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<blockquote data-quote="Zinovia" data-source="post: 4308736" data-attributes="member: 57373">I can understand WotC not wanting to allow wholesale republication of their critters from the MM, but not including the statblocks in a module is a hassle for a GM.&nbsp; We want the stats to be right there, because putting slips of paper in the MM and flipping back and forth between different entries in the middle of combat is annoying.&nbsp; Even in the course of creating individual adventures most DM's copy out the statblock from the MM and insert it (whether by hand or cut and paste) into their write-up.&nbsp; Could we not have been better served by a restriction that amounts to &quot;You can publish WotC monster stat blocks only as part of an adventure, not in a collection of monsters.&quot;&nbsp; Restrict it to X number of monsters published in a work, with further stipulation that the work be at least 70% (or whatever) original material.&nbsp; I know defining an &quot;adventure&quot; or a &quot;module&quot; can be a little vague, but that's where the lawyerese comes in.&nbsp; There should be a way to define those things without letting people abuse the intention of the rule.&nbsp; I'm sad that they won't let 3rd party publishers include stat blocks for anything in the MM.&nbsp; If D&amp;DI had a way of printing up a collection of stat blocks for you, then maybe it would work, but it still entails more work for the DM than just including them in the module.&nbsp; Bah.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zinovia, post: 4308736, member: 57373"] I can understand WotC not wanting to allow wholesale republication of their critters from the MM, but not including the statblocks in a module is a hassle for a GM. We want the stats to be right there, because putting slips of paper in the MM and flipping back and forth between different entries in the middle of combat is annoying. Even in the course of creating individual adventures most DM's copy out the statblock from the MM and insert it (whether by hand or cut and paste) into their write-up. Could we not have been better served by a restriction that amounts to "You can publish WotC monster stat blocks only as part of an adventure, not in a collection of monsters." Restrict it to X number of monsters published in a work, with further stipulation that the work be at least 70% (or whatever) original material. I know defining an "adventure" or a "module" can be a little vague, but that's where the lawyerese comes in. There should be a way to define those things without letting people abuse the intention of the rule. I'm sad that they won't let 3rd party publishers include stat blocks for anything in the MM. If D&DI had a way of printing up a collection of stat blocks for you, then maybe it would work, but it still entails more work for the DM than just including them in the module. Bah. [/QUOTE]

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