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<blockquote data-quote="mkill" data-source="post: 5849207" data-attributes="member: 55985">[MENTION=19265]Connorsrpg[/MENTION]: I like what you are doing there, but it fits a different purpose. Your tables assume the DM has time - time to roll on separate tables, time to look through a document with several pages, time to go back to his library and get a book, time to completely rewrite the monster with a template... It's a different tool with a different scenario.My scenario is that the DM is improvising - maybe the PCs ran off an unexpected thread. Maybe some friends came over and saw the books, and someone suggested rolling up characters. Now you want to put a flameskull on the table, and you need just one little twist. In my scenario, you have 10 seconds - then the PCs start talking, drawing their swords, or throwing fireballs. It can be little tidbit to throw at the party before they roll initiative, or a first clue that you later build upon.Speaking of Flameskull... I love this monster. Just coming up with different ideas how this monster came to be gave me the next table.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mkill, post: 5849207, member: 55985"] [MENTION=19265]Connorsrpg[/MENTION]: I like what you are doing there, but it fits a different purpose. Your tables assume the DM has time - time to roll on separate tables, time to look through a document with several pages, time to go back to his library and get a book, time to completely rewrite the monster with a template... It's a different tool with a different scenario. My scenario is that the DM is improvising - maybe the PCs ran off an unexpected thread. Maybe some friends came over and saw the books, and someone suggested rolling up characters. Now you want to put a flameskull on the table, and you need just one little twist. In my scenario, you have 10 seconds - then the PCs start talking, drawing their swords, or throwing fireballs. It can be little tidbit to throw at the party before they roll initiative, or a first clue that you later build upon. Speaking of [B]Flameskull[/B]... I love this monster. Just coming up with different ideas how this monster came to be gave me the next table. [/QUOTE]

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