The general flow of the new monster creation system Mike talks about in his Legends and Lore post? Awesome! I absolutely love systems like this where I can arrive with an idea and the rules will meet me in the middle to parse it into mechanics. The exact implementation here might not be how I’d do it, but man, the overall scheme sounds great. Lowering the amount of prep inherent in D&D may be the killer feature of a new resurgence, this is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately the first two steps aren’t my favorite. The first step, determining level and power, requires maybe the biggest jump from idea to rules. As a...