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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8327609" data-attributes="member: 508">As far as shortcuts go, for every adventure I write I also do up a &quot;monster stat sheet&quot; with all of the stats I'm likely going to need to reference when running those monsters in combat.&nbsp; Thus, I have (in abbreviated form) their ACs, hp, initiative modifiers, saves, speed, attacks/damage, any special attacks and special qualities likely to come into play, alignment, abilities scores, and HD.&nbsp; I don't bother with feats unless they're likely to come into play during combat, and I never bother with skills - if that comes up I'll just go look them up in the Monster Manual.&nbsp; So, while preparing the monster stat sheet is in fact a bit of extra work, it streamlines combat at the table when we play because it's a lot faster than having to reference the MM stats for each battle (and it would be much worse having to go back and forth between multiple MM entries for different monsters in the same combat).And since I save each monster stat sheet as a separate spreadsheet file on my computer (by the adventure's name), it's easy to go &quot;copy and paste&quot; the stats for a monster I've used earlier in a different adventure.Johnathan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richards, post: 8327609, member: 508"] As far as shortcuts go, for every adventure I write I also do up a "monster stat sheet" with all of the stats I'm likely going to need to reference when running those monsters in combat. Thus, I have (in abbreviated form) their ACs, hp, initiative modifiers, saves, speed, attacks/damage, any special attacks and special qualities likely to come into play, alignment, abilities scores, and HD. I don't bother with feats unless they're likely to come into play during combat, and I never bother with skills - if that comes up I'll just go look them up in the [i]Monster Manual[/i]. So, while preparing the monster stat sheet is in fact a bit of extra work, it streamlines combat at the table when we play because it's a lot faster than having to reference the [i]MM[/i] stats for each battle (and it would be much worse having to go back and forth between multiple [i]MM[/i] entries for different monsters in the same combat). And since I save each monster stat sheet as a separate spreadsheet file on my computer (by the adventure's name), it's easy to go "copy and paste" the stats for a monster I've used earlier in a different adventure. Johnathan [/QUOTE]

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