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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 5052167" data-attributes="member: 94">Good. Please keep up the comments. We want the process to be as open as last time, with players driving the direction-- only this time without the years' long run-up.I envision dozens of templates, general templates, templates by type, and so on. As GlassJaw noted above, it's particularly gratifying that the results of our TLAR method track pretty closely to the skill totals in the SRD. (Much of that is due to the fact the the original designers didn't spread skill points around too much; generally speaking they picked a number of skills equal to the skill points and maxxed them out.)This is the "new" statblock pioneered by WotC and/or Paizo (shortly before Paizo stopped doing official adventures). You hit the nail on the head with the "white space" comment. Try visiting my favorite website for this style of statblock:<a href="http://mikael.borjesson.net/dnd/monster-list.asp" target="_blank">http://mikael.borjesson.net/dnd/monster-list.asp</a>Once there, pick a statblock and print it out. This is my "Go To" website for game prep. I jot down a list of every monster that will be "on stage" for the evening, print out a one-page statblock for each of them, and then just make notes all over the pages as we play.Our monster book will perhaps be most useful in PDF format, wherein page count is not an issue. In that format, I can maintain the "one page per creature" format and you can print each monster right out of the PDF so you have a hard copy for game night.If at all possible, I will do the same for the print version. Quite frankly I would skip the print version entirely, but some folks are certain to want it.There's no possibility* that it will be anywhere close to as lavishly illustrated as folks prefer, but I have had Scott Purdy quite busy indeed with more illustrations along the same "silhouette" style already seen in Trailblazer. (Those are Scott's illustrations on the cover and in the monster types/subtypes/abilities section.)I'd still prefer it to be arranged with the monsters, because I am not certain that Traps (and other Skill Challenges) constitute enough content to appear alone.* No possibility? Well, there's a possibility if I were to test the patronage model on the monster book. In effect, the patrons would be guaranteeing the art budget in advance.</blockquote>

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