#Pathfinder bestiary 4 pocket full
#Pathfinder bestiary 4 pocket portable

Actually looking those things up mid-adventure really bogs the game down. And, in my opinion, a GM shouldnвЂ™t be either вЂ“ even if the GM isnвЂ™t running the adventure off of an electronic copy (I still like physical books, but there are a lot of tablets out there these days), IвЂ™d anticipate the GM already having some sort of printout of the mechanics for the monsters that might come up that session. Players shouldnвЂ™t be looking up monster stats during the game.

#Pathfinder bestiary 4 pocket portable

But in my experience there isnвЂ™t the same call for a portable version of a bestiary. As I noted in my review of the Core Rulebook Pocket Edition, I could see that book serving as a вЂњtravel copyвЂќ of the rulebook, or something you could more easily double-check in at the gaming table. However, I donвЂ™t think that the Pocket Edition of the Bestiary has all of the advantages that the Core Rulebook Pocket Edition does. ItвЂ™s also half the price, which is a pretty big deal (I know I always like getting games 50% off). So the pocket edition is about 60% of the size of a standard Bestiary. A traditional hardcover Bestiary is about 8.5вЂќ x 10.9вЂќ by 0.8.вЂќ The pocket edition is about 6.4вЂќ x 8.3вЂќ x 0.7вЂќ.

#Pathfinder bestiary 4 pocket full

There are no omissions or abridgments, all of the art is still present, and itвЂ™s still full color. Pocket Edition As Alternative or Supplement to Traditional BestiaryДЄs with the Core Rulebook Pocket Edition, the nature of the pocket edition of the Bestiary is pretty straightforward because itвЂ™s the same content, but smaller. Like the Core Rulebook Pocket Edition, the Bestiary Pocket Edition is exactly the same book as the latest printing of the normal Bestiary (all 328 pages of it), except smaller, softcover, and half the price (thereвЂ™s even still an advert for the Core Rulebook that makes it sound like D&D 3.5 just wrapped up and Pathfinder just launched this year).ДЄs with the Core Rulebook Pocket Edition review, this review is therefore two reviews вЂ“ one addressing the Pocket Edition in comparison to the standard Bestiary, and one addressing the Bestiary itself. Along with the Pocket Edition of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Paizo has released a Pocket Edition of the original Bestiary.