Yeah. It’s a real PITA. I can’t remember verbal instructions to save my life. It’s either written down or it might as well not have happened. It’s a working memory issue with the wiring in our brains. However frustrating it is for you, it’s 1000 times more frustrating for us. We have to live...
I love UDT. You can get some pre-made on Etsy if you don't want to craft your own. Professor DM really should have trademarked that.
The only "flaw" I can see with UDT is the explicit centering of one space. This prevents multiple simultaneous fights...unless you have two UDT and sundry props...
I wouldn’t know. I’ve never written in any book I’ve ever owned. Notebooks, sure. Book books, never. Highlighters? In textbooks, sure.
My old staple-bound books are falling apart from 40+ years of reading and use.
Exactly the same here. My ideal monster stat block would be all the flavor and descriptions with markers for higher or lower stats in given areas so you can scale them at will.
And the great thing about having the ability to scale the monsters if you want is the people who don’t want to can...