Stat Blocks

[Iron Captain]

Ummm is there some free download with an example of the new Stat Block?

 

[blargney the second]

The swelling seen in recent prestige classes is two-edged for me. When a prestige class is useless to me, it's three times more useless than it was before. However, when it's something I can use, it's now three times more useful. *shrug*

-blarg

 

[sjmiller]

Okay, so we have all seen the "new" stat blocks by now, right?

Wrong. I have not seen the new stat block, or PrC description, or any of the other stuff mentioned here. Guess I have not bought a new WotC D&D book in quite awhile. What do they look like?

 

[Land Outcast]

New monster stat block format:
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/articles/mm4_redspawn.zip

 

[Henry]

Clearly, you're exaggerating. At last count, there were only 389.

Occasionally, I regret us not having a Rep System...

 

[MatthewJHanson]

My problem with the expanded Magic Item black is that you tend to get repeated information.

My main problem also.

Same deal for the Magic Item stat blocks. I'd rather have some jelly and peanut butter to go with the bread, because nothing but bread can get dry and tasteless to me.

I don't think this has anything to do with format. There was nothing in the old format that prevented an author from including flavor text (Bazaar of the Bazarre in Dragon did it all the time). Meanwhile, the lore entry is optional, and the only book I have using the format (Complete Psionics) leaves it out for everything except psionic locations.