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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7293210" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I voted #2 but really wanted an option #6.I run monsters out of the book as written all the time, but also throw in custom monsters on a regular basis.  Sometimes that's minor tweaks to existing monsters, sometimes it's just making up new monsters based on the guidelines in the DMG.  Sometimes I add class levels to an existing monster or use a troll's stats to represent what I describe as a deformed dog-like creature.Sometimes a gnoll is just a gnoll, other times it's been specially blessed by the dark gods and has special abilities.  It depends on the story I want to tell and whether there's a monster stat block that works for what I need.It also depend on party level.  Lower levels?  I can pretty much use monsters out of the book. Higher levels?  I'm more likely to customize.</blockquote>