{"product_id":"draw-steel-book-two-monsters","title":"Draw Steel, Book Two - Monsters","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour players made amazing heroes, all you need is some awesome monsters to throw at them! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraw Steel Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features LOTS of fantasy monsters and villains including old favorites and new high weirdness. All of which are fun to run, and fun to fight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book contains \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehundreds\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof statblocks across dozens of different monsters, giving you tons of fun options. Now you can run a goblin adventure, using ONLY goblins, and no two encounters need be the same!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach stat block is completely self-contained, no need to go reference some other book to figure out how a spell works. And like everything in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraw Steel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, these monsters went through many rounds of rigorous testing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYes, your players have fun earning Ferocity for their Fury or Essence for the Elemental, but we have not forgotten about YOU dear director, the most important player. You have your own epic resource: MALICE.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvery monster has cool abilities you unlock with malice, and you earn more malice the longer the battle goes. Malice means you are still challenging your heroes even when there’s only \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eone goblin left!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e That goblin is going to bust out some crazy shit! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut your encounter, we see it lacks dynamism, energy, pizzaz. The terrain just…sits there. But why should it?! With the \u003cem\u003eDraw Steel Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e book, you can liven up even the dreariest encounter with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDynamic Terrain Objects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e like The Black Obelisk and the Throne of A’an! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven a beehive, or a bear trap can \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ereally\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e change how your encounters play. Keep your players on their toes! The battles are dynamic, shouldn’t the terrain be dynamic too?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll this and more, illustrated with some of the best art in the business! LUSH illustrations! Lush we say!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDraw Steel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA new game for a new age! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraw Steel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the breathtaking new, action-oriented, fantasy RPG from MCDM that’s both fun to play \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003efun to run!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDesigned for five players, meant to be played using maps with a grid, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraw Steel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the result of thousands of hours of testing and polish. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraw Steel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, your character grows more powerful over the course of the battle, not less! Characters build heroic resources over the course of the battle so battles get more interesting round by round! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraw Steel\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a game about epic battles against hideous monsters. The game also features robust, detailed rules for…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMontages! Cinematic sequences where the heroes work together, using their skills in imaginative ways to defeat a series of non-combat challenges. Navigate a deadly swamp! Escape a collapsing ruin! The montage rules make it easy for directors to design new montages and challenge their players in creative new ways outside of combat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNegotiations! Convincing an NPC to help you (or stop helping your enemy) can radically change any adventure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe rules for character creation in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDraw Steel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e produce three dimensional characters and with the negotiation rules, you can quickly make any NPC a fully realized character with their own motivations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll this and a ton of dope art! 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