Monster Design with Makenzie De Armas - S4E7

This week I'm joined by Makenzie De Armas to talk designing monsters! Every game, every system has monsters (in some sense) and they play a critical component to telling stories. So how do the pros do it? How can we build fun monsters for folks to run, players to fight against and designers to build! We go over: - Some "broken" monster stories and how to balance them;

Monster statblock design principles,

A peak behind the curtain on how monster's are designed at the wizard's tower, and

Advice for adapting content from other sources into a monster.

If you liked Makenzie's wisdom you should totally check out her socials @MakenzieLaneDA or check out her website: https://www.makenzielaneda.com/

Happy gaming & much love Mat

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Music: The music from this episode was composed by Alex & Chase over at Pocket Bard, the best ttrpg music and sound companion app. Look it up in your app store! Thanks Pocket Bard <3

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