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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2977955" data-attributes="member: 8158">Some of this criticsim is simply a matte of personal taste, but a lot of it is just massively unjustified. 1) Other than the fact that it's new to some folks, how is the current stat block a fishing expedition? It's arranged logically, whereas the old one was arbitrary. The first set of data is what applies prior to the start of combat, then next is defensive data, then offensive stuff. It does not in fact take three times as much space unless you count the fact that the creture's special abilities are entered in the stat block whereas previously they were down in the description somewhere with the flavor text. 3) There are only so many types of monsters out there. Most are variations on the same creature, just disguised a bit with a different name and appearance.6) CR spread seemed pretty even. 8) I'm not sure what's meant by the referrence to special qualities that "make a monster weaker and do nothing else". If a special quality makes a monster hard to defeat--say, damage reduction or regeneration--what does that "do" that a weakness doesn't? They both can challenge the players' tactics, and they both can allow certain characters to have a chance to shine. The bloodbloater, for instance, has a ton of hit points, but takes 1d6 extra damage when attacked. That gives a tactical edge to a two-weapon-wielding ranger over the greatword-wielding power-leaping barbarian. It makes a player think outside the box by doing stuff like scattering caltrops across a floor just to inflict that 1 pip of damage many times over. Fantasy monsters throughout literature have had weaknesses that canny heroes took advantage of, and those weaknesses made for a far more interesting tale than if the hero had just hacked it to death.9) There's nothing that makes MMIV setting-dependent. Just because there's info on how to incorporate a monster into an official setting, that hardly obstructs its inclusion in a homebrew campaign.</blockquote>

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