Monster Design--from a designer's standpoint

[Upper_Krust]

Hey there Orcus!

I agree that is an interesting way to provide information with a mechanic. I like it. We intend to do that. But I still want a bit more depth. We'll see how it works out.

I have been thinking that the best way to work extra fluff may be within monster groupings rather than individual monsters.

Say for instance you had a page on undead that was divorced from the mechanics and thus didn't interfere with having as many stat blocks in one place as possible.

I mean the 3.0 books to a degree already have this with regards certain monster groupings (dragons, devils, elves etc.). Of course that sort of means you need to put all the same monster types under 'one roof' as it were, listing creatures by type rather than alphabetically spread throughout the book. But I sort of think thats a good thing.