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<blockquote data-quote="Geoffrey" data-source="post: 400431" data-attributes="member: 764">I mentioned earlier that I prefer OAD&amp;D to 3E because of the skills and feats that make for huge NPC stat blocks. A number of posters responded by saying that the huge stat blocks are largely unnecessary. If that is so, let me pose a question:Why does every single d20 module I've looked through have gargantuan stat blocks for NPCs who would have had merely a couple lines of stats in OAD&amp;D? The stat blocks in d20 modules would choke a horse!It seems that if it is accurate to say that gargantuan stat blocks are often unnecessary, then it would seem to be accurate to say that the d20 publishers are simply trying to increase their modules' page counts by filling them full of unnecessary stats.So which is it:Are the monstrously huge stat blocks necessary?Or are the d20 modules full of worthless filler?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Geoffrey, post: 400431, member: 764"] I mentioned earlier that I prefer OAD&D to 3E because of the skills and feats that make for huge NPC stat blocks. A number of posters responded by saying that the huge stat blocks are largely unnecessary. If that is so, let me pose a question: Why does [B]every single[/B] d20 module I've looked through have gargantuan stat blocks for NPCs who would have had merely a couple lines of stats in OAD&D? The stat blocks in d20 modules would choke a horse! It seems that if it is accurate to say that gargantuan stat blocks are often unnecessary, then it would seem to be accurate to say that the d20 publishers are simply trying to increase their modules' page counts by filling them full of unnecessary stats. So which is it: Are the monstrously huge stat blocks necessary? Or are the d20 modules full of worthless filler? [/QUOTE]

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