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<blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 6071545" data-attributes="member: 58416">I liked a lot of the 4E theory behind modding monsters.&nbsp; Where it sometimes feel apart was when you added class templates to creatures.&nbsp; Because of the different scales that PCs and the rest of the world used, giving some class powers to a monster could often lead to odd effects.&nbsp; If you want an easy example, add the fighter template to a Boneclaw.&nbsp; In the same vein, giving powers that were bursts to larger creatures could sometimes turn a power which is normally barely noticeable into something somewhat broken.I'm perfectly fine with the idea that monsters/npcs don't need to be built the same way as PCs; I actually kinda like that approach.&nbsp; However, I still think there needs to be a more common ground when it comes to how the numbers that both sides (PC vs NPC) of the equation interact with the numbers which the physics of the game world are built upon.&nbsp; I'm not asking for a perfect model; just not one in which a low level PC can at-will through the same door that a huge giant has trouble breaking and not one in which NPCs are so poor in comparison to their PC counterparts that it's virtually impossible for any creature to break out of dimensional shackles.&nbsp; Once that is accomplished, I think modifying monsters should be pretty easy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Argyle King, post: 6071545, member: 58416"] I liked a lot of the 4E theory behind modding monsters. Where it sometimes feel apart was when you added class templates to creatures. Because of the different scales that PCs and the rest of the world used, giving some class powers to a monster could often lead to odd effects. If you want an easy example, add the fighter template to a Boneclaw. In the same vein, giving powers that were bursts to larger creatures could sometimes turn a power which is normally barely noticeable into something somewhat broken. I'm perfectly fine with the idea that monsters/npcs don't need to be built the same way as PCs; I actually kinda like that approach. However, I still think there needs to be a more common ground when it comes to how the numbers that both sides (PC vs NPC) of the equation interact with the numbers which the physics of the game world are built upon. I'm not asking for a perfect model; just not one in which a low level PC can at-will through the same door that a huge giant has trouble breaking and not one in which NPCs are so poor in comparison to their PC counterparts that it's virtually impossible for any creature to break out of dimensional shackles. Once that is accomplished, I think modifying monsters should be pretty easy. [/QUOTE]

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