Read aloud monster text..

[Krug]

What a good idea.
"The MM has a lot of tools for creating new monsters, advancing monsters, and using monsters as player characters and cohorts. We reviewed ..each monster, for example, and if we thought there was a good chance it might be used as a PC, we gave it a level adjustment. If it was a monster that someone would like as a cohort, we gave it an LA (cohort) notation. We also included read aloud text describing every ..monster so that you don't have to wing it whenever you introduce a new monster."

No more fumbling around trying to describe monsters...
"It's like a squid with legs."

"big round ball the size of.. a basketball.. with eyestalks poking out."

 

[Eternalknight]

I agree, it's a fabulous idea.

 

[LGodamus]

yipee , sounds like another good idea , for me to use when I am too lazy to plan ahead , and think of a description myself

 

[Olive]

Just a sgood as the Detect Magic guidelines the new magic items have in their stat blocks.

Why did no one think of it before?!?!?

 

[Eternalknight]

Just a sgood as the Detect Magic guidelines the new magic items have in their stat blocks.

Why did no one think of it before?!?!?

That, too, is a fabulous idea

 

[Maldur]

I didn't hear the detect magic description thng before but that is a VERY good idea!!!!!!!

 

[Bran Blackbyrd]

That's very handy, in my opinion. Sure, you may be changing the descriptions as part of a homebrew or because you don't like the one they have written, but it's nice all the same. As a guy who is homebrewing a whole world, if I don't have to describe what the trifling little kobolds looks like, that's more time I can take describing more important things.

Err, umm: Same for the detect magic descriptions.

 

[Drawmack]

From what I've read I believe the most useful revision have happened to the MM and the DMG.

 

[Aeris Winterood]

Wonderful!

I see so many people bagging on WOTC.... they do have their ups and downs but geeez... I think 3.5 is going to great....

They have LISTENED to gamers and taken what they can from 3 years of playing and are making the game better!!!! Those who do not like it... well... dont buy any of it..... I know I sure will and not regret spending one penny on it....