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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 2394685" data-attributes="member: 32164">Yes, there are plenty of stat blocks on the internet.However, they are poorly indexed and not readily accessible. People place a high premium on organization and usability. Even something as simple as a product that compiled all the stat blocks on the internet in one place would be a value-added proposition that, I imagine, a lot of people would pay money for.After all, most gamers pay money for the PHB, MM, and DMG even though their content is available for free. That says something about the value of organization and navigability.One of the failings of 1e AD&amp;D was its organization, or lack thereof. There was a great quote in the other thread about Gygax, for all of his genius, having the organizational skills of a butterfly on crystal meth...3e, by contrast, may not be a flawlessly engineered game, but it's pretty well-organized.More generally this stat book is a great idea that I, for one, would pay for. One of the things both Star Wars and d20 Modern provide is a good list of NPCs. D20 Modern did even better with the publication of the Menace Manual. I've always thought a D&amp;D version would be great. If you wanted, you could make one that was setting specific - flavor text, organizations, and complete sample NPCs.On a somewhat tangential topic, I personally suspect that one of the things Monte Cook wants to try with his Ptolus Book is providing NPCs with FULL stat blocks. If I'm right, it would partially explain why that project has taken him the better part of the last year. I guess we'll find out when it's released.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnSnow, post: 2394685, member: 32164"] Yes, there are plenty of stat blocks on the internet. However, they are poorly indexed and not readily accessible. People place a high premium on organization and usability. Even something as simple as a product that compiled all the stat blocks on the internet in one place would be a value-added proposition that, I imagine, a lot of people would pay money for. After all, most gamers pay money for the PHB, MM, and DMG even though their content is available for free. That says something about the value of organization and navigability. One of the failings of 1e AD&D was its organization, or lack thereof. There was a great quote in the other thread about Gygax, for all of his genius, having the organizational skills of a butterfly on crystal meth... 3e, by contrast, may not be a flawlessly engineered game, but it's pretty well-organized. More generally this stat book is a great idea that I, for one, would pay for. One of the things both [i]Star Wars[/i] and [i]d20 Modern[/i] provide is a good list of NPCs. [i]D20 Modern[/i] did even better with the publication of the [i]Menace Manual[/i]. I've always thought a D&D version would be great. If you wanted, you could make one that was setting specific - flavor text, organizations, and complete sample NPCs. On a somewhat tangential topic, I personally suspect that one of the things Monte Cook wants to try with his Ptolus Book is providing NPCs with FULL stat blocks. If I'm right, it would partially explain why that project has taken him the better part of the last year. I guess we'll find out when it's released. [/QUOTE]

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