D&D 5E How will you pick a Monster Manual alternative?

[bedir than]

Who needs a monster manual =D

I'm only half-kidding. I've been using and testing the general use monster stat blocks from Forge of Foes (preview available here). It's amazing how easy it is to run monsters like these and players really don't know or really don't care. It's made prep even faster for me.

I'm not ready to throw out monster books completely but it's often easier for me to come up with a creature concept, pick an appropriate CR, use those stats, and improvise unique abilities or just flavor the monster with descriptions than it is to look up monsters.

Aren't you one of the authors of one of the forthcoming Monster Manual alternatives?

 

[mamba]

Aren't you one of the authors of one of the forthcoming Monster Manual alternatives?

yes, I read that ‘tongue in cheek’

It’s not like he is hiding under a pseudonym here (well, not a different one…)

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I don't need any monster manuals. I usually create my own monsters anyway. If I have the spare cash I may splash out on something that takes my fancy.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Aren't you one of the authors of one of the forthcoming Monster Manual alternatives?

Forge of Foes is that alternative. You use it to make your own monsters, on the fly, which is what he's saying. It comes out in PDF to backers later this month.

 

[bedir than]

Forge of Foes is that alternative. You use it to make your own monsters, on the fly, which is what he's saying. It comes out in PDF to backers later this month.

SlyFlourish also did the CR section of Kobold's Monstrous Vault