Yes, You, too can now be a Monster (Part Four)

"Complete Monsterous Undead Companion" by Various. Printed and Distributed by Fast Forward Entertainment. ISBN-10: 1-932201-30-0 -- Softcover -- 128 Pages. This makes a wonderful companion book to their "Green Races" volume. Now you have an extra race to add to their 'Green Races' characters, providing huge details for Undead. "Green Races" was the first book I know of that really allowed players to become a race that isn't in the PH! This expansion to "Green Races" cannot be missed! If you have "Green Races" already, you -need- to add "Undead" to the available races! I've seen enough Zombie stuff in gaming, I could just about barf. But =this= one I like a lot! It allows players to use Undead as player characters. For instance, all Zombie Hordes need a leader! Why shouldn't it be you? Five undead races are covered in detail: 01 - Devourer 02 - Poltergeist 03 - Reaper 04 - Shadowe 05 - Wraith But don't think that this is all! There are templates to use to create twenty-two more races! Ever wanted to be a Vampire? Now you can! There are also nine Prestige Classes if you really want to toughen stuff up! A couple new Skills and a couple new Feats, new magic spells and items, Artifacts, and more! The final chapter gives examples of playing Undead as characters, and some hints on how Undead PCs could unbalance your game. I don't know a single player I've ever met who hasn't at least thought of the idea of using a monster as a player character - and this book lets them do that. =Years= before the idea of allowing all intelligent races to be any alignment surfaced recently! Oddly enough, the new races at the center of the book -is- a Zombie! There's a good idea of what a Zombie character would look like, including all the standard stats. Right after that, though are three Mortal templates. My favorite in the whole book is the Demon Hunter included here. The new trend in D&D is towards eliminating the 'requirement' that all of a single entire race needs to be a single alignment was used here first by FFE in about 1972! So this book may have even more usefulness today! Although this race is not included here, one of my favorite PCs used a 'converted' mind flayer as a PC. She 'got Religion' and felt that it was her ultimate goal to bring her new religion to the her fellow Mind Flayers. Tired of fighting Zombies? BE a Zombie!!! At the back is the usual OGL and one advertisement. It's too bad that Fast Forward Games disappeared from the market, as many of these books also included online material which does not seem to be available anymore. However, these Fast Forward Entertainment books rarely disappoint me. As a companion to my favorite "Green Races" book, this one can't be beat! Highly Recommended!