Stat blocks for common monsters

[MerricB]

Related poll to the first - do you prefer to see monster stats in full always, or if you meet a goblin do you just prefer a MM reference?

Cheers!

 

[pogre]

I suspect in this community many will know the stats of many monsters by heart.

Not me, and I will begin the minority who cheer for full stat blocks in the encounters - not in an appendix - right where the creature is encountered.

Yes, I will pay for them - because obviously they are going to "use up" space in the adventure.

 

[darkbard]

i understand the increased space full monster stats would necessitate. nonetheless, i'd love to not have to pull out the monster manual during gameplay nor print out separate stat blocks.

 

[sellars]

For me just hitpoints and a page reference would suffice, if it is a monster that is not to common, my players will want to see the picture if it is available, that way, i would have to look up the reference anyway

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[HellHound]

I *HATE* having to pull out the Monster Manual every time an encounter comes up.

I ESPECIALLY hate having to pull it out and place pens in the book at three different places so I can find EACH of the monsters in the current fight.

Give me the bloody stats in the module where they will be encountered, not in an appendix at the end!

 

[smetzger]

I *HATE* having to pull out the Monster Manual every time an encounter comes up.

I ESPECIALLY hate having to pull it out and place pens in the book at three different places so I can find EACH of the monsters in the current fight.

Give me the bloody stats in the module where they will be encountered, not in an appendix at the end!

I am running RttToEE and I actually like the stats in the back. I just wish that they had stats for the unaltered MM monsters and that the inside margin was larger so that I could photocopy the stats.

 

[HellHound]

If I had the time and access to a photocopier, then the statblocks at the end of Return to the Temple of Inexplicable Evil would have been fine.

BETTER would have been a seperate booklet, like the map booklet, with the stat blocks in it. That would have been IDEAL actually.

 

[maddman75]

Agree hellhound -- I'm starting the RotToEE tonight, and may just do that!

I'd rather pay for stat blocks right where you need them myself.

 

[Arnwyn]

Boooo to the responses above. I *always*, stat blocks given or not, use the MM (or whatever monster book is used for an adventure) during an encounter. At the very least, I show the picture to the players. And, I prefer the original reference.

I *hate* (unaltered) monster stat blocks in adventures - waste of space and my money. Hated 'em in 1e, hated 'em in 2e, and hate them in 3e.

Dungeon Magazine got it right.

 

[Tonguez]

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