Chas dove into roleplaying games in the early 90s when he got his hands on the D&D Basic Set. Still dragging his friends into playing 30+ years and many games later.
Within the hobby of role playing games these days, there are a lot of monster books. There are also a lot of books loaded with magic items and loot. Rarely are the two combined. It seems a natural fit: here are the monsters, and here is what the monsters have.
When you read through as many TTRPG books as I have, you start to see some patterns emerge. Things that may set an expectation or opinion before you fully recognize the whole work. Castles and Crusades is a good example of a game that seems to follow some patterns I’
