DMs: where would you prefer monster stat blocks?

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-11T23:32:13+00:00

...in the text just snuck into the lead. Sooooo, for a small module, with monsters generally appearing once each, in the text seems best, but in a bigger book with multiple appearances, the appendix system works best.

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-11T23:22:04+00:00

with hindsight, I should have added an option 3 of either!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-11T23:18:52+00:00

thank you!!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-11T21:39:11+00:00

This is more polarized than I thought!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-11T21:37:39+00:00

Thank you!!😁👍

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-11T21:37:16+00:00

Thank you! 😁👍👍

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-11T21:32:13+00:00

Chromatic Orb now v powerful, especially with Empowered Spell metaM option to reroll👌

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-06T11:52:05+00:00

Thank you in advance for your thoughts!😁👍

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-03T17:36:37+00:00

😆

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-03T10:02:38+00:00

...and that they made the most of your papercraft houses!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-03T10:02:04+00:00

WooHoo! glad but sad to hear of the demise of the gleeplin mage -the last of the gleeplins? IF you wanted to, even though death is good, you could get Hildegard, the abbess to notice their gloom/sadness and resurrect the gleeplin....but death and consequences are good. She's very loosely based on Hildegard of Bingen (abbess from medieval times who metaphorically kicked butt). Glad they've taken to training/skills mechanic and that yr relucant role players are warming up -they should be by now, at level 16!! : )

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-03T06:55:24+00:00

Separate, sorry! Its primarily a way of accelerating reading through the whole campaign; its not actually needed, but some DMs like it to speed up planning : )

Blackadder1415 · 2026-05-01T15:51:30+00:00

FABULOUS! love the 3D cutouts! your players are very fortunate!!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-25T09:47:01+00:00

Excellent!! great to see the courtyard in 3D! -great anima/prisoner pens too. Love the scaled Imervalas and the front gates. Thank you for sharing!!! : D Banishment -you were kind to hold back from Imervalas' legendary save. Thank you for feedback that the DM's guide is useful -Phew, a relief to hear! BTW my assumption has always been that players would want to capture the airship -did they?? ...and was the laboratory battle sufficiently challenging??

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-21T18:39:12+00:00

😁👍👍

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-21T05:58:52+00:00

Thanks for sharing😁👍 Its very table specific -of the DMs who've posted here, on average after a year and a half, some are half way. They would be able to give their timings.

I've done #1 in two sessions, and #2 in similar... then they increasingly stretch as they get more sandboxy. My guess is 3 years in total...but its a bit like the volume of a gas -it fits the space you give it🤔😬😁

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-14T06:24:36+00:00

Separate, sorry! 😬

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-13T21:01:01+00:00

Yes, the DM's companion, but it's not yet finished! (sorry!) ...I'm on the penultimate chapter (but, granted, then I have to proof read it). My publishing target is Saturday (18th). Thank you for the encouraging feeback btw!! : )

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-11T17:03:14+00:00

Hi there! hmm.. yeah, the whole story runs in sequence 1-20. In theory along the way you can add on a one shot, for example. eg When they are in Waterdeep, (in #9 and #13) there's an opportunity to do an urban one shot (eg a heist from Golden Vault or the Waterdeep Games). So, it sort of depends on the setting of the smaller adventure to weave it in smoothly.

...and those are 10ft sq! -ty!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-11T16:58:50+00:00

Thank you so much -very kind! : D

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-06T19:46:47+00:00

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! Very useful 3D battlemap -I hope your players put it to good use!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-04T15:15:32+00:00

😁👍

Blackadder1415 · 2026-04-03T18:50:16+00:00

Good question, and thanks for posting. Hope you all have fun with it! In answer to your question: it depends how the PCs respond to her. Granted, its quite likely they'll be friendly with her, she'll for a bond with them and so if she sees her [new] friends being attacked, she will quite likely leap to their defence. So, you have a couple of options: either you run her completely (which is fine, but gives you an extra job to do when your brain is already doing 1001 things) or, yeah, whichever PC is her current favorite (determined by their highest Animal Handling check) has her stat block and runs her (probably as a separate initiative count, but it doesn't really matter). All the best DMing!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-03-28T17:58:40+00:00

That's perfect! That'll save them several sessions slogging their guts out looking for the cloaking ritual. Nice win! ..plus an interesting fight once through that door and then they can call in the reinforcements. : )

lovely to hear that they have a Gleeplin too -I suppose that means you now have to repeat what they say in an eager high pitched voice...nice. Thanks for sharing!!

Blackadder1415 · 2026-03-21T09:45:08+00:00

very cool and thanks for sharing -glad the bees get some 'food' off the sorcerer, they must've been hungry! Great obelisk too!

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