Mike Mearls Hook Horror Formating and Notation

[ren1999]

@ren1999

I made another mock-up..

That's very nice. You should post this on the Wizards forum as well.

 

[Hussar]

[MENTION=85179]ren1999[/MENTION]

I made another mock-up..

XP the crap out of this guy. He's got it spot on. Not sure if we need one page/monster, but, if we did, then this would be a SCHWEET writeup. Clean, clear, and the stat block is easy to see.

Well done you sir.

 

[Chris_Nightwing]

Thanks guys - I'll post it at WotC and watch it die in flames

 

[Fazza]

@ren1999

I made another mock-up..

That's pretty class, I don't see why keeping fluff first means we have to have ugly ass stat blocks that are a pain to read(and I know the one Mearls did was a first go and not a finished article).

I seen mention that 2e had a spiral bound monstrous manual (can't find a picture but [ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mc1-Monstrous-Compendium-Advanced-Dungeons/dp/0880387386"]this maybe[/ame]? or maybe I'm going crazy) For the way I use the Monster Manual I would love this format and if 1 whole page(front and back) was given to a monster you could add build options on the back. So details on levelling your standard goblin grunt and how you could turn him into a goblin chieftain or spellcaster (with new attacks or whatever).

Can't say if this would actually work just a thought.

 

[Hussar]

That's pretty class, I don't see why keeping fluff first means we have to have ugly ass stat blocks that are a pain to read(and I know the one Mearls did was a first go and not a finished article).

I seen mention that 2e had a spiral bound monstrous manual (can't find a picture but this maybe? or maybe I'm going crazy) For the way I use the Monster Manual I would love this format and if 1 whole page(front and back) was given to a monster you could add build options on the back. So details on levelling your standard goblin grunt and how you could turn him into a goblin chieftain or spellcaster (with new attacks or whatever).

Can't say if this would actually work just a thought.

I had binders full of those old Monster Manual pages. Loved the crap out of them. But, they were a serious PITA. For one, once you added another book, your alphabetizing went out the window because each page had two monsters, one on each side. Secondly, the pages were not really strong enough for the amount of flipping you usually do with a monster manual. I wound up putting each page in a plastic slip cover, which meant that my monster manual took up three three inch binders. A bit unwieldy.

And really, two pages (one page double sided) for each monster is a bit much. We don't really need THAT much information about a gelatinous cube or a skeleton do we?