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<blockquote data-quote="katahn" data-source="post: 4180099" data-attributes="member: 65004">The question is &quot;how much fluff&quot;?&nbsp; So far from what I've seen of the 4e monster entries I'd say they have about as much as I'd want from a monster manual.&nbsp; I'd be a lot happier leaving the majority of 'fluff' to articles in DDI or my own feverish imagination.&nbsp; The less that's &quot;set in stone&quot; in the book the better and for exactly the reasons you hint at with not wanting to feel like you're required to use their cities, nations, or gods.I agree completely here and this is a perfect example of the kind of detail that really doesn't need to be in the MM.Creating fluff, as I see it, is essentially storytelling and that is the entire point of what I enjoy in being a DM.&nbsp; The more of the story that gets told for me and the less I feel like a storyteller and the more I feel like a narrator or a substitute for whatever computer architecture might be running someone's MMO of choice with the decisions and fun bits already decided and me reduced to rolling dice for the monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="katahn, post: 4180099, member: 65004"] The question is "how much fluff"? So far from what I've seen of the 4e monster entries I'd say they have about as much as I'd want from a monster manual. I'd be a lot happier leaving the majority of 'fluff' to articles in DDI or my own feverish imagination. The less that's "set in stone" in the book the better and for exactly the reasons you hint at with not wanting to feel like you're required to use their cities, nations, or gods. I agree completely here and this is a perfect example of the kind of detail that really doesn't need to be in the MM. Creating fluff, as I see it, is essentially storytelling and that is the entire point of what I enjoy in being a DM. The more of the story that gets told for me and the less I feel like a storyteller and the more I feel like a narrator or a substitute for whatever computer architecture might be running someone's MMO of choice with the decisions and fun bits already decided and me reduced to rolling dice for the monsters. [/QUOTE]

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