Visual description of bulette

[Protagonist]

Awesome. I'd be willing to pay quite a bit for a full book of this if it was edition neutral (no stat blocks etc.) and had some ecology added.

 

[Noumenon]

No stat blocks? That's like buying a player's handbook just for the descriptions of the powers, with no levels or damage included. It's got to have the stats because seeing a cool monster you can play is a lot cooler than just seeing some fictional monster. Forexample, I'd rather see a stat block saying what Dr. Octopus' arms do on a full attack than just see a picture of him and a little description of how he can use them as a backscratcher or a sewer snake.

 

[freyar]

This is really great! And I'm glad Noumenon linked to the other thread, too. You know, I'm not sure if I'd only ever want to see a monster done up like this, but I'd definitely be interested in monsters re-done like this (either SRD or other open content, but especially SRD monsters, which don't have much flavor or tactics anyway). The extra tactics and suggested feats are nice, too, but it's the graphics that really draw me in.

 

[Protagonist]

No stat blocks? That's like buying a player's handbook just for the descriptions of the powers, with no levels or damage included. It's got to have the stats because seeing a cool monster you can play is a lot cooler than just seeing some fictional monster. Forexample, I'd rather see a stat block saying what Dr. Octopus' arms do on a full attack than just see a picture of him and a little description of how he can use them as a backscratcher or a sewer snake.

But if the monsters are classic d&d monsters anyone can take their favourite edition and get some use out of it. What the hell is a full attack good for

 

[Mark Hope]

This is just fantastic stuff. Amazing presentation and incredible usefullness. I'll be using a bulette in an upcoming game and will print out your summary for use at the table.

A product made up of this kind of monster entry (or looseleaf cardstock entries) would get my $$$ in a heartbeat. I know you're not thinking of doing loads more, but might I urge some enterprising 3rd party to leap upon this idea and get to work? A great way of adding usefullness to 3e monsters!

 

[Noumenon]

There is one third-party product that gives round by round tactics for many monsters, including some in the MM: Dangerous Denizens: The Monsters of Tellene. I do not own it. It was recommended in a thread where people were trying to collaboratively put together a manual of round-by-round tactics for monsters. That thread has tactics for

aboleth
rakshasa
ogre mage
green, gray, death slaads
frost worm
grigs
kraken
ettercap
dretch

 

[Klaus]

Awesome work! Kudos!

 

[Katemare]

I know you're not thinking of doing loads more, but might I urge some enterprising 3rd party to leap upon this idea and get to work? A great way of adding usefullness to 3e monsters!

Yeah, that would be the best result from releasing a dozen such monsters as a free supplement. If it will demonstrate some success, I may convince some publisher that the idea worth trying.

Thanks for replies and support %)
The next step should be a tricky monster, to test this design's limits. A true dragon, I think.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Dear WotC:

THIS IS WHAT A MONSTER MANUAL SHOULD BE!

<3
KM

 

[LostSoul]

Very cool.