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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5657401" data-attributes="member: 54877">I semi-replied via my reply to Lanefan on the spawing topic. Basically, I'd rather have "Stuff that Everyone Needs" book, "Stuff that only the DM Needs" book, and then a third book for the stuff in the middle. Unlike, the Jester, I'm perfectly willing to split monsters across multiple books to make that happen. So with that said, I agree that any common animals should be in, and maybe some of the dire variants. And good call on familiars. I'd considered mounts, but not those or animal companions in general.  Then I'd also include some of the most common variants of the most common creatues. Include the basic goblin (and a picture of same), but not the leaders, shamans, etc. Also include a fair amount of lore on each creature type by category. That is, you get the stat block for a single basic goblin, along with the rest of the page on common lore. You can even include a few "rumors" that may or may not be true. (Only the DM knows for sure.)  On things like horses, the lore section is more about different types, how sturdy they are, etc. And you might have stat blocks for a nag, common mount, and warhorse.  When you get to monsters that are more prototypical D&D, but not common, you still get a page of lore, but it is definitely sketchy and leans heavily on rumors. The dragon page is like this. While it has no statblock whatsoever, it does have a picture.  For things like undead, you might have more than one page on "undead", with a sample skeleton and zombie stat block. Or you might have a page on "animated undead" with a skeleton stat block and references to zombies, and another page on "undead" that was more like the dragon section. Then in the DMG or full-blown Monster Manual(s), you have more of the stat blocks for all these types, including the uncommon stuff. I'm not wedded to those particular examples. There is room for editor discretion around the basic concept.</blockquote>

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