2017-03-04 Monster List

Remember the monster manual I’ve been working on? The current status is not so bad:

Ape, Giant … Basilisk … Bear … Bee, Giant … Beetle, Giant Boar … Bugbear … Cat, Large … Centaur … Centipede, Giant … Chimera … Crab, Giant … Creeper … Crocodile … Doppelgänger … Dragon … Dwarf (NPC) … Elephant … Elf (NPC) … Ettin … Gargoyle … Ghoul … Giant … Gnoll … Gnome … Goblin … Golem … Gorgon … Gryphon … Halfling (NPC) … Harpy … Hellhound … Hobgoblin … Horse … Human … Hydra … Ifrit … Invisible Stalker … Jinni … Lamprey, Giant Psychic … Lizard, Giant … Lizard, People … Lycanthrope … Manticore … Marid … Medusa … Minotaur … Mummy … Weasel, Giant … Worm, Giant

=> Ape, Giant | Basilisk | Bear | Bee, Giant | Beetle, Giant | Boar | Bugbear | Cat, Large | Centaur | Centipede, Giant | Chimera | Crab, Giant | Creeper | Crocodile | Doppelgänger | Dragon | Dwarf (NPC) | Elephant | Elf (NPC) | Ettin | Gargoyle | Ghoul | Giant | Gnoll | Gnome | Goblin | Golem | Gorgon | Gryphon | Halfling (NPC) | Harpy | Hellhound | Hobgoblin | Horse | Human | Hydra | Ifrit | Invisible Stalker | Jinni | Lamprey, Giant Psychic | Lizard, Giant | Lizard, People | Lycanthrope | Manticore | Marid | Medusa | Minotaur | Mummy | Weasel, Giant | Worm, Giant

Basically it’s good enough for me to take the booklet and use it at the table. I’ve already noticed a few things.

1. The ghoul fear attack is weird and doesn’t work as intended. As I was using ghouls in a recent encounter, they just jumped the party and fought in melee.

2. I need hags and shamans and other magic users with a bunch of interesting spells as monsters.

3. While writing the book I’ve started to wonder whether I should just move away from the tricky calculation of monster XP back to the very old 100XP/HD. Sure, suddenly we’re back to gaining levels by killing 20 orcs. But is that such a problem? I don’t think so. Determining what counts as a special ability and what does not is boring.

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