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I do hope you'll consider it, as I think this is an excellent model for indie game publishers, illustrators, and fans alike. Should be a big win all around.

As a thank you to our earliest patrons, Mr. Purdy has agreed to do a few of the custom illustrations in advance of the art budget being released. You can see the first preview here: Patrons of the Monstrous Arts » Early Patronage Previews: GRIMLOCK! — Kickstarter

Yep yep! For goodness sakes, the $25 level is essentially a pre-order-- you get a copy of the book after all. (And $25 might end up being cheaper than the cover price, too.) Also remember, you aren't charged anything until the project hits full funding.

The Patrons of the Monstrous Arts project will use a fantasy roleplaying “monster manual” as a test case for patronage funding of the publisher’s art budget: Dedicated fans make an early commitment to the work, specifically by funding the art budget to increase the number and quality of...

It's... alive! Help spread the word! Patrons of the Monstrous Arts — Kickstarter

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Multiplication table? That's a harsh, if accurate, description. Hmm. I'm still not hearing what you want, I suppose. Does this comport with what I said above: And finally: There's a few ways I can move here based on what folks want. Option 1: by Creature Type. Find the Type of creature...

I think we both know you are not typical and your order of seconds certainly stretches into minutes for most folks (myself included). In fact you are so atypical I really struggle to come up with anything that you, BryonD, will find more useful than what you can do yourself, unfettered from any...

I think there are conflicting desires between ease, options, and speed. I would like a "correct average answer" on an oversized table, with respect to the parts of monster creation that are a drag: the Spine statblock. I'm happy with this being an average because, for the most part, the Spine...

Hmm... I've never actually considered the bugbear to be just a big goblin. (Ditto for hobgoblins.) I always considered them distinct "breeds." Is goblin > hobgoblin > bugbear the same thing as chihuahua > beagle > mastiff?

My current list includes only SRD monsters-- but it includes all variants/sizes of each creature and all the templates. That list numbers 577. Incidentally this means, perforce, that the print version won't be able to hold fast to my goal of 1 monster per page-- but since that particular goal...

Just a quick heads up, we've been green-lit at Kickstarter for this patronage project-- we're definitely going to give it a try. If you have any comments or concerns you'd like to work out in advance, now is the time to raise them. I have a few questions myself: 1) Do the price break points...

It absolutely does, sir, thank you. It is much appreciated.

My option is to almost always ignore the size modifier for Stealth. I do this primarily by not having things as big as a barn even bother trying to hide. If for some reason I need a T-Rex to stalk the players, or if I want to hide an elephant behind the couch, I can trouble myself to jot down...

I've already considered this and there are a few obvious solutions-- and perhaps some that I haven't thought of. "First Come First Serve" is always an option. If somehow there's a stampede of patrons (I should be so lucky) then I can have folks list their top 5, and take the first one that's...

Sigh. I know. Trying to sort that out with them delayed the release by at least 2 weeks and in the end, there was nothing they could do about it (period) and nothing we could do about it without significant additional delays (i.e., redoing the layout entirely to account for their screen issues)...

I still have to work out the details. This was just a question of feasibility. I am glad there's a bit of interest, but the rubber hits the road when the patronage project is actually up and running. I'll post one of Scott's illos that I got just this morning. Mr. Purdy likes to complain...

I'd like to encourage folks to check out Trailblazer, available in PDF format for a steal ($5) or in print through Amazon. See my sig for details. There are a lot of reviews out there for Trailblazer and I am happy to say they are almost universally enthusiastic.

Or you could just be a user-friendly DM and let the player swap out sub-optimal feats.

The fighter is not burdened by resource management. It has neither a quadratically increasing power curve, nor a quadratically decreasing power curve as resources diminish. His power curve is linear, but it is consistent. It's easy to grasp. Some players don't want 50 different things to...