many 3rd Party Publishers haven\u2019t got the budget or time to ensure that it looks consistent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right, to the content!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So, there are a number of monsters in this book. One hundred three new ones to be specific, that represent characters that you could reasonably expect to run into, in a city. Well, most of them. There are a couple, called \u201cSins\u201d and \u201cVirtues\u201d that represent the classic 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Virtues, and how they each affect a district of the city through their presence. While most of the monsters\/creatures\/NPCs work well, some of them feel a bit same-y (like the Dwarf, Elf, and Halfing Ambassadors). While each has a couple of unique skills and abilities, they still manage to feel the same \u2013 though their background story separates them out. My main issue is actually these sins and virtues \u2013 they\u2019re extremely high challenge rating wise (23) and they feel like they were written for a specific city, rather than a generic one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_069.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23008 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_069-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_069-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_069-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_069-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_069-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_069.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That brings me to the second issue I have with them, which is more of an \u201cI\u2019d like more\u201d type thing. The Challenge Rating spread of monsters is very uneven. There\u2019s a heavy load of creatures at certain CRs, while others are almost completely bare. It just feels strange that Challenge Rating 23 has more creatures in it than any of the lower levels, the same goes with the choice of so heavily going in on low-CR creatures (which is good), but on CR 9-20, there are only 14 monsters. That\u2019s the same amount of opponents as you find on CR 23.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_045.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23006 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_045-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_045-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_045-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_045-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_045-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_045.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_046.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23005 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_046-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_046-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_046-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_046-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_046-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_046.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are a few minor issues in layout and formatting, but they\u2019re mostly just a matter of something not having gone in quite right in layout (like the odd thing being in italics when it shouldn\u2019t be, etc.). I\u2019m also a little surprised at the Random Encounter Tables. I like them, but I don\u2019t quite understand why they didn\u2019t put in the CR for them. It would have been easier for a GM to quickly decide if that encounter was appropriate for the heroes, rather than having to flick through pages to find the monsters (especially the monsters that aren\u2019t included in the book itself).<\/p>\n<p>There is also a section on adventure hooks, which I really like. Especially one where it is a \u201cGroup of halflings on mastiffs terrorizing town.\u201d I have this mental image now of a \u201chalfling biker gang\u201d riding mastiffs, and the thought of a bunch of Hell\u2019s Angel Halflings (HAH) on dogs is just hilariously funny. &#x1f60a; The same goes for the Ogre Baron, who definitely feels like a play on Trump. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23007 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_006-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_006-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_006-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_006-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_006-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MOTC_Page_006.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have 2 things I don\u2019t understand though: At the beginning of the book, the Alliance of the Griffon is introduced, but there\u2019s no real explanation of who they are, and how they pertain to the monsters. Presumably, they\u2019re a Campaign Setting thing, or a recurring theme in Cawood\u2019s books (I\u2019m afraid I haven\u2019t read others, so I can\u2019t judge on that part). The other thing that puzzles me is the choice of including player options in a monster book, the Domain of Truth, and the Order of the Heart. They\u2019re \u00bd page each \u2013 and if you had to include them, you really should have let them have more space to explain what they\u2019re about, and WHY they relate to a city.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But that leads us to the conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a <strong>GOOD<\/strong> (4-star) book. I feel like this had the potential to be a 5-star product, but there are just a few missteps that cause me to detract from it, like the player options. They should either have been expanded on, or removed, and the heavy load of some CRs, along with that unshakable generic feeling (I really can\u2019t explain it better than that), means that I can\u2019t justify it being a full 5-star one. The cartoon-like art is a bit off-putting to me as well, but I\u2019ve chosen to ignore that, as I think a different art style might have pulled me in more &#8211; that could have affected the review in a positive way.<\/p>\n<p>That said, a 4-Star is a good book, that definitely had the potential to be a 5-star. Well done folks. &#x1f60a;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Welcome to the Finder\u2019s Archive and a review is what we have in store for you this week. &#x1f60a; We take products and review them, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.d20radio.com\/main\/rpg-review-monsters-of-the-city\/\" title=\"RPG Review \u2013 Monsters of the City\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1580,"featured_media":23004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1783],"tags":[165,1071,1532],"class_list":["post-23003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finders-archive","tag-dd","tag-game-review","tag-monster"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>RPG Review \u2013 Monsters of the City - 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