Article Info

Column  Design & Development
Title  Monster Design
Authors  Chris Sims, Michael Mearls
Book Type  GM Advice
Genre  Fantasy
Setting  Generic
Series 
System  Dungeons & Dragons 4
Parent: [ AD&D ]
Parent: [ D&D / Basic ]

Article Summary

How to create a monster, from a D&D Experience seminar.

Only available online, not in the collected PDF magazine.


This article is contained in Dragon #372.

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Design & Development
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The Core Mechanic Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #360
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Encounter Design in 4th Edition D&D Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #360
The D&D Pantheon Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #360
Zombies! Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #360
Critical Hits: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Crit-Mas Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #361
Elite Bulette Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #361
Feats Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #361
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Magic Item Levels Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #361
Paladin Smites Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #361
Quests Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #361
The Importance of Terrain Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #361
Death and Dying, or 'How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Negative Hit Points' Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #362
Halflings Information: Preview Generic Dragon #362
Magic Item Slots Information: Preview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #362
Dispel Magic Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #363
The Warlord Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #363
The Dungeon Master's Guide Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #364
Monsters! Monsters! Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #365
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The Evolution of Magic Items Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #367
Death & Dying Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #368
Barbarian & Bard Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #369
Reimagining the Planes Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #370
Good Feats! Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #371
The Gnome, the Bad, and the Ugly Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #372
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Interview: Ask R&D Information: Interview Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #372
The Deva Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #373
The Primal Power Source Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #373
Familiars Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #374
The Monk Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #375
Hybrid Characters, Part 2 Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #375
Dragonmarks Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #376
The Artificer Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #376
Psionics Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #377
Eberron Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #377
Magic Item Sets Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #378
Character Classes Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #379
Rediscovering Sigil Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #380
Genesis of a Monster Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #381
Dungeon Tiles Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #383
The Battlemind Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #384
Martial Power 2 Information: Design Notes Dungeons & Dragons 4 Dragon #384
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