Monster Builder Details 7/13

[Piratecat]

Really looking forward to this.

And this coming from a guy who already has a really nifty monster builder of his own.

Yeah, I agree. I'm very excited.

 

[Stalker0]

This was my number one request in the poll WOTC sent out...and it looks like I get my hearts desire. woo hoo!!

 

[Wormwood]

I already have a hard time remembering what DMing was like before 4e. I can only imagine what this is going to do for me.

Sometimes I remember what it was like to DM D&D before 4e.

I still wake up screaming.

 

[Vael]

The ability to search through the consolidated banks of DnD monsters offline alone is great, with the monster customization options turn this into pure awesome. Odd, no mention of adding templates, which would definitely be on my wishlist, though 4e templates are very easy to add.

 

[Fifth Element]

The first monster I'm going to build will be an insubstantial lycanthrope.

That's right, a vapor-were.

 

[Emryys]

Some general information and screenshots. I also noticed:

Eventually, other releases will follow for Adventure Tools, such as Encounter Builder and Map Builder. In addition to new builders, we'll also continue adding content, enhancements, and new features to D&D Monster Builder, in the same vein as the D&D Character Builder and D&D Compendium.

which I think is the first time I've seen a confirmation that those are in the pipeline.

I noticed in the picture 5 circles for the various builder programs... this means there are possibly 2 more unnamed builders...

 

[Festivus]

Perhaps a trap builder is one of those in the offing?

 

[pollochicken]

I'm also really excited and eager to use this builder. Anyone else notice the icon in the upper right corner of the picture for the monster tab?

 

[Merlin the Tuna]

Yeah, I hope it's got a good system of searching those powers. When I'm trying to make a monster sometimes I have a theme in mind but don't necessarily know the exact power to use right off. Might be pretty cool to search for radiant powers and add them quickly and easily to a Cleric of an Evil Radiant God...

Keyworded stuff should be pretty easy. What's going to be trickier is going based off of effect -- ie "I want an interesting power that pushes PCs around" etc.

 

[mach1.9pants]

I wonder if you can have 2 or more instances open at once, that would make swapping and changing stuff so much easier (especially to those of us with 3 24" screens )