Monster Maker

There has been some considerable excitement in these parts surrounding the use of GiffyGlyph's Monster Maker.  This post is a pointer to it and a few supporting notes.

Home Page for the tool: giffyglyph.com/monstermaker/

The system the author is introducing substitues Monster Points for D&D 5E's rather bastardized CR ratings for building challenging encounters. It also provides an easy to use custom moneter building UI that crafts useful monster cards.

Overall this seems like amazing stuff.  Something that I look forward to using. So much so I have added a link for the app to the side bar in the DM section.

Leveling: Points vs Milestones, Part 1

I believe this is the first installment of a three part series on leveling.  The parts are expected to be:

1. Experience per RAW
2. Issues and Benefits
3. How I Want to Handle Leveling

The follow on posts may change, or never exist, but that is my thought as of today.