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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 6037355" data-attributes="member: 7737">I'm going to go with 4e's Monster Vault for all the reasons in the other thread. Although I could be convinced that Threats to the Nentir Vale (a/k/a Monster Vault 2) is even better due to the implied setting.4e is the first, and most likely only given where 5e is headed -- anyway... first and only edition of D&D to create a monster statblock that blends mechanical and flavorful details into a unified whole. A well designed, well realized 4e monster both tells and shows you how that monster behaves.I am more than willing to give up the nit-picky simulationist details of previous editions (number appearing? percent in lair? who freakin' cares? I can make up those answers myself) for the elegance of the 4e monster approach.Now, granted, they didn't really get grooving on this elegant monster design until MM3 and later. But with Monster Vault, they really knocked it out of the park.</blockquote>