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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 8061858" data-attributes="member: 6779196">Yeah, I thinks 3e’s problem was trying to build monsters like PCs. A single 3e PC is a huge undertaking to build and run, expecting the DM to manage several of them at once in every encounter was just beyond reasonable. 4e fully embraced the asymmetry of D&amp;D play, making monsters that were both easy to run and exciting to fight against, but a lot of folks complained that it was too “gamist,” so now we have monsters that are kind of built like PCs with no class levels and few to no special actions or abilities, so they’re easy to run (even easier than 4e) but far less engaging to fight. I think if Level Up keeps the basic structure of 5e monsters but gives them more in the way of unique abilities and actions, we’ll be in perfect shape.That would be pretty cool. I’m not sure that’s the way Morrus wants to go with it - the stated goal is for Level Up to work as a stand-alone game that’s compatible with 5e, rather than as a set of optional add-one to 5e. But who knows, maybe some monster building rules that could be used in conjunction with 5e’s monster building rules we could get a sort of stealth add-on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 8061858, member: 6779196"] Yeah, I thinks 3e’s problem was trying to build monsters like PCs. A single 3e PC is a huge undertaking to build and run, expecting the DM to manage several of them at once in every encounter was just beyond reasonable. 4e fully embraced the asymmetry of D&D play, making monsters that were both easy to run and exciting to fight against, but a lot of folks complained that it was too “gamist,” so now we have monsters that are kind of built like PCs with no class levels and few to no special actions or abilities, so they’re easy to run (even easier than 4e) but far less engaging to fight. I think if Level Up keeps the basic structure of 5e monsters but gives them more in the way of unique abilities and actions, we’ll be in perfect shape. That would be pretty cool. I’m not sure that’s the way Morrus wants to go with it - the stated goal is for Level Up to work as a stand-alone game that’s compatible with 5e, rather than as a set of optional add-one to 5e. But who knows, maybe some monster building rules that could be used in conjunction with 5e’s monster building rules we could get a sort of stealth add-on. [/QUOTE]

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