Sean Merwin

So now it's like it knows where everything is on its web, or it just knows where everything is better. It looks like they're taking out those situational things and just making it, at least in this case, making it more of a mathematical thing.

Yeah. Okay. Well, I mean, as a designer... You're told your job is to go through the book and change these monsters. And this is our design goal. So go to town.

Yeah. Okay. Well, I mean, as a designer... You're told your job is to go through the book and change these monsters. And this is our design goal. So go to town.

Well, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying better. Better is relative.

Well, that's what I'm saying. I'm saying better. Better is relative.

I don't know if they do either, but that's what I'm trying to discern. I'm trying to... Then it's not appreciably better, right? I don't know yet. That's the thing. Appreciably is a word that has appreciate in it. Or demonstrably or whatever, you know what I mean? Like... Right. But all of that requires a knowledge, requires you take the time to think things through.

I don't know if they do either, but that's what I'm trying to discern. I'm trying to... Then it's not appreciably better, right? I don't know yet. That's the thing. Appreciably is a word that has appreciate in it. Or demonstrably or whatever, you know what I mean? Like... Right. But all of that requires a knowledge, requires you take the time to think things through.

And so that's why I'm doing this. I'm trying to think things through to say, this may not look like a huge change, but is it a huge change? And we just haven't seen that change yet.

And so that's why I'm doing this. I'm trying to think things through to say, this may not look like a huge change, but is it a huge change? And we just haven't seen that change yet.

Now, this is a change that was for the better, right? In 2014, the giant spider does seven piercing and an average of nine poison. Has a save versus the poison, but if you fail... not only do you take the damage, but if that poison damage reduces you to zero and 10 points or nine points of poison damage after seven piercing with a creature of a CR that small generally did take you to zero.

Now, this is a change that was for the better, right? In 2014, the giant spider does seven piercing and an average of nine poison. Has a save versus the poison, but if you fail... not only do you take the damage, but if that poison damage reduces you to zero and 10 points or nine points of poison damage after seven piercing with a creature of a CR that small generally did take you to zero.

you're stable but poisoned for an hour and while even after you regain hit points you remain poisoned for the hour and you're paralyzed while poisoned in this way but i want lord of the rings sean that was so huge and that was so annoying as a player as a game master because it happened so often and now they just like okay you take the extra damage and and you're you're done

you're stable but poisoned for an hour and while even after you regain hit points you remain poisoned for the hour and you're paralyzed while poisoned in this way but i want lord of the rings sean that was so huge and that was so annoying as a player as a game master because it happened so often and now they just like okay you take the extra damage and and you're you're done

Yeah, it's cool if it's to an NPC. It's less cool if it's to a player character.

Yeah, it's cool if it's to an NPC. It's less cool if it's to a player character.

So that's our quick look at stat blocks as we know them right now. So I hope you enjoyed that look at the 2014-2024 comparison. Now we're going to get to our main topic today, which is building the perfect campaign guide. Not the perfect campaign, the perfect campaign guide. Maybe we'll do the perfect campaign later. This comes from a question that someone asked, but I don't see that.

So that's our quick look at stat blocks as we know them right now. So I hope you enjoyed that look at the 2014-2024 comparison. Now we're going to get to our main topic today, which is building the perfect campaign guide. Not the perfect campaign, the perfect campaign guide. Maybe we'll do the perfect campaign later. This comes from a question that someone asked, but I don't see that.

It was Lou Anders. Yeah, it was Lou Anders. Thank you. Who basically asked, what would you put in your campaign guide? And it just so happens that I seem to be building about 20 campaign guides at the moment. So I would love to answer this question. The question here is for me, what should it include? What might it want to include? And what should it definitely not include?

It was Lou Anders. Yeah, it was Lou Anders. Thank you. Who basically asked, what would you put in your campaign guide? And it just so happens that I seem to be building about 20 campaign guides at the moment. So I would love to answer this question. The question here is for me, what should it include? What might it want to include? And what should it definitely not include?

And it's very easy to say, we'll put all the things in it. But Teos, as you know, having done work in this industry before, that ignores the reality of limited budget, limited page count, limited resources, time, all of that. So we can't put all the things in. So let's assume that we have a typical audience for this project and their needs, not a special niche audience.