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Do you need 20000 monster statblocks?

Started by RPGPundit, July 11, 2012, 04:37:55 AM

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Bill

#75
July 26, 2012, 07:42:31 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;564436I randomly rolled an encounter with a piercer in a room where a piercer would not have been hidden at all; so instead I decided it was a nearly flat monster that clung to the ceiling, camouflaged, a flat round mass with hundreds of tiny sucker-like feet, waiting to drop on an unsuspecting opponent.

So basically, not an ochre-jelly style amoeba.

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Makes sense. I am a big fan of 'reskinning' monsters.

everloss

#76
July 26, 2012, 11:08:02 AM
Quote from: Spike;564623Wait... wait... I know this monster. There was a whole species of floor/wall/ceiling critters, flat panels... the name escapes me, but I know it's there...

I think the ceiling one was in MM2...

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#77
July 26, 2012, 01:07:14 PM
Quote from: everloss;564682Are you thinking of the Lurker Above?

Probably.  I'm umpteen miles from my library and torrent the AD&D monster manuals sounds like a lot of work, so I'm gonna have to trust you on this one.

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Aos

#78
July 26, 2012, 02:39:36 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;563445Last night I re-formulated a piercer into a "giant amoeba".   You know how? By changing its name to "giant amoeba".

RPGPundit

Is there anybody who doesn't do this?

Honestly, though, I don't have much of an issue with your larger point except for the one true way part. I do think, however, that the candidates for the  "only necessary monster book" varies from campaign to campaign. For classic D&D, or even your Dark Albion the 1e MM (which I do not  currently own) seems the obvious choice. Settings like Dark Sun, Scarn  or Spell Jammer, however, might be better served by different books.

Whatever, though, more is never really bad.
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#79
July 26, 2012, 08:30:09 PM
Quote from: GrimJesta;564523It depends.

I felt that BECMI didn't have enough creatures to flip through in order to get "cool ideas", but I felt that 2e and 3e had waaaaay too many (I have yet to see the MM for 4e beyond a quick glance; my case of explosive vomiting brought on by what I saw made any further perusal impossible). I did feel that AD&D1e had a good amount.

Fuck, I'm such a 1e fanboy.

-=Grim=-

The Rules Cyclopedia had a crazy amount of monsters, including a number of really weird ones that don't show up in any of the other editions.

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July 26, 2012, 08:32:18 PM
Quote from: Gib;564820Is there anybody who doesn't do this?

Honestly, though, I don't have much of an issue with your larger point except for the one true way part. I do think, however, that the candidates for the  "only necessary monster book" varies from campaign to campaign. For classic D&D, or even your Dark Albion the 1e MM (which I do not  currently own) seems the obvious choice. Settings like Dark Sun, Scarn  or Spell Jammer, however, might be better served by different books.

Sure, I'm willing to accept that; more exotic settings need their own list of monsters.  Its why I statted out a shitload of monsters for the Arrows of Indra book.

What no game needs, though, is to have Monster Manuals vols. 1-215.

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#81
July 26, 2012, 09:06:27 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;565007Its why I statted out a shitload of monsters for the Arrows of Indra book.



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