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<blockquote data-quote="gaptooth" data-source="post: 5417220" data-attributes="member: 98818">I just got the the Monster Vault for Christmas, and it's missing something I thought would be in there: rules for customizing monsters or creating your own from scratch. Not a huge disappointment, but I'm curious. Is that covered by any of the Essentials products?One thing I'm wondering about is what changes if you raise or diminish a monster's level. I'm running Keep on the Borderlands which includes a certain NPC who wasn't assigned stats for the first four chapters. I found a mention of the character in a Dungeon magazine article, which said to use stats for another creature in the MM, but drop it's level by three. The article included the stats that would be affected, but it would be good to know how to do this in other cases. How are a monster's attacks, defenses, and damage affected by its level? Are there any other stats that change?Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gaptooth, post: 5417220, member: 98818"] I just got the the Monster Vault for Christmas, and it's missing something I thought would be in there: rules for customizing monsters or creating your own from scratch. Not a huge disappointment, but I'm curious. Is that covered by any of the Essentials products? One thing I'm wondering about is what changes if you raise or diminish a monster's level. I'm running [I]Keep on the Borderlands[/I] which includes a certain NPC who wasn't assigned stats for the first four chapters. I found a mention of the character in a [I]Dungeon[/I] magazine article, which said to use stats for another creature in the [I]MM[/I], but drop it's level by three. The article included the stats that would be affected, but it would be good to know how to do this in other cases. How are a monster's attacks, defenses, and damage affected by its level? Are there any other stats that change? Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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