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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4800303" data-attributes="member: 54846">After the success of <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/256343-so-thats-why-you-like.html" target="_blank">So that's why you like it</a>, I wanted to try a similar idea.Often I'm thumbing through possible monster or race, and I really like one. But I can't think of a way to work them into the game conceivably. I may just feel that the monster needs a flavor face-lift, because while I like the monster, the attached fluff is done to death. Or, like many say, the monster lacks any fluff/lore. If you want suggestions for your monster or racePropose a monster or race, and ask for suggestions using it in your game. When you pose a monster, ask for one of the following:I need an encounter hook! This is where you just want to use the monster in a single encounter, or a string of them. You can't think of how to work it in. What monsters would this thing be working with? Or what could it be doing where the PCs would just stumble across it? I need a story hook! When you want more than just an encounter, you want this monster to actually have a significant role in an adventure/ story. What kind of plots would this monster be cooking up? What is it doing in this dungeon over here? What kind of role does it serve in an adventure?I need fluff! Sometimes stats are just not enough. You want to know where this thing comes from, or perhaps some legend or rumor your PCs hear about it over a campfire, so it feels more real in your world. Where does it come from? What role has it served in the world? What are its habits? Does any mundane thing ward it off or attract it? I need reflavoring! When the fluff isn't enough. Or rather, when the fluff has been played out and you want something new. Maybe you want a place and history for this monster in your campaign world, or you want it to be more unique and intriguing. What other origins could this monster have? What new ways could it express its role? This option also works for races, if you want a facelift for that every day demi-human. If you're responding to a monster post Offer 3 of whatever the poster needs. For example, if the monster needs flavor, suggest an origin, a legend, and a factoid. These don't need to be long - two sentences perhaps, unless you're feeling creative.</blockquote>

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