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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 8461026" data-attributes="member: 6704184">But the point is help people avoid certain things if they want, or be warned before reading that type of content. You have only halfway done that if there is just a general "some of this stuff is real dark and gross."A whole paragraph or intrusive banner, sure, but a small symbol in the corner of the page? That's just better organization.I really like the top corner style, here, but I think that what would work best is to have the author's note style warning, and a short glossory of types of content with associated symbols or abbreviations, and then use the symbol or abbreviation at the top right of each entry. Sidebars for a given critter are useful when it's complicated what is problematic or triggering about them, but most of the time "body horror, infanticide, loss of will" tells anyone who might be triggered what to expect reading that entry. I will say as well, [USER=13107]@tomBitonti[/USER] that a good way to go is to explain the historical significance of the beast, rather than just it's behavior or in-world origin. "Hags warn children not to trust strangers in the wood, and not to wander or linger in the woods unnecessarily, and thus are beings that lurk and trick and then consume, etc." is both useful information, gives context to what kinds of stories the monster lends itself to, and serves as context for any content warning tags at the top right of the entry. I'll comment more on this at the end of the post.Yeah they're doing a lot better than they used to, for sure.I definitely think some of the creatures presented don't actually need to do the assault or whatever, but like, what would be the point of having a Grimm style hag/evil forest witch if they don't try to eat children? Even 5e DnD hags are at least cruel to children and IIRC canonically make new hags by eating a child (and then what, I don't recall, except that they become a hag when they come of age). But my suggestion, I think, works better than most suggestions I've seen.Just quoting this because it was a delight to read. Well said. ----------------------------------------About monsters and their context and story, think of The Witcher stories. A given monster is not just used as a thing for Geralt to fight, they're used to tell the kind of story that is particular to that critter. Geralt has to be knowlegable, or willing to do research, in order to defeat many of them. So part of their lore is what kinds of stories they are used to tell, what information can help the PCs deal with them, and the logic of their nature, both in world and in the meta.</blockquote>

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