Should monster books from now on have level breakdowns?

[kenjib]

[sarcasm]Yes, that make perfect sense because the Storm Giant's fortress would be guarded by Medium-size Storm Giants barely out of their nappies if a 2nd level party decided to attack it. I suppose it could be their sand pit.[/sarcasm]

Medium-size? Naw, they are full sized and truly fearsome looking (if not truly fearsome in practice).

They are yellow with green hair though, instead of light blue with black hair. Natch!

 

[Olive]

but it would eb a cool adventure for low level characters to have to deal with a run away storm giant adolescant. or something.

 

[Dragongirl]

1) SS has rules for breaking down a monster so why do it.
There are all kinds of helpful books out there for DM that try to save them time by designing places, encounters, etc. You could even argue that monster books are nothing more than an aide to save DM's time.

2) I would rather have my own version than what a publisher does.
Just because the publisher does a version of the breakdown does not mean that a DM can not alter it to suit their needs. Do you never change a module to suit your campaign?

3) Publishers other than WOTC can't do it until it is in the SRD
Well I am not an expert but I don't see why other publishers could not do it, as long as they didn't follow the rules set down in SS.

After reading the replies so far, my own opinion is that it would be a great web enhancement for publishers to do. This avoids "wasting" space as some would say while still providing ready made details for those what wished to use them.

 

[Garmorn]

I would like for the more difficult monsters. It would help DMs who run a lower level magic the standard by giving them a lover Cr level version of lots of the more popular monsters for comparison and when need on the fly.

 

[Olive]

my main problem is that it would make books much bigger. other than that, it would be great!