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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8948467" data-attributes="member: 86653">Monster Overhaul is great. One of the main reasons is because, as you say, it's designed with the GM's use in mind. Like this stuff...Absolutely. Like the Adventurer entry in Monster Overhaul. The stat block is this:# Appearing: 1d4, or parties equal to the PCs +1HD: 4 (18 HP)Appearance: varies widely. Often outlandish, well-armed, and swaggering.Voice: professional and bold.Wants: wealth and power. Roll for variations below.Morality: pragmatic. Not above light torture.Intelligence: at least as smart and paranoid as the PCs. Adventurers grow cunning with age.Armour: varies. As leather, chain, plate, or plate+shield depending on wealth and role.Move: normal.Morale: 9Damage: varies. 1d6+1 for lighter weapons, 1d10+2 for heavier weapons. Fighter-types can attack twice each round. Thief-types deal double damage when attacking by surprise.That's maybe 1/6th of a page. The rest of the page is filled with GM advice and tips on using adventurers, random charts (d10s or d12s) for vices, goals, why they're here, type, and subtype. Then the next three pages are filled with random charts (d100s) for names, features, skills/profession, special tools, and more charts with more names for elves and dwarfs and unusual names and places they could be from. So everything you might need for that entry is within a few pages while the main stat block itself is short and sweet. This is how the whole book is done. It's amazing.Agreed.</blockquote>

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