I haven’t posted a major update to The Monsterizer in a while, and I’ve been craving some new monsters, so I found some time to work on it a bit, and I’m happy to announce version 1.0.14, which adds the ability to import Monsterizer data.
This means that if you, your friend, someone you know, or some enterprising person on the internet were to share the export data for their monster, you can import it into The Monsterizer and play with it yourself.
Remember: If you’re using someone else’s monster, make sure that they’re okay with you reproducing it. Anything published under the Open Gaming License (OGL) is fair game, but otherwise it’s best to ask the creator for permission.
How to Do It
It’s easy!
- Open up The Monsterizer
- Skip to the last tab (currently titled “Export”, which I might change)
- Paste your import data into the big text field under “Import Monster”
- Click the “Import” button below the field
Want to practice? Here’s some sample data for a gently modified version of the Tarrasque:
{“_monsterizerVersion”:”1.0.14″,”abilityScores”:{“Strength”:30,”Dexterity”:11,”Constitution”:30,”Intelligence”:3,”Wisdom”:11,”Charisma”:11},”ac”:25,”actions”:[{“averageDamage”:204,”description”:”The tarrasque can use its Frightful Presence. It then makes five attacks: one with its bite, two with its claws, one with its horns, and one with its tail. It can use its Swallow instead of its bite.”,”name”:”Multiattack”,”reusable”:3,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:56,”description”:”The tarrasque makes one bite attack against a Large or smaller creature it is grappling. If the attack hits, the target takes the bite’s damage, the target is swallowed, and the grapple ends. While swallowed, the creature is blinded and restrained, it has total cover against attacks and other effects outside the tarrasque, and it takes 56 (16d6) acid damage at the start of each of the tarrasque’s turns.\n\nIf the tarrasque takes 60 damage or more on a single turn from a creature inside it, the tarrasque must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution saving throw at the end of that turn or regurgitate all swallowed creatures, which fall prone in a space within 10 feet of the tarrasque. If the tarrasque dies, a swallowed creature is no longer restrained by it and can escape from the corpse by using 30 feet of movement, exiting prone.”,”name”:”Swallow”,”reusable”:0,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:36,”description”:”Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 36 (4d12 + 10) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it is grappled (escape DC 20). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the tarrasque can’t bite another target.”,”name”:”Bite”,”reusable”:3,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:32,”description”:”Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (4d10 + 10) piercing damage.”,”name”:”Horns”,”reusable”:3,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:28,”description”:”Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 28 (4d8 + 10) slashing damage.”,”name”:”Claw”,”reusable”:3,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:24,”description”:”Melee Weapon Attack: +19 to hit, reach 20 ft., one target. Hit: 24 (4d6 + 10) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 20 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.”,”name”:”Tail”,”reusable”:3,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:0,”description”:”Each creature of the tarrasque’s choice within 120 feet of it and aware of it must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, with disadvantage if the tarrasque is within line of sight, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the tarrasque’s Frightful Presence for the next 24 hours.”,”name”:”Frightful Presence”,”reusable”:3,”targets”:0}],”alignment”:{“goodEvil”:”Unaligned”,”lawChaos”:”Unaligned”},”bonusActions”:[],”challenge”:”30″,”conditionImmunities”:[“Charmed”,”Frightened”,”Paralyzed”,”Poisoned”],”conditionResistances”:[],”conditionVulnerabilities”:[],”creatureType”:”Monstrosity”,”creatureSubtype”:”titan”,”damageImmunities”:[“Nonmagical Bludgeoning”,”Nonmagical Piercing”,”Nonmagical Slashing”,”Fire”,”Poison”],”damageResistances”:[],”damageVulnerabilities”:[],”description”:”The legendary tarrasque is possibly the most dreaded monster of the Material Plane. It is widely believed that only one of these creatures exists, though no one can predict where and when it will strike.\n\nA scaly biped, the tarrasque is fifty feet tall and seventy feet long, weighing hundreds of tons. It carries itself like a bird of prey, leaning forward and using its powerful lashing tail for balance. Its cavernous maw yawns wide enough to swallow all but the largest creatures, and so great is its hunger that it can devour the populations of whole towns.\n\n***Legendary Destruction.*** The destructive potential of the tarrasque is so vast that some cultures incorporate the monster into religious doctrine, weaving its sporadic appearance into stories of divine judgment and wrath. Legends tell how the tarrasque slumbers in its secret lair beneath the earth, remaining in a dormant state for decades or centuries. When it awakens in answer to some inscrutable cosmic call, it rises from the depths to obliterate everything in its path.”,”hitDice”:{“count”:27,”size”:”d20″,”modifier”:0},”inventory”:””,”lairActions”:[],”languages”:””,”legendaryActions”:[{“averageDamage”:28,”cost”:1,”description”:”The tarrasque makes one claw attack or tail attack.”,”name”:”Attack”,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:56,”cost”:2,”description”:”The tarrasque makes one bite attack or uses its Swallow.”,”name”:”Chomp”,”targets”:1},{“averageDamage”:0,”cost”:1,”description”:”The tarrasque moves up to half its speed.”,”name”:”Move”,”targets”:0}],”name”:”Tarrasque”,”reactions”:[],”savingThrows”:{“Intelligence”:{“proficient”:true},”Wisdom”:{“proficient”:true},”Charisma”:{“proficient”:true}},”senses”:”blindsight 120 ft.”,”skills”:{},”spellcasting”:[],”speed”:{“land”:40},”size”:”Gargantuan”,”usesAttackBonus”:true,”cantSpeak”:false,”group”:””,”specialTraits”:[{“effect”:{“hp”:90},”name”:”Legendary Resistance”,”description”:”(3/day) If the Tarrasque fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.”},{“effect”:{“ac”:2},”name”:”Magic Resistance”,”description”:”The Tarrasque has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.”},{“effect”:{},”name”:”Reflective Carapace”,”tooltip”:”WARNING: Does not have an automatically-calculated effect on CR. Use with caution.”,”description”:”Any time the Tarrasque is targeted by a magic missile spell, a line spell, or a spell that requires a ranged attack roll, roll a d6. On a 1 to 5, the Tarrasque is unaffected. On a 6, the Tarrasque is unaffected, and the effect is reflected back at the caster as though it originated from the Tarrasque, turning the caster into the target.”},{“effect”:{},”name”:”Siege Monster”,”description”:”The Tarrasque deals double damage to objects and structures.”},{“effect”:{“damageOnce”:112},”hideFromStatBlock”:true,”name”:”Swallow”,”tooltip”:”List Swallow as an action, and mark the \”reusable\” value for the creature’s Swallow action as 0 so that this damage is not calculated multiple times. The \”Damage Once\” effect for this trait should be double the creature’s average Swallow damage.”,”description”:””},{“effect”:{},”name”:”Magic Weapons”,”description”:”The Tarrasque’s weapon attacks are magical.”},{“effect”:{“hp”:0},”name”:”Regeneration”,”tooltip”:”Set the \”HP\” field to three times the amount of regeneration.”,”description”:”The Tarrasque regains 40 hit points at the start of its turn if it has at least 1 hit point. \n\nThe Tarrasque can be slain only by reducing it to 0 hit points and using a wish spell to keep it dead, or by successfully using the Cleric’s Divine Intervention feature.\n\nIf the Tarrasque loses a limb or body part, the lost portion regrows in 1d6 minutes (the detached piece dies and decays normally). The creature can reattach the severed member instantly by holding it to the stump.”}],”acNotes”:”natural”}
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