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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6148653" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>There is a lot of mention about what warrants a stat block and what doesn't...</p><p></p><p>How about we come to some kind of consensus what a "stat block" entails. All of this "saving of space" or "padding the book" really doesn't mean anything if we're all talking about/envisioning a different amount of info/layout/space. Is there some reason you <em>couldn't </em>have 4 stat blocks under the Horse or Cat or "Winged Stinging Insect"? If the only differences are "+3 HP" or "+10' movement" but everything else is the same then that gets detailed in the description? Does it take up "no more"-to-"significantly less" room than you would by giving each critter its own entry...not it's own <em>stat block.</em>..its own entry? Or does it take up more/less to list separate stat blocks within a single entry?</p><p></p><p>So...What <em>is</em> a stat block? What does it include? How much room does it take? Are they horizontally or vertically oriented? Is there some reason they can't be listed next to each other for similar types of creatures: i.e. Cats, Horses, Winged Stinging Insects, or with separate stat blocks for each creature under a "Horse section", "Cat section", etc... like has traditionally been done for the large scale categories of Dragons, Giants, etc...? That would still, to my mind's eye, be a good amount less room than a "Lion" under "L", "Destrier" under "D", with Panther and Pony under "P".</p><p></p><p>I'm still of the mind that the differences of such creatures as Dragons, Demons, Giants, Genies, etc. are too significant and do require a separate stat block and descriptive entry for each type...within their respective "sections", of course. It's not just a size/damage thing. Their lairs are different. Their breath weapons, their magical abilities/affinities (if any), societal interactions, alignments, etc. etc. They are definitely different enough that I shouldn't see "Dragon: XYZ +1HD per age, +10 HP damage with breath for each size category, +50' movement for each size category while flying" with little bits of fluff saying differences between "White, Black, Bronze..."</p><p></p><p>But my point is...before arguing yay-individual/nay-group [or vice versa] any further, what<em> is </em>a "stat block"?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6148653, member: 92511"] There is a lot of mention about what warrants a stat block and what doesn't... How about we come to some kind of consensus what a "stat block" entails. All of this "saving of space" or "padding the book" really doesn't mean anything if we're all talking about/envisioning a different amount of info/layout/space. Is there some reason you [I]couldn't [/I]have 4 stat blocks under the Horse or Cat or "Winged Stinging Insect"? If the only differences are "+3 HP" or "+10' movement" but everything else is the same then that gets detailed in the description? Does it take up "no more"-to-"significantly less" room than you would by giving each critter its own entry...not it's own [I]stat block.[/I]..its own entry? Or does it take up more/less to list separate stat blocks within a single entry? So...What [I]is[/I] a stat block? What does it include? How much room does it take? Are they horizontally or vertically oriented? Is there some reason they can't be listed next to each other for similar types of creatures: i.e. Cats, Horses, Winged Stinging Insects, or with separate stat blocks for each creature under a "Horse section", "Cat section", etc... like has traditionally been done for the large scale categories of Dragons, Giants, etc...? That would still, to my mind's eye, be a good amount less room than a "Lion" under "L", "Destrier" under "D", with Panther and Pony under "P". I'm still of the mind that the differences of such creatures as Dragons, Demons, Giants, Genies, etc. are too significant and do require a separate stat block and descriptive entry for each type...within their respective "sections", of course. It's not just a size/damage thing. Their lairs are different. Their breath weapons, their magical abilities/affinities (if any), societal interactions, alignments, etc. etc. They are definitely different enough that I shouldn't see "Dragon: XYZ +1HD per age, +10 HP damage with breath for each size category, +50' movement for each size category while flying" with little bits of fluff saying differences between "White, Black, Bronze..." But my point is...before arguing yay-individual/nay-group [or vice versa] any further, what[I] is [/I]a "stat block"? [/QUOTE]
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