I use the Master Tier Tool and am actually quite happy with it. What I'm not happy with, however, is the selection of some of the illustrations from the new Monster Manual. Why are mainly the opposite sexes shown here, as has been customary in the past? In my world, there are no male medusa, male dryads, male hags, female satyrs, or male succubi, but I am forced to use these standard tokens unless I go to the trouble of creating my own. Why is that?
Probably because most people don't treat the tokens as literal representations of the monsters, especially to the degree that the illustrated gender matters.
Ah, one of the issues with any art and pre-made tokens used- Unless you make your own custom ones for every NPC, the token is never going to represent them 100%. Certainly been plenty of times where I've had to remind players 'Okay, while I'm using the default tokens for this VTT, note that these NPCS are a mix of genders, even if the tokens are of the same male presenting duergar'.
For Maps, outside of homebrewing your specific statblock for personal use with a specific token you wish, You could always use a token from another statblock, while using a hidden token that has the statblock you want to use.
You're free to use the more classical gender restricted options for mythological beings, but the artwork is for more than just yourself, and considering we already have artwork of the classic types in older books, I think it's nice we get to see different representations now.
I use the Master Tier Tool and am actually quite happy with it. What I'm not happy with, however, is the selection of some of the illustrations from the new Monster Manual. Why are mainly the opposite sexes shown here, as has been customary in the past? In my world, there are no male medusa, male dryads, male hags, female satyrs, or male succubi, but I am forced to use these standard tokens unless I go to the trouble of creating my own. Why is that?
Strange. I literally never noticed. I'll have to take a look next time I sign on.
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I use the Master Tier Tool and am actually quite happy with it. What I'm not happy with, however, is the selection of some of the illustrations from the new Monster Manual. Why are mainly the opposite sexes shown here, as has been customary in the past? In my world, there are no male medusa, male dryads, male hags, female satyrs, or male succubi, but I am forced to use these standard tokens unless I go to the trouble of creating my own. Why is that?
Probably because most people don't treat the tokens as literal representations of the monsters, especially to the degree that the illustrated gender matters.
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ModeratorAh, one of the issues with any art and pre-made tokens used- Unless you make your own custom ones for every NPC, the token is never going to represent them 100%. Certainly been plenty of times where I've had to remind players 'Okay, while I'm using the default tokens for this VTT, note that these NPCS are a mix of genders, even if the tokens are of the same male presenting duergar'.
For Maps, outside of homebrewing your specific statblock for personal use with a specific token you wish, You could always use a token from another statblock, while using a hidden token that has the statblock you want to use.
You're free to use the more classical gender restricted options for mythological beings, but the artwork is for more than just yourself, and considering we already have artwork of the classic types in older books, I think it's nice we get to see different representations now.
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Strange. I literally never noticed. I'll have to take a look next time I sign on.