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<blockquote data-quote="Goobermunch" data-source="post: 4121778" data-attributes="member: 10516">The only way I ever felt like DMing 3.5 edition was with e-Tools.None of the monsters in my mind fit precisely into the stat blocks in the MM, so I'd have to stat them up individually.&nbsp; Now sure, I used the dodge of (generic orc raider x10), but even so, it got tedious.&nbsp; It was most frustrating when dealing with humanoid monsters, as I did in my long running Ghostwalk campaign.&nbsp; The campaign involved a mass migration of humanoid tribes into the area around Manifest as a result of an incursion from the Far Realm (led by a pseudonatural black dragon and a cohort of kaorti and dromites).&nbsp; For a while, the PCs wondered why the &quot;troops&quot; guarding the orcish and gnollish refugees were so weak.&nbsp; It turned out that their best warriors were fighting a staged retreat from their homelands.I could not have managed married life, graduate school, and work if I had to hand write all of those monsters. eTools made it bearable, but still, my prep time was absurd.&nbsp; Hopefully, 4e will make that process easier.--G</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Goobermunch, post: 4121778, member: 10516"] The only way I ever felt like DMing 3.5 edition was with e-Tools. None of the monsters in my mind fit precisely into the stat blocks in the MM, so I'd have to stat them up individually. Now sure, I used the dodge of (generic orc raider x10), but even so, it got tedious. It was most frustrating when dealing with humanoid monsters, as I did in my long running Ghostwalk campaign. The campaign involved a mass migration of humanoid tribes into the area around Manifest as a result of an incursion from the Far Realm (led by a pseudonatural black dragon and a cohort of kaorti and dromites). For a while, the PCs wondered why the "troops" guarding the orcish and gnollish refugees were so weak. It turned out that their best warriors were fighting a staged retreat from their homelands. I could not have managed married life, graduate school, and work if I had to hand write all of those monsters. eTools made it bearable, but still, my prep time was absurd. Hopefully, 4e will make that process easier. --G [/QUOTE]

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