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This supplement describes several hundred animals and monsters, mostly organized by habitat (e.g., arctic, desert, forest, jungle, swamp and subterranean) plus dinosaurs, domestic animals, otherworldly creatures, and "loathsome crawlers"; the book also includes rules and guidelines for game-mastering
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universe. The book classifies creatures by terrain type, and deals with normal animals, legendary beasts, and otherworld creatures. The book also contains GM commentaries on handling animal encounters, hunting and trapping, animals as companions, and how to create new animals.
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and again featured Ken Kelly's cover art. Released in 2000, this expanded edition is 128 pages in length. Johnson published extra material for the 3rd edition in a 2000 issue of
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magazine #140 (December 1988). He comments on the book: "The art is fairly poor — about the same standard as that in the
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GMs, but it is of limited use to anyone looking for new critters to add to his favorite game system."
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was updated by Chris McCubbin and Bob Schroeck, and had rules for were-creatures that wound up in
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templates, and tips for fitting animals into adventures. The first edition was published in 1988.
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was out of print, and a 4th edition had not yet been released for the
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contains over 200 creatures to populate the various worlds of the
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All three editions featured the same cover image by Ken Kelly.
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that is intended to be usable in many different settings.
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Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
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Designers
Steffan O'Sullivan
Steve Jackson Games
GURPS
GURPS
role-playing game system
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GURPS
Steffan O'Sullivan
Ken Kelly
Dan Carroll
Steve Jackson Games
GURPS Shapeshifters
Pyramid
Hunter Johnson
4th edition
Jim Bambra
Dragon
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Bambra, Jim
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Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
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