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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 4277469" data-attributes="member: 13107">So ... about the count of creatures in the book ... it's not as high as it seams.&nbsp; There is a lot of overlap between monsters at different levels, which could be removed by adding a *real* advancement section.For example, take a look at the white dragon.&nbsp; How hard would it have been to give *one* dragon, and provide an advancement section?Reading through the book, I am struck how much better this would be as a set of 3x6 cards with the monster stat blocks and a book with, per monster, a single stat block and with information about how the monster advances.&nbsp; That would make the stat blocks eminently usable as a table-side resource, and would provide a whole lot more information on the monster background and ecology.(Also, note that the monsters in the book are using more of a 3.5E style advancement.&nbsp; I don't think the book designers used the same rules as are described in the &quot;how to level monsters&quot; guidelines.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 4277469, member: 13107"] So ... about the count of creatures in the book ... it's not as high as it seams. There is a lot of overlap between monsters at different levels, which could be removed by adding a *real* advancement section. For example, take a look at the white dragon. How hard would it have been to give *one* dragon, and provide an advancement section? Reading through the book, I am struck how much better this would be as a set of 3x6 cards with the monster stat blocks and a book with, per monster, a single stat block and with information about how the monster advances. That would make the stat blocks eminently usable as a table-side resource, and would provide a whole lot more information on the monster background and ecology. (Also, note that the monsters in the book are using more of a 3.5E style advancement. I don't think the book designers used the same rules as are described in the "how to level monsters" guidelines.) [/QUOTE]

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