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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 8601353" data-attributes="member: 20323">Well, thanks! Haha. I love you too, Redwizard. Definitely was getting a little experimental with some of my ideas, especially when working with some of the paper thin caste concepts. Look forward to seeing your takes on some of these guys.Format? OK, so I use Mac Pages, but I'm pretty sure everything can also be done in Microsoft Word. Set up document as 2-column, with 0.75 inch document margins all around.Then the text styles (I know Word has text styles too) are all Arno Pro and hex color #941100, with the following sizes:Body font = Arno Pro 11 pt  (specifically Arno Pro Caption sub-style)Title Header = Arno Pro 20 pt BoldSecondary Header (e.g. "Special Abilities") = Arno Pro 16 pt Semi-BoldTertiary Header (e.g. "Traits") = Arno Pro 14 pt CaptionThen the tables (like the list of monsters) are set so none of the borders are visible, and with an alternating row hex color #E5E9CD.The sidebars are actually also tables, same color as above, just with grid lines turned off at the left and right boundaries. While the top and bottom have 0.25 pt borders.Oh yeah, for the tables/sidebars, the sidebar body font is Scala Sans 10 pt, while the header font is Scala Sans 11 pt Bold with the Small Caps setting turned on.The monster stat blocks are also tables, with Scala Sans font for the body & for the header (monster name) it's Andada SC 17 pt Bold small caps, hex color #58180D. Lastly, there's something I can't remember how to do in Word but is super easy in Pages... it's the line separators in the top of the monster stat block... in Pages it's a Layout > Borders & Rulers option... 1.5 pg with hex color #AE1916. But it's a very curated / non-automated process, as I'm manually adjusting little things like text spacing, the size of the "paragraph breaks", and other stuff to get the layout the way I want.EDIT: After typing this out, I think my process must look archaic to anyone familiar with LaTeX or Homebrewery. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":ROFLMAO:" title="ROFL    :ROFLMAO:"  data-smilie="18"data-shortname=":ROFLMAO:" /> Were I doing this for publication, I'd handle layout in InDesign, but this is my quick-n-dirty method for homebrew.EDIT EDIT: Oh! [USER=7024098]@Redwizard007[/USER] something I forgot to do (but definitely plan to include when I update) was include Astral movement speed in the stat blocks, just like a giant spider might have "30 ft., climb 30 ft." in its stats (i.e. "Speed 30 ft., Astral 45 ft."). Astral speed is 3 x Intelligence score, so I'm translating this as...Int 13 = 39, or 40 ftInt 14 = 42, or 40 ftInt 15 = 45 ftInt 16 = 48, or 45 ftInt 17 = 51, or 50 ftInt 18 = 54, or 55 ftInt 19 = 57, or 55 ftInt 20 = 60 ftInt 21 = 63, or 60 ftInt 22 = 66, or 65 ftInt 23 = 69, or 70 ft...Int 30 = 90 ft (Vlaakith)</blockquote>

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