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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nevin" data-source="post: 9553479" data-attributes="member: 7024481"><p>I loved the whole ecology of the monster's things that dragon magazine used to do.  I do think for those who are new to DM'ing, overworked and without lots of prep time  or in some cases just not super creative it helps a lot to have an idea of the ecologcial niche the monster might occupy.   But  i find it easier to design the area I'm going to be in then just put monsters that seem to make sense to me.   I don't have time to get a master's degree in monster Biology and lifestyles, (though I may have put a big chunk towards it in early years),   Sometimes the encounter just needs to work at the level your party is going to fight at and you just have to pull somethingout of the monster manual or a google search.   That's just as ok as having a perfect ecological encounter.</p></blockquote><p></p>