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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pale" data-source="post: 3724293" data-attributes="member: 120">The Devil is in the DetailsAnother thing that concerns me is that some monsters, in my opinion, deserve an in-depth stat  block. (I realize as I write this that we've all been presuming that 'different than PC = less complexity. That a big presumption, but I'll go with it.)How awesome is it to see the write-ups for named Demon/Devil Lords? Take Graz'zt, The Dark Prince from The Book of Vile Darkness for instance: Seeing just his attacks and damage alone (+48/+43/+38/+33; 2d6+13/17-20 plus 2d6 acid plus 1 vile) illustrates just what B.A.M.F. he is before you even look at his multitude of other abilities. Maybe I just like those kind of write-ups because of the geek-love of how "uber" they illustrate these Unholiest of Unholies are, but there ya go.You may not need an in-depth write-up for monsters that are only going to be around for a maximum of 10 rounds, but what about those that will? What about those that the DM does use as villainous PCs? Just because they won't be used by the players as characters doesn't mean that there is no benefit from writing them up as one.All of this assumes that the stats from one to the other aren't portable in an easy to moderate fashion. If the stat blocks aren't completely alien to one another, then I think that I'll be fine with it.</blockquote>