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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Theo R Cwithin" data-source="post: 5330710" data-attributes="member: 75712">No real advice atm, except that I agree with pretty much already said so far, especially Dog Moon.  I'll just say "Don't sweat the little things too much!" and then point to a few resources that might help speed things up for you.  The items with (*) are the things I go to pretty much every time I make a monster.<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/indexes/improvingMonsters.htm" target="_blank">(*) SRD: Improving Monsters</a> section - You probably already know about this; it's just the open content from the DMG/MM.  But the tables are there to reference if you're away from the books.<a href="http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/monster-creation" target="_blank">(*) The Pathfinder Monster Creation rules</a> - The tables here are extremely helpful, imho.  This site basically show you what's important in creating a monster from scratch (Note: ability scores don't really matter! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) and tells you how to keep things balanced for a given CR.  It's for PF, obviously, but it's close enough to regular 3.5e that it might help you.<a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=64009" target="_blank">Trailblazer</a> - This is a cheap PDF which includes a lot of good analysis, and provides lots of tables comparing monster stats at different CRs to PCs at corresponding levels.  But really, the moral of the story is simple: "Don't worry about it too much."  As long as you pay attention to the important stats (BAB, AC, saves, average damage) and special abilities, you'll be OK.  (TB contains lots of rules "fixes" for issues that are commonly cited as weaknesses in 3.5e.)There are lots of template books out there, as well.  Of course, slapping on a weird template and then reskinning the result can make for some really unique monsters.  Green Ronin's <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=64009" target="_blank">Advanced Bestiary</a> is one I've used quite a bit for really oddball stuff and inspiration.  Also popular is the <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2765&it=1&filters=0_0_0_1100" target="_blank">Book of Templates, Deluxe Edition</a>.Finally, online monster generators are a huge help in speeding up the process.  The two I use are at <a href="http://www.dinglesgames.com/tools/MonsterGenerator/dnd35/" target="_blank">(*) Dingle's Games</a>, and the <a href="http://www.monsteradvancer.com/" target="_blank">Monster Advancer</a>.  There a little different from each other, and each has strengths and weaknessess-- but both are a huge help in quickly advancing HD, adding common templates, and layering on classes.  From the outputs of these tools, it's easy enough to reskin, swap out special abilities, convert spells to equivalent power SLAs, or what not.Good luck!</blockquote>

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