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Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead (Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Supplement) [Hardcover]

Andy Collins , Bruce R. Cordell
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (30 Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0786934336
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786934331
  • Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.3 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 562,975 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Draconomicon for the dead, 21 Oct 2004
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Alex Fell (Rugby, Warwickshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead (Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Supplement) (Hardcover)
This is a continuation of the "draconomicon series" (for want of a better term) of heavily illustrated books focussing on monsters, undead in this case. It is similar in lots of way to the Draconomicon, focussing on physiology, psychology, magic items, character classes and feats, new monsters (including some very interesting templates and variants, and running the gamut of CRs from 1/2 to high teens), adventure ideas, how to play undead (as both a DM and a player) and some example intelligent undead (such as vampires, liches, mummies etc, including some history and motivations - quite good fun and some interesting ideas too).

It must be said that most of the illustration is pretty superfluous and not all of the highest quality. It is also not exactly a core rulebook, in that you can cope pretty easily without it. However, it is fun if you don't mind the cost.

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Necromancy or just Dead weight..., 3 Feb 2005
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Mr. R. H. Adams (Portadown, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead (Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Supplement) (Hardcover)
Libris Mortis, where to begin. It's a good functional book with a good number of prestige classes for those interested in the Necromantic arts, a couple for those who wish to destroy undead, and a few specifically for undead. There are the obligatory new spells of which the entire "Summon Undead" line will have to be banned due to poor editing (Summon Undead II, a 2nd level spell, in theory allows you to summon a 16-Hit Dice Fire Giant Skeleon with the current rules...). Likewise obligatory undead have been added but in reality they are just covering roles already filled by other undead and most are unneeded, a few though are very good, most notably the Skulking Cyst, the remains of a malignant undead tumour that drags the corpse it exploded out of around with it... however, overall, while not a bad book, it should have been more throughly checked over and is not really a "Must Buy" type book.
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Amazon.com: 4.5 out of 5 stars (24 customer reviews)

69 of 74 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars very good book, 17 Oct 2004
By MICHAEL BEAVERS - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead (Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Supplement) (Hardcover)
This is a very good supplement for DMs. Libris Mortis introduces us the the undead in a expanded manner. It opens with chapters on the undead, their outlook and pyschology and gives primers for the characters to fight the undead with positive energy effects like cure wounds, spell effects and other items. Both of which are useful to dms and players.

There is a host of new feats for both undead and players. For players an example is vampire hunter which allows you to know if spawn are closeby and makes you immune to their gaze ability. For the undead there is an improved energy drain.

There are new prestige classes. The DM would need to determine which of these would fit into his campaign. One class is deaths chosen which reminds me of Reinfield from the orginial Dracula movie. There is a bard prestige class the dirge singer, a druid prestige class master of radiance and one for a evil spellcaster and one for a necromancer. The priest one seems similar to the sacred exorcist from the complete divine. There are also monster prestige classes also.

New spells some very nasty. Blade of pain and fear level two d6 plus one every two caster levels and a st vs being frighten. Comsumptive field greater 7th level. Check it out. There are also spells beneficial to the good guys.

New magic items and monsters. 31 new undead monsters and templates in all.

There is a chapter for tactics for various undead and campaign ideas for using inteligent undead as well as mini-adventures to put into your campaign.

The only reason that it didnt get five stars was that I am not going to use everything in the book but I consider it one of the best expansions out there right now

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The monsters alone are worth it, 20 Oct 2004
By D. Keen "awen seeker" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead (Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Supplement) (Hardcover)
This book in unique in that it's almost exclusively geared for the DM. Even the DMG had more player-oriented material than this one, and this book has far less player-geared material than its cousin, the Draconomicon. So players, stay away... the few bits that are here for you are good, but probably not worth the asking price.

For DMs, however, this is great stuff. The new monsters and templates alone make this a pretty good buy (I could build an entire campaign around one of the templates, which gives undead the ability to turn into a swarm of bats, rats, dust, even organs... perfect for a villain that keeps coming back for more).

Outside of the monsters, there are a load of undead-empowering feats (gotta love feats that improve every single undead creature you summon or control), and a lot of "flavor text" and more colorful information. And in case you ever wanted to know, there's a full-page table that lists the feeding needs and desires of nearly every undead critter in print.

Overall, good stuff. I'd say it's one of the best buys out there for DMs right now (assuming, of course, you're using undead or plan to... maybe I'm biased, I'm running an undead-heavy campaign). Not for players, but by focusing on DMs the book is able to pack in a lot of great content.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Campaign Material, 29 Dec 2004
By M. Le Vine - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Libris Mortis: The Book of the Undead (Dungeons and Dragons v3.5 Supplement) (Hardcover)
Usually, I write reviews that detail the good and bad of a product. I have to do things differently this time around, because this sourcebook is ALL good. Let me tell you why:

FOR THE DMs: The book details pretty much everything you ever needed to know about running undead monsters in your campaign, and then some. The material is extremely well-organized and concise, allowing it to be used readily and requiring little, if any, prior research on the part of a DM to incorporate both "new" and "traditional" undead monsters into the campaign. Updated definitions of abilities and traits are included (even incorporating descriptive material from the Monster Manuals through MM3). Without getting too boring, details are given on the methods and motivations of all of the "traditional" undead types (skeleton, zombie, ghoul, ghast, shadow, wraith, spectre, ghost, mummy, mohrg, vampire, and lich), with information given on creation methods above and beyond the typical myths surrounding these monsters and the mundane "game mechanic" procreation abilities possessed by some of them -- all excellent fodder for creating new adventure hooks or plotlines to jazz up any "haunted house" adventure. In addition, a number of ready-to-use horrors and their backstories occupy a section of the book all to themselves, just waiting for you to pick up and run with them. The latter portions of the book detail more new undead creatures -- fair warning: while there is, at least, no nudity, the illustrations in the New Monsters section makes much of the artwork from the Book of Vile Darkness seem tame.

FOR THE PLAYERS: For those of you out there that enjoy running uniquely interesting campaigns with a twist, there are rules and options presented for playing an undead horror as a PC. Setting up and running an undead character using this book is slightly more involved than running undead creatures as monsters, but the superlative organization and breakdown of information makes this a much more simple task than one might expect. In the same vein as the "Savage Species" sourcebook, Libris Mortis presents the "standard" undead creatures from the Monster Manual as character classes, detailing progression and ability acquisition from 1st level on upward. Since all of the "basic" undead monsters are covered, it's not difficult to extrapolate your own progression for less mundane undead creatures should you desire to expand your options. I was particularly impressed with how smoothly and effectively the character rules presented take all of the best concepts about the old 2nd edition "Requiem" campaign from Ravenloft and simplifies them in 3.5 edition standards.

FOR BOTH: A number of prestige classes (mostly for villains, but with a few foes of the walking dead thrown in) appear here, including updated revisions of a number of prestige classes that originally appeared in the "Defenders of the Faith," "Tome & Blood," and other sourcebooks (including the True Necromancer, the Master of Shrouds, and the Pale Master, among others). A respectably sizeable feats section caters to players and DMs alike, with a plethora of options available for both undead creatures and those that hunt them. With the New Spells and Magic Items sections comparable in size and variety to those provided by the "Complete Divine" sourcebook, there literally is a little something for everyone in the book.
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