Quick and Dirty Stat Blocks

This is a follow-up to another great blog post out there. It's a great read honestly, check out the link at the bottom.

When running a gaming session, I don't need most of what is normally included in the stat block. It's just too much information when you need to quickly get your players into a batter, or when your players fuck over an NPC unexpectedly.

I wanted to share a tool to help you organize the most important information in one place:

Quick and Dirty Stat Block Template

These will fit rather nicely into the GM Plot-keeper tool and will hopefully speed up your game.

Also, a hardworking gamer, Ralph Judkins shared his abbreviated stat blocks for a shit-ton of D&D monsters: Ralph's abbreviated stat blocks. These stat blocks can be cut via snipping tool and direct pasted into your GM notes. Send thanks to ralph.judkins@gmail.com.

AngryGM - inspiration and additional reading

Tips:

1. Try to include a stat block for NPCs you plan on introducing. Trust me, if it has a name, your players will kill it.
2. Don't worry too much about including all the details - remember this tool is supposed to save you time! The original stat block will always be there if there is a rules question.