Round 3 Rules Question

[Tom Phillips]

The Rules for Round 3 wrote:

You may make this creature world-neutral (as it was in Round 2) or add information to set it in the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting. Be advised that not all of the voters may be familiar with the setting and that may affect their voting preferences.

You may make revisions or clarifications to the monster you choose.

Hi, Judges. Hopefully I'm not being too terribly dense here. Can you please clarify something?

Are we expected to add the monster concept text from Round 2 to our stat blocks?

I only ask this because the rules seem to indicate we can....but the sample blank stat block doesn't have a section for the flavor text.

[Sean K Reynolds]

Tom Phillips wrote:

Hi, Judges. Hopefully I'm not being too terribly dense here. Can you please clarify something?

Are we expected to add the monster concept text from Round 2 to our stat blocks?
I only ask this because the rules seem to indicate we can....but the sample blank stat block doesn't have a section for the flavor text.

Yes, you are--just like in a Bestiary entry (I'm having Ross add a placeholder line on the sample stat block for that purpose right now).

The descriptive text counts toward your R3 submission! However, you can revise your monster descriptions (as the R3 rules say), and in many cases you'll be able to strip out rulesy stuff from the description by using the appropriate game text shorthand. For example, you don't need to say your creature is "about the size of a tiger, very strong, and as fast as a horse," you just put "Large" in the size section of the stat block, "Str 20," and "Speed 50 ft.," which should save you some words.

Don't worry, next round you'll have a MUCH larger word count to play with. :)

[Tom Phillips]

Thank you, Sean! That's exactly what I needed clarified. OK, back to work...

[Dennis Baker]

Tom Phillips wrote:

Hi, Judges. Hopefully I'm not being too terribly dense here. Can you please clarify something?

Are we expected to add the monster concept text from Round 2 to our stat blocks?
I only ask this because the rules seem to indicate we can....but the sample blank stat block doesn't have a section for the flavor text.

I was coming here to ask this, thanks for saving me the time :)

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

Don't worry, next round you'll have a MUCH larger word count to play with. :)

This is hardly a comfort given the time constrains :)

[Matthew Morris]

Likewise I was wondering this. Fortunately <redacted> is <readacted> in such a way that I can <redacted> and <redacted> to <redacted>.

I do have another (serious) question about the stat block, but I need to put it in e-mail to not break rules. Is it [e-mail] or should I just call the front desk and ask to speak to you?

[Sean K Reynolds]

Matthew Morris wrote:

Likewise I was wondering this. Fortunately <redacted> is <readacted> in such a way that I can <redacted> and <redacted> to <redacted>.

I do have another (serious) question about the stat block, but I need to put it in e-mail to not break rules. Is it [e-mail] or should I just call the front desk and ask to speak to you?

I never use my office phone. My email is sean@

[Matthew Morris]

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

Matthew Morris wrote:

Likewise I was wondering this. Fortunately <redacted> is <readacted> in such a way that I can <redacted> and <redacted> to <redacted>.

I do have another (serious) question about the stat block, but I need to put it in e-mail to not break rules. Is it [e-mail] or should I just call the front desk and ask to speak to you?

I never use my office phone. My email is sean@

Thank you Sean, mail's sent from my g.mail account, since I'm at work.