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<blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 5185127" data-attributes="member: 54846"><p>Heh. At this stage in my DMing, all I need is the mechanics. "I need something that can do X mechanically." When I reskin the stats to use for something I came up with, the fluff of what its place in the world is sitting on the page beside it really doesn't matter. All the fluff I have all ready - a lot of which I've changed for my own purposes, so for the most part, the text is a place where more blocks could be. Besides, much of the fluff sucks. Back when the Metallic Dragons book came out, a thread on ENworld generated way better ideas for using Draconians than what the text fluff was.</p><p></p><p>Although occasionally I agree that some of that info can be useful, because it can spark ideas. Such as the Kuthrik; in the "Roll high and you get this info", it mentions that they were created by Bael Turath to work sort of as offensive termites biological weapon; burrowing underneath enemy communities and plaguing them. </p><p></p><p>And on occasion there'll be a monster I have no idea what the hell the idea behind it is. The Barbalang is a good example. I understand its' combat stats, but I don't understand its point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rechan, post: 5185127, member: 54846"] Heh. At this stage in my DMing, all I need is the mechanics. "I need something that can do X mechanically." When I reskin the stats to use for something I came up with, the fluff of what its place in the world is sitting on the page beside it really doesn't matter. All the fluff I have all ready - a lot of which I've changed for my own purposes, so for the most part, the text is a place where more blocks could be. Besides, much of the fluff sucks. Back when the Metallic Dragons book came out, a thread on ENworld generated way better ideas for using Draconians than what the text fluff was. Although occasionally I agree that some of that info can be useful, because it can spark ideas. Such as the Kuthrik; in the "Roll high and you get this info", it mentions that they were created by Bael Turath to work sort of as offensive termites biological weapon; burrowing underneath enemy communities and plaguing them. And on occasion there'll be a monster I have no idea what the hell the idea behind it is. The Barbalang is a good example. I understand its' combat stats, but I don't understand its point. [/QUOTE]
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