Basic Fantasy Field Guide Volume 1
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I prefer to not use groupings at all, it avoids the work of having to create the groups and it makes the monsters easier to be found, instead of having to remember the group of a specific monster and search in that group you just go to where the letter of the monster is.
An option is to add, at the end of the file, some optional origins/type tables.
An option is to add, at the end of the file, some optional origins/type tables.
Sorry for any misspelling or writing error, I am not a native English speaker
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There is another way of looking at it... grouping monsters makes sense when they are likely to appear together.
Ignoring necropolis-type situations, Undead monsters don't appear together in mixed groups all that often. Nazgoreans, on the other hand, appear wherever there is a portal... so it's likely that you'll meet several different kinds in one dungeon.
But this still begs the question... which is easier, grouped or ungrouped?
Ignoring necropolis-type situations, Undead monsters don't appear together in mixed groups all that often. Nazgoreans, on the other hand, appear wherever there is a portal... so it's likely that you'll meet several different kinds in one dungeon.
But this still begs the question... which is easier, grouped or ungrouped?
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For me is easier ungrouped, we skip the group creation and group accommodation steps
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I would say grouped, but their are not enough monsters to really put the effort forward for.
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Ungrouped alphabetical...
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Re: Basic Fantasy Field Guide
Ungrouped alphabetical. The book won't be used as much for fun reading (which grouping would help make it fun) as it will for looking up monsters. I wouldn't want to try looking up skeletons only to find them under Undead.
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I'm uploading the R6 Chi sent me; I've added my revised text for the Ice Devil, done a little flow cleanup, and restored his Editor credit. Chi, don't remove yourself from that credit again, you've earned it.
Incidentally, some credit rules for those unfamiliar with our ways. Contributors are credited in the order their work is received. If someone qualifies for multiple credits, generally we credit their most valuable work (for example, if you were a proofer and then became an editor, we drop the proofing credit). Authors who do their own art may be credited for both, at their option. Playtester credits are dropped for authors, editors, or contributors.
Authors who draw their own maps don't get a separate credit (they wrote the darn thing, how much more do they need?) but if the map is drawn by someone else, we give an art credit for that (or sometimes have a separate map credit if more than one person did maps).
If we don't limit the credits in this way, the blocks get huge, and so far no one has been narcissistic enough to demand multiple credits... not even me.
Oh, and one extra rule. If I am in a list of editors or proofreaders, I'm always last.
Incidentally, some credit rules for those unfamiliar with our ways. Contributors are credited in the order their work is received. If someone qualifies for multiple credits, generally we credit their most valuable work (for example, if you were a proofer and then became an editor, we drop the proofing credit). Authors who do their own art may be credited for both, at their option. Playtester credits are dropped for authors, editors, or contributors.
Authors who draw their own maps don't get a separate credit (they wrote the darn thing, how much more do they need?) but if the map is drawn by someone else, we give an art credit for that (or sometimes have a separate map credit if more than one person did maps).
If we don't limit the credits in this way, the blocks get huge, and so far no one has been narcissistic enough to demand multiple credits... not even me.
Oh, and one extra rule. If I am in a list of editors or proofreaders, I'm always last.
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