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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7747175" data-attributes="member: 58172">Monster stat block.I love:• Referring to the ability modifiers.• Listing the basic skill bonus (according to level) (for untrained skills)I would prefer:• Making Athletics and Acrobatics the same skill, so usually +Str, sometimes +Dex or +Con• Ok to list skill bonus, skill proficiency, and ability modifier separately for DM to add up in head• Reducing the named skills to just four, to heighten flavor of what monster can generally do• Even just lumping acrobatics into athletics reduces number of skills to a manageable, flavorful, fiveTo me it makes sense:• listing ability modifiers and skills in first section; things like stealth/persuasion precede combat• listing special items with skills, as a kind of skillful tool proficiency, that conveys flavor</blockquote>