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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 5458798" data-attributes="member: 11821">Monsters in 4e are pretty eminently reskinnable.&nbsp; I try and figure out what I'm looking for, pick a level and role, and look for an appropriate monster.&nbsp; Then I make necessary edits, make sure their attacks and damage are up to MM3 standards, and run with it.For example, I needed a pair of Gladiators for my Dark Sun game - one was a mul, and just used the stat block from the Dark Sun Creature Compendium.&nbsp; The other was his partner, an archer, and I just reskinned the Dread Archer from MM3, minus a few random undead-ish things.&nbsp; It worked perfectly - it felt just like a pair of partners who'd worked together for years.Ditto, when I needed a Necromancer just last session - I redid an undead flameskull whose name escapes me, removed an undead ability, and subbed in a Psionic Adept theme ability from the Dark Sun CC.It works really well, overall.You can further find other stat blocks, and add in the templates for character classes, if you don't mind using Elites.-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 5458798, member: 11821"] Monsters in 4e are pretty eminently reskinnable. I try and figure out what I'm looking for, pick a level and role, and look for an appropriate monster. Then I make necessary edits, make sure their attacks and damage are up to MM3 standards, and run with it. For example, I needed a pair of Gladiators for my Dark Sun game - one was a mul, and just used the stat block from the Dark Sun Creature Compendium. The other was his partner, an archer, and I just reskinned the Dread Archer from MM3, minus a few random undead-ish things. It worked perfectly - it felt just like a pair of partners who'd worked together for years. Ditto, when I needed a Necromancer just last session - I redid an undead flameskull whose name escapes me, removed an undead ability, and subbed in a Psionic Adept theme ability from the Dark Sun CC. It works really well, overall. You can further find other stat blocks, and add in the templates for character classes, if you don't mind using Elites. -O [/QUOTE]

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