molepunch
First Post
Hi all,
While I'm still passionate about DMing, I've been getting lazier and lazier in copying down monster stat blocks into my DM notes. Sometimes, I keep flipping back and forth between the pages in the Monster Manual bookmarked by index cards.
Am I the only one here? I just can't be arsed to jot all the abilities down anymore.
For a period of time I just used that one famous DM cheat sheet to work out the basic stat blocks and just go. The problem is, past my colorful DMing, the monsters play out similarly and are boring for my players to battle.
Perhaps someone can please help me come up with a short list of quirks some popular monsters do, like:
orcs: do something nasty when they get bloodied or when they die
goblins: free shifts before attacks(?)
ghosts: insubstantial and are weak against radiant dmg
barbarians: charge a lot
While I'm still passionate about DMing, I've been getting lazier and lazier in copying down monster stat blocks into my DM notes. Sometimes, I keep flipping back and forth between the pages in the Monster Manual bookmarked by index cards.
Am I the only one here? I just can't be arsed to jot all the abilities down anymore.
For a period of time I just used that one famous DM cheat sheet to work out the basic stat blocks and just go. The problem is, past my colorful DMing, the monsters play out similarly and are boring for my players to battle.
Perhaps someone can please help me come up with a short list of quirks some popular monsters do, like:
orcs: do something nasty when they get bloodied or when they die
goblins: free shifts before attacks(?)
ghosts: insubstantial and are weak against radiant dmg
barbarians: charge a lot