creatures manual?

[jeffearley]

I was told that the creatures manual was supposed to be release this week. Has anyone gotten theirs yet?

[First of Two]

*crickets chirrup*

[7 of 11]

Saw this today, it maybe true. Let us all pray....

http://store.yahoo.com/usacomicbooks/sttrrpgcr.html

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[Hadley]

For everyone in the UK, Orcs Nest now has the Creatures Manual advertised on its website . Price comes in at £15.99.

Check out www.orcsnest.com for details.

[Ensign Deconn]

Originally posted by jeffearley
I was told that the creatures manual was supposed to be release this week. Has anyone gotten theirs yet?

They had it for sale at GenCon. I didn't pick it up because I have a preorder at my store.

In any case, it shouldn't be long.

Ensign D.

[Darth Sarcastic]

I saw the Creature book at my FLGS and I must say how truly disappointed I was. $25 for a hardcover that wasn't any bigger than the SOM. I put it down immeadiately and left the store...how sad. I will say that the descriptions of the creatures themselves was ok.

[Hadley]

Just recieved my copy of Creatures in this morning's post. I haven't had time to read it fully but, on the inital flip-through, I thought it looked OK. Personally I'd like to have seen a few more illustrations within it, but I like the idea of including a number of Terrestrial Creatures (apes, snakes) to use as Templates if you need to drop a Creature into a scenario quickly.

One thing does puzzle me, however: why are Exocomps (from the TNG episode The Quality Of Life) included in this particular book? I would not class them as a "creature" as the whole point of the episode centred upon Data's attempt to prove that the Exocomps had intelligence .

[Rancid]

You dont consider creatures to be intelligent? last time i checked most could think and even learn things, so therefore i would consider an ape, horse etc... "intelligent".

just because they dont have higher thought, it doesnt mean they arent intelligent.

from what us humans can tell in real life, plants are non-intelligent, rocks are non intelligent (and also non living)

[Lt Cmdr Matt]

I am not going to pick it up, too much negative comments, and I don't care about creatures anyway. They have never been featured in a game of mine.

*Waiting for Worlds*

[Rayaru]

I of course must have it, in the best interests of keeping a complete collection

Probably won't use it much though.

[Ineti]

I saw it in my FLGS this past weekend. I bought the Two Towers Sourcebook instead, though.

[JonA]

Originally posted by Lt Cmdr Matt
I am not going to pick it up, too much negative comments, and I don't care about creatures anyway. They have never been featured in a game of mine.

*Waiting for Worlds*

Agree with Matt totally. One hundred percent.

Worlds - gimme gimme gimme.

[First of Two]

Amazon still isn't aware Creatures has been released.

Next time I wait for it to be on the Decipher Store web site. Endlessly grousing.

[7 of 11]

This site is pretty good about ensuring up to date info is on the site and they have great prices. Give it a look see.

http://store.yahoo.com/usacomicbooks/startrekrpg.html

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[D.S.McBride]

Picked it up a few days ago at the FLGS; as many of the other posters here have indicated, it's really nothing to write home about. The species listed are decent enough, but there's a distinct lack of artwork and/or screen shots to indicate exactly what a number of these things actually look like, and having the series/movie/episode listed where they originally appeared might have been nice. Also, I was a touch ticked that the M-113 Salt Vampire, which is prominently featured on the cover, never made it inside.

As Don indicated re the Narrator's Screen, this is one that's probably best left for the refs to pick up, and then only if wriggly beasties are going to be making a significant appearance.

Also, one thing that just struck me as I've been writing this: the parasites from TNG's "Conspiracy" have never been quantified, to the best of my knowledge, either in Creatures or Aliens. Am I missing something here, or is this one that slipped through the crack in both works? Have their characteristics been defined somewhere else?