👍👎Creature Codex by Kobold Press - REVIEW

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This Reviewsday Tuesday I take a look at the Creature Codex, the follow up to Tome of Beasts by Kobold Press.
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[@paulschultz2331]

“Bar Brawl” is a huge SWARM of medium humanoids! That right there is reason enough to buy this book.

[@Beansforvavle]

I actually know the creator of the voidwracked mage personally! He’s a professor at my university, and one of the people I seek out for D&D advice!

[@LAJackson123]

I'm absolutely IN. LOVE. with Kobold Press - these two tomes have a fierce allure and pick at the collector side of me. Stunning artwork - so well done. THANKS for the update, man!

[@randykowal3397]

I live in Buffalo NY and I'm visiting my gf today in Massillon OH. She wanted to go to Books a Million today to get an adult coloring book and I happened across the previous book and looked at it for a good 2 hours. So happy that you're doing a review right now for this Its a great book

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

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[@robertmorehead5350]

Thanks for the Voidwracked Mage shoutout! :)

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Coolest thing about this book....at least to me :D

[@robertmorehead5350]

Yeah, it's my favorite too.

[@thebrewgeek]

45***

[@alasdairhall5906]

The canadian link is broken for the book

[@palexanderrice]

Please go to your local game store or book store to purchase all your gaming needs. I understand the convenience and price variations that online retailers can give but please support small business.

[@Dragonspassage]

Most flags don't carry kobold press books due to distributers.

[@timgrant9255]

i own a gaming store up here in canada and all my distibuters carry kobold so yes check with your local store first for sure

[@paulschultz2331]

If not, buy your next haul of minis there. Minis are more fun to buy in person!

[@Plamler]

xander rice don't feel like getting price gouged :)

[@Blandco]

Got my copy! I am looking forward to this one.

[@DavidBrownTheTechDjinn]

I have the Tome of Beasts, Tome of Beasts II, and Creature Codex. I'm EXTREMELY happy with all three. They've ported Tome of Beasts (1) to Foundry VTT so you can import them in. I really hope they do the same with the other two as it makes life easier when building a world in Foundry VTT and using these monster options.

[@Hiroak]

I've never played D&D but I bought that first book you reviewed for a coffee table book. On observation it gets looked at more than the other coffee table books I have and usually generates more conversation. I'm going to pick this one up as well. You do great work.

[@Dragonspassage]

You can play online on roll20

[@jhansen4661]

I got another one I’d recommend reviewing. The Tome of Horrors by Frog God Games

[@kenscott1082]

This is a very good point about the abilities of the new creatures and such.

[@jimmycunningham8484]

I backed it on Kickstarter. My main interest in backing this project was to have creatures for my homebrew game that my old school players don't know or can metagame. Your point at 9:00 is the reason why.

[@peribabbles8603]

I was looking for a good review with page turning and presenting the physical product to decide if I'd buy it or not. Your video has proven very helpful. Thanks for creating and sharing it. (yes, I bought the book) :)

[@tabithaalphess2115]

I bought this a couple months ago and absolutely love it! My favorite monster is the Demon Lord Chittr'k'k on page 77

[@carnivaldale7984]

This might be the first non wizards of the coast book I genuinely might buy! Great review! 👌

[@barbaraleaweaver-mercado1820]

Thank you for this review. Ordered mine today.

[@CoreyJKelly]

Tome of Beasts has been sold out on Amazon since your review. Still available on the Kobold press site though.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Lol, I didn't even realize that! I'm hoping it's my fault though XD

[@dgtlrn]

I personally found the Codex to be less impressive then the Tome, but I honestly just think that's because my campaign is currently run in a Nordic reminiscent country and the monsters in the Tome were much more fitting. That said, my campaign also has a lot of undead, and there are a few nice ones in the Codex, especially the preta hungry ghost. That was a nice fun surprise for the players.

[@AlexBabcock-hw9iz]

Very good review sounds like they were pretty smart to send you that copy generated a lot of interest in it. I don't play or DM at all but am interested in it from a crafting and artistic point of view. Good job Jerome.

[@MadsdeVriesLaursen]

The obvious question: Do you have some of the monsters picked out for future build projects? Are there some that just inspire your creative muse? Or one that looks like an impossible challenge? :-)

[@marcosmata8233]

Will there be creature codex 2 & 3?

