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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scorponox" data-source="post: 5329976" data-attributes="member: 93144">Hi all,Ok, I've looked through the MM section on creating your own creatures, and I've looked through the Creature Catalog on this forum, but I am still having trouble trying to figure out how to create my own monsters for DnD 3.5e.What I've been doing recently is finding creatures that sort of resemble the creatures I want to make, then just taking the stats from those for my own creature. This is ok, but sometimes, the most similar thing I can find is just too different from my own monster.One of the parts I don't get is assigning the ability scores for the creatures. Do you just "wing it" and try to follow the instructions as closely as possible and hope you don't end up creating something that will TPK?Like, after figuring out the creature type, target CR, subtypes, and hit die, what are the steps you take after that to do the rest? Table 5-1 on pg. 296 of the 3.5e MM has stats for str, dex, and con that vary wildly.And, how long does it take for you to make a monster? I'm finding it takes a long time, and was wondering if there are steps I should skip, skim, pay close attention to, do in reverse order, or ignore to make the process go faster.Some people will probably say I should just use the pre-created monsters out of the MMs, but in some cases, the monsters will not make any sense in my campaign, and besides, I would really like to understand this process. Any help is appreciated, and thanks.</blockquote>

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