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<blockquote data-quote="MoutonRustique" data-source="post: 6431284" data-attributes="member: 22362">There's strange sort of &quot;yes and no&quot; about monster creation right now - it's kind of like : yes, they follow certain rules. But then again, no they don't, but we'll sort of make it look like they do... so nyose?My example would be the &quot;brutal&quot; trait - it exists purely to have the creature deal more melee damage, but since they can't just assign a damage value (as the damage values are calculated with the same methods as for PCs - weapon and stat), they have to makeup these rules so that they can get the result they want.Another would be the &quot;charisma bonus to AC&quot; for the cambion - AC is very important. That it is derived from the gear an NPC uses makes it so you can change a creatures power with just a gear swap. Give than cambion a fullplate and... ouch, that AC is going to be pretty rough.It makes the thing into a strange contradiction - the idea is supposed to be about feel more than rules, but you really have to ignore the given rules to change the feel in many situations (with regards to gear-using monsters anyway).On the other hand, a campaign where stopping arms (good ones) from getting into enemy hands can make a lot of sense now - give that hobgoblin regiment a set of fullplates and greatswords, and it becomes a whole lot scarier!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MoutonRustique, post: 6431284, member: 22362"] There's strange sort of "yes and no" about monster creation right now - it's kind of like : yes, they follow certain rules. But then again, no they don't, but we'll sort of make it look like they do... so nyose? My example would be the "brutal" trait - it exists purely to have the creature deal more melee damage, but since they can't just assign a damage value (as the damage values are calculated with the same methods as for PCs - weapon and stat), they have to makeup these rules so that they can get the result they want. Another would be the "charisma bonus to AC" for the cambion - AC is very important. That it is derived from the gear an NPC uses makes it so you can change a creatures power with just a gear swap. Give than cambion a fullplate and... ouch, that AC is going to be pretty rough. It makes the thing into a strange contradiction - the idea is supposed to be about [I]feel[/I] more than rules, but you really have to ignore the given rules to change the feel in many situations (with regards to gear-using monsters anyway). On the other hand, a campaign where stopping arms (good ones) from getting into enemy hands can make a lot of sense now - give that hobgoblin regiment a set of fullplates and greatswords, and it becomes a whole lot scarier! [/QUOTE]

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