[@lionofnewmexico]

Dude, check out the black 2.0 paint from Stuart Semple. I think it has a future in terrain building

[@WWQuicksilver]

Thanks for the review. Gonna have to pick it up, along with some cool new BMC swag...been waiting for a shirt to come out. ;)

[@farinal]

how do you think they look in pocket editions?

[@WilliamKuby]

well sounds good but wich one do ues fore ADD can you ues all 3 ? or just one ? do not know got get 5th one day got fist sighed by gigax him self see may be more will see

[@supaplayer]

I got this book for Christmas and it’s so good, I recommend it.

[@bphan08]

If you had to choose only one, would you recommend the tome of beasts or creature codex?

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Probably Tome

[@volthunter3]

Great vid as always was just thinking that it would be cool if you hilighted 1 or 2 monsters in this sort of book that you thought were awesome to help us get a better idea of the product. Not sure if that's possible or not just thought it was an interesting idea keep up the great work and fantastic vids

[@epicdungeontiles]

Aww now I gotta buy the hard cover creature codex, haha :) Looks amazing.

[@littilittiti1272]

have you ever tried out "the dark eye"??

[@devan12321]

When am i driving over to play some D&D? only a few hour drive ;) lol

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

Pfft, hard enough to schedule locals let alone outta towners 😭

[@devan12321]

ill make a character, and drive the 8 hours from Thunder Bay over to you to play a game X-D hit me up if you're ever doing public sessions :D

[@monstrousencounters3797]

Cool you looked at this.

[@bentosan]

Anyone know is the CR rating is more accurate than the first book ?

[@edinnuir7518]

Precisely the same opinion on all counts! though im only just starting to dabble with the codex its fantastic!... as for the CR rating stuff, in Tome of Beasts the DoppleRats....thats possibly the hardest creature to CR as it popcorns out of control pretty fast.

[@jimmd68]

Nice review. Don't use 5e rules, though. No big loss.

[@adammatis5527]

I just saw this bad boy in a book store over the weekend. I got way too excited than is probably acceptable lol.

[@MrDefaultti]

Hmmm. What to do now until friday? HAHA! No problem. I'm a Patreon supporter, so i get to see that earlier ;-)

[@tbrown255]

Shout out to Michelle and Sean who play tested content!

[@marcosmata8233]

Concept What if creature codex was from the 1st Edition era?

[@RedHandedGod]

Love Black Magic Craft videos and I love non-WotC gaming material (and stuff by Kobold is always great), but this book is NOT double the size of the Monster Manual. The MM (5E) is 352 pages. This book is 416 pages. A difference of 64 pages. I'm not going to pull out the calculator on that, but ... wouldn't that make this book roughly 20 percent bigger? So.. not even a quarter bigger, let alone TWICE the size.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I wasn’t comparing page count (but I should have been). Visually this book is about twice as thick, not quite but almost. I’m talking physical thickness which turns out to be misleading vs page count....I guess the paper stock makes a big difference I didn’t consider. The kobold tomes are printed on a heavier paper which I guess can really add up over a few hundred pages.

[@j_niuton]

The CR stuff is really true. I almost murdered a 4 members lvl 4 party with a CR 2 monster from Volos

[@Dinuial]

I don't see a problem with players coming to the table with a general knowledge of the standard monsters. These things exist in the world, adventurers who survived encounters would pass on stories. Some of the knowledge might be corrupted in the ensuing game of telephone but it is entirely reasonable to assume that people who live in the world would have SOME knowledge of the creatures that inhabit it.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I don't disagree. I also don't think it's a "problem" per se, but it can become very boring for players and GM's when there are few surprises in the monsters being faced.

[@paulschultz2331]

Well, looks like I’m ordering from Amazon again... 😉

[@Dragonspassage]

The CR rating issue is because WOTC messed up in the MM and underpowered the monsters. Kobolds press monsters are built with the actual CR rules so they are stronger. WOTC admitted they didn't have the CR rules done when they made the MM.

[@BlackMagicCraftOfficial]

I did not know that. Cool info!

[@gwestbrook1388]

I got to get me one of those

[@Sterlin0]

Great books, very impressive. Buy i never seen one of those who places Humanoid section and then (real)Monsters section, i think it would be more easy to handle it in that way. But it's just my personal opinion of course.

[@robofthewest]

Please change your intro music. It is elevator bland. otherwise, love your channel.

[@AlaskaSkull]

Well, I bought it after watching.

[@kevinpatrickcarey3741]

model a Flab Giant!

[@Chocoboranger]

Terrain type should be renamed to Biome.