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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 7417192" data-attributes="member: 83242">[MENTION=12731]CapnZapp[/MENTION]I have been thinking about what is needed for an Advanced Monster Manual and pondering what this means for stat block inflation.&nbsp; I have made stats for many high CR monsters and one of the issues I run into is that giving them all the traits they need takes up a lot of space.&nbsp; Heck, if you stat up a 20th level PC with all their traits and abilities it takes about a full page!&nbsp; I ended up make categories that cary some of the burden of describing the monster's abilities.&nbsp; So the stat block of&nbsp; a god can say:&nbsp; &quot;Refer to Greater God traits,&quot; or something similar.&nbsp; However, given your comment about providing descriptions of spells, I don't think this is what you want.&nbsp; So, here is my question:Is it better to have a shorter stat block that references information elsewhere; or is better to have all of the information in a longer stat block (possibly 2 pages or more)?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 7417192, member: 83242"] [MENTION=12731]CapnZapp[/MENTION] I have been thinking about what is needed for an Advanced Monster Manual and pondering what this means for stat block inflation. I have made stats for many high CR monsters and one of the issues I run into is that giving them all the traits they need takes up a lot of space. Heck, if you stat up a 20th level PC with all their traits and abilities it takes about a full page! I ended up make categories that cary some of the burden of describing the monster's abilities. So the stat block of a god can say: "Refer to Greater God traits," or something similar. However, given your comment about providing descriptions of spells, I don't think this is what you want. So, here is my question: Is it better to have a shorter stat block that references information elsewhere; or is better to have all of the information in a longer stat block (possibly 2 pages or more)? [/QUOTE]

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