Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="AngryMojo" data-source="post: 5903419" data-attributes="member: 83096">But plenty of people want that, and having multiple different types of orcs supports a larger number of playstyles.Best I can tell, most people want three different things in their monsters; brief stats that are easy to incorporate, multiple versions of a given monster to grant variety or a full and robust system of monster crafting to customize to a given need.&nbsp; I see no reason why the Monster Manual can't support ease, variety and customization in the same book.I'd like to see large categories of monsters, like orcs, have a basic &quot;warrior&quot; profile along with a few examples of &quot;advanced&quot; specimens and guidelines (not rules) for making your own variations.&nbsp; This way those who just want basic orcs have basic orcs, those who want multiple orcs have multiple orcs, and those who want to make their own orcs can make their own orcs.While we're at it, go ahead and put in the orcs that instant die from fireballs and die by droves as a single, brief statblock.&nbsp; Add in a page of story-information with some evocative art and you'll cover everyone's bases.&nbsp; I'd rather WotC put in too much optional information about a monster than not nearly enough.&nbsp; The more information you have, the more playstyles you include, but assuming you only need a minimum of information takes more detail oriented players and leaves them out in the cold.Granted this makes for a very long Monster Manual, but I don't think it's going to be feasable to make the &quot;big tent&quot; RPG WotC is aiming for without some very large books.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AngryMojo, post: 5903419, member: 83096"] But plenty of people [I]want[/I] that, and having multiple different types of orcs supports a larger number of playstyles. Best I can tell, most people want three different things in their monsters; brief stats that are easy to incorporate, multiple versions of a given monster to grant variety or a full and robust system of monster crafting to customize to a given need. I see no reason why the Monster Manual can't support ease, variety and customization in the same book. I'd like to see large categories of monsters, like orcs, have a basic "warrior" profile along with a few examples of "advanced" specimens and guidelines (not rules) for making your own variations. This way those who just want basic orcs have basic orcs, those who want multiple orcs have multiple orcs, and those who want to make their own orcs can make their own orcs. While we're at it, go ahead and put in the orcs that instant die from fireballs and die by droves as a single, brief statblock. Add in a page of story-information with some evocative art and you'll cover everyone's bases. I'd rather WotC put in too much optional information about a monster than not nearly enough. The more information you have, the more playstyles you include, but assuming you only need a minimum of information takes more detail oriented players and leaves them out in the cold. Granted this makes for a very long Monster Manual, but I don't think it's going to be feasable to make the "big tent" RPG WotC is aiming for without some very large books. [/QUOTE]

Verification