Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Monster Layout Preferences
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Tales and Chronicles" data-source="post: 8371765" data-attributes="member: 6871653"><p>Yeahh...for a single block its not too bad, but the wide one is weird, the previous one was better. </p><p></p><p>One thought I had: </p><p>Would you be open to give monsters custom abilities that may be similar to spells instead of spells from the PHB, like in 4e? This would allow you to save some space in the statblock by removing the lengthy fluff of the spells and write only the mechanical part. Maybe even replace spell slots per day by a recovery die or a ''per-encounter'' instead? </p><p></p><p>Something like this:</p><p></p><p><strong>Action</strong></p><p><s>Dissonant Whisper</s> </p><p><strong>Ghoulish Whisper</strong>s (Recharge 6). One<em> target that can hear Abartach within 60 ft. Wisdom Saves. </em>The target takes 3d6 psychic damage and must immediately use its reaction, if available, to move as far as its speed allows away from Abartach. <strong>Saves</strong>: half-damage and the target dont move away. </p><p></p><p><s>Darkness</s></p><p><strong>Shadow Veil </strong>(at-will). <em>One 15 ft radius sphere within 60 ft, Concentration 10 minutes.</em> The sphere is an heavily-obscured area that blocks Darkvision, non-magical lighting and illumination spells of 2nd level and lower.</p><p></p><p>Just as an idea. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tales and Chronicles, post: 8371765, member: 6871653"] Yeahh...for a single block its not too bad, but the wide one is weird, the previous one was better. One thought I had: Would you be open to give monsters custom abilities that may be similar to spells instead of spells from the PHB, like in 4e? This would allow you to save some space in the statblock by removing the lengthy fluff of the spells and write only the mechanical part. Maybe even replace spell slots per day by a recovery die or a ''per-encounter'' instead? Something like this: [B]Action[/B] [S]Dissonant Whisper[/S] [B]Ghoulish Whisper[/B]s (Recharge 6). One[I] target that can hear Abartach within 60 ft. Wisdom Saves. [/I]The target takes 3d6 psychic damage and must immediately use its reaction, if available, to move as far as its speed allows away from Abartach. [B]Saves[/B]: half-damage and the target dont move away. [S]Darkness[/S] [B]Shadow Veil [/B](at-will). [I]One 15 ft radius sphere within 60 ft, Concentration 10 minutes.[/I] The sphere is an heavily-obscured area that blocks Darkvision, non-magical lighting and illumination spells of 2nd level and lower. Just as an idea. :) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
Monster Layout Preferences
Top