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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garnfellow" data-source="post: 3401642" data-attributes="member: 1223">I have never, ever understood why a third party PDF publisher has not seized this product niche and shook hard. It seems like this could be a HUGE market. Consider: this is one area where an electronic file is far superior to a hard copy. It is extremely time-consuming to make classed creatures, particularly spellcasters -- this is probably the single biggest complaint about 3e. A series of sourcebooks that provided nothing but statblocks of generic classed monsters would have tremendous utility. Sex-appeal, not so much. But utility? Without doubt.Generic, I think, is key here: just give me the the stats for a "kobold sorcerer 8" or a "hobgoblin cleric 6/fighter 3." I don't want a big backstory or fluff like that -- chances are, it just won't match up neatly my campaign. I just want archetypes along a wide range of Challenge Ratings that I can just cut and paste into an adventure. I would have paid good money for a book with nothing but drow statblocks.The few products I have seen (what was the name of that terrible WotC book that came out early on in 3e?) that tried to provide loads of classed creatures failed because they spent too much effort on adding background fluff or by making the monster super-unique. So here's Blathmaq, the LG half-dragon lizardfolk ranger 4/scaly disciple 6 that used to be a brigand but now, after a high priestess of the goddess Shanora cast remove curse on him, has become devoted to the power of Goodness! Blah. The super-unique stuff -- like a big boss monster -- I'd much rather do myself. What I want and need is for someone else to do the statblocks for the BBM's lieutenant or loyal underlings. For the same amount of space I'd get much more use out of vanilla statblocks for a N lizardfolk barbarian at 3rd, 7th, and 11th level.</blockquote>

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