Compendium Stat Blocks...

[Scribble]

I just looked at a monster in the compendium, and it still uses the old stat block?

It's not a huge deal for me, as I use the Monster Builder to cut/paste them anyway, but... was this supposed to have been updated? (Or did I miss something?)

 

[fuzzlewump]

Interesting. It's definitely been updated to a point because new books are in there, but it appears the compendium won't show the new format of monster statblock introduced in MM3.

Sorry that was no help, but there is some confirmation for you.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

They probably just haven't gotten them all in there yet. The new stat block is probably trickier to format than the old one. Even Monster Builder doesn't perfectly format older monsters (immediate action powers end up in 'other' or something like that for instance). May still take them a while to work that stuff out. I kind of suspect it really requires someone to go through every monster and tweak a few things.

 

[keterys]

Next compendium update is on the 20th, I think. Maybe that one will have it.

 

[Shroomy]

All of the Monsters in the Compendium pre-MM3 use the former statblock format. Apparently, they didn't want to delay the release of the Compendium anymore than they did in July, especially since the MB was going to be fully updated.

 

[Scribble]

All of the Monsters in the Compendium pre-MM3 use the former statblock format. Apparently, they didn't want to delay the release of the Compendium anymore than they did in July, especially since the MB was going to be fully updated.

So I just missed the announcement then?

 

[Shroomy]

So I just missed the announcement then?

There wasn't a formal announcement, it was just a comment one of the software developers made over on the WotC DDI forums.