I’m starting to write funnel Adventures for Level Zero play in Freebooters and I remember that there have been…

I’m starting to write funnel Adventures for Level Zero play in Freebooters and I remember that there have been…

I’m starting to write funnel Adventures for Level Zero play in Freebooters and I remember that there have been issues with the way I’ve been handling monster stat blocks, by putting them all in their own section (cf Servants of the Cinder Queen and Perilous Deeps). Some people dislike having to flip back and forth between different sections of the book. Since ease of use is a primary goal, I’m looking for more opinions!

Option 1 shows the area description with stat blocks included, and option 2 shows what they would look like in a separate chapter. The area description text for option 2 would look just like option 1, but with the “Roughneck” and “Rooster” paragraphs removed.

18 thoughts on “I’m starting to write funnel Adventures for Level Zero play in Freebooters and I remember that there have been…”

  1. Michael Prescott, I experimented with that, but it ended up taking up too much space and became untenable layout-wise on spreads where, for instance, there are 4-5 different monsters.

  2. Christo Meid Into that for sure. Same size as Magic Cards, so they can be sleeved. Heck, then I can finally get Freebooters of Dominaria to the table 🙂

  3. I prefer monster stats in different sections because I like to plunder & mix-n-match fiction/mechanics and monsters independently. Keeping these separate makes it easier to reskin for my own campaign.

    So… +1 to Wes Baker’s suggestion to have both but enhance the in-text stats for those who run as-is?

  4. I had not even considered doing both, because I’m usually so focused on minimizing page count! I will definitely take that possibility into consideration.

  5. “Overrated reptile”. Nice.

    Instead of a totally separate chapter for the stat blocks, can you have them at the end of the area they are most likely to be first encountered?

  6. For me, the most efficient is to have a summary statblock in the page (possibly separated), and separated pages with full descriptions to keep at hand for when I need the extra information.

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