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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4103512" data-attributes="member: 710">We don't know yet how much fluff text the MM contains. But assuming that it's at not more then we had in the 3E MM, I absolutely see room for variant/additional monster books that provide more details. The MM has the great advantage that it can contain a lot of monsters. Which means it will give you a lot of options what monsters you use, but you might come up with a few "fluffy" parts on your own. *)A book like a 4E Tome of Horrors could contain more information on each monster, and thus giving you more story elements.I think both are valid approaches, and it depends on each individual what is "more appropriate". I think for a core book, I want as much material to work with then possible. But other supplements might or should go in more details. Oh, and interesting approach here would be to write a "Tome of Horrors" in the style of an actual tome written by a sage of the fictional world. But then, it might feel necessary to separate monster description and statistics for "immersion", but reduce usability... Maybe that's more something for a Dracomoninum (sp?) or similar book with in-dept information on a more limited (focused) set of monsters.*) by the way: This might be a little inconsistent with the whole idea of the Implied Setting and the "fluffy" feats we know. On the other hand, maybe not. The details of the implied setting are very vague, and a brief monster description should manage the same. In both cases, you still have to figure out the details on your own, if they ever come up.</blockquote>

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