Oooooh Monster Descriptions...

[Scribble]

Hey the compendium puts the monster description back. Cool.

 

[frankthedm]

Explain?

 

[Scribble]

Description: A bugbear is a brawny goblin that stands 7 to 7-1/2 feet tall. It has large ears and a nose resembling a bear’s (hence the name). Bugbears wear rough, patchwork clothing and armor.

Like that.

That was one bit of flavor I missed having in the MM.

 

[frankthedm]

So the insider has more than the MM now? Interesting!

Of course my inner naysayer says this means that someday we with see an ^Extra-Special Edition Monster Manual. Hopefully this time it will be the puffy faux leather!

 

[Byronic]

Frankly, I'm a bit annoyed at this. This should have been in the monster manual. I'm thinking that most players who start DnD with fourth edition could have used it.

It's not like they didn't know about the fluff. It's about the same as the last editions.

 

[Shroomy]

I think they added a description because there are no pictures in the Compendium.

 

[Henrix]

Nice, but it should have been in the MM

 

[wedgeski]

Frankly, I'm a bit annoyed at this. This should have been in the monster manual. I'm thinking that most players who start DnD with fourth edition could have used it.

As opposed to the giant full-colour pictures of every creature in there?

 

[avin]

As opposed to the giant full-colour pictures of every creature in there?

Yes, despite of it. And monster ecology too.

MM4E fails miserably.

Nice change on compendium tho.

PS. Not every creature has description yet.

 

[evilgenius8000]

I would prefer more monsters, and just add the flavor myself. It's not like the players will be looking through the MM. Also, is it so hard to look at a picture and summarize it in a few words?

I hardly think the MM fails - quite the opposite, in fact. I think the MM is great for the variety of powers found in the monsters and the various tactics that can be employed with them. Anything else is really the realm of the DM's imagination, not some book. In any case, there's always Wikipedia if you don't know what a standard D&D monster looks like.