Template:D20M Stat Block/HowTo

How To Use The Stat Block Template

For NPC/Creature entries, the following is the general layout to format Stat Blocks. The following does not contain a complete list of parameters, just the ones that are required.

{{d20M Stat Block
|name= |cr=
|size= |type=
|al=
|init= 
|listen= |spot=
|def= |touch= |flat=
|hp= |hd= |mas=
|fort= |ref= |will=
|spd=
|bab= |grp=
|str= |dex= |con= |int= |wis= |cha=
}}

The following includes every parameter. Not all parameters are required, and unused parameters can be deleted.

{{d20M Stat Block
|name= |cr=
|sex= |race= 
|class1= |level1= |cltal1=
|class2= |level2= |cltal2=
|class3= |level3= |cltal3=
|class4= |level4= |cltal4=
|class5= |level5= |cltal5=
|class6= |level6= |cltal6=
|class7= |level7= |cltal7=
|class8= |level8= |cltal8=
|class9= |level9= |cltal9=
|class10= |level10= |cltal10=
|size= |type=
|occ= |occben=
|al=
|init= |rep=
|sens= |listen= |spot=
|aura=
|lang=
|def= |touch= |flat= |defmods=
|othdef=
|miss=
|hp= |hd= |othhp=
|mas= 
|immune=
|sr= |pr= |resist=
|fort= |ref= |will= |othsav=
|weak=
|spd= |burrow= |climb= |fly= |swim= |othspd=
|melee1=
|melee2=
|melee3=
|melee4=
|ranged1=
|ranged2=
|ranged3=
|ranged4=
|space= |reach=
|bab= |grp=
|atkop=
|ap=
|sa=
|cg=
|prgrsns=
|slad= |plad=
|freq1= |freq2= |freqX=
|slaXXX= |plaXXX=
|str= |dex= |con= |int= |wis= |cha=
|sq=
|feats=
|skills=
|hdadv=
|poss=
|grims=
|deity=
|san1= |sad1=
|san2= |sad2=
|san3= |sad3=
|san4= |sad4=
|sanX= |sadX=
}}

Definition of Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Example
style	Specifies the values of the table's style attribute	No	width: 100px; border: solid; margin-left: 1em;
Identification and Encounter
Parameter	Description	Required	Example
name	An identifier for the creature such as a name or a short description of the creature	Yes	Jack or Powerful Necromancer
cr	The creature's challenge rating	Yes (defaults to —)	1/2
sex	The creature's gender. This will only show up if a value is supplied for race or class1	No	Male
race	The creature's race.	No	human
class1-class10	The names of the creatures classes	No	fast hero
level1-level10	The number of levels in each class the creature has. This is a required field for each class.	No	3
occ	No	The creature's occupation	Military
al	The creature's allegiances	No (defaults to —)	God, Family, Country (United States)
size	The creature's size	Yes	Medium
type	The creature's type (and subtypes when applicable)	Yes	humanoid
init	The creature's initiative modifier	Yes	+3
rep	No	The creature's reputation modifer	+9
sens	Any special senses the creature has	No	darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 120 ft.
listen	Total modifier for the creature's Listen checks	Yes	−2
spot	Total modifier for the creature's Spot checks	Yes	+4
aura	Any auras the creature has that affects enemies or allies	No	courage (10 ft., allies +4 against fear)
lang	Any languages or special means of communication the creature has. Include R/W for reading/writing proficiency, and S for speaking proficiency	No	English (R/W/S), Spanish (S), German (R/W)
Defensive Information
Parameter	Description	Required	Example
def	The creature's defense score	Yes	18
touch	The creature's touch defense	Yes	13
flat	The creature's flat-footed defense	Yes	17
othdef	racial traits, class features, feats, and other special abilities that affect (or can affect under the right circumstances) the creature's defense.	No	Dodge, uncanny dodge
defmods	creature's defense modifiers	No	+2 shield, +6 armor, −1 size, +3 class
miss	Miss chance for attacks or effects targeting the creature	No	50% incorporeal
hp	creature's hit points	Yes	45
hd	Number of hit die	Yes	6d8
othhp	Special abilities that affect how much damage the creature takes from physical attacks and hit point recovery	No	DR 6/—, fast healing 3
mas	Massive Damage save	No (defaults to Con)	13
immune	Immunities the creature has	No	sleep, fire, death effects
resist	Special abilities that aid the creature in avoiding, and/or reducing certain effects except spell and power resistances (which go under the sr and pr parameters)	No	acid resistance 5, mettle, improved evasion
sr	The creature's spell resistance	No	13
pr	The creature's power resistance	No	17
fort	Fortitude save modifier	Yes	+4 (+5 against poison)
ref	Reflex save modifier	Yes	+0
will	Will save modifier	Yes	−3 (−1 against enchantment)
othsav	Conditional modifiers the creature gets on all saves. Modifiers that are tied to a specific save are specified in parenthesis with the relevant parameter. See fort, ref, and will above.	No	+2 against fire and acid
weak	Any weaknesses the creature has	No	vulnerability to cold
Offensive Information
Parameter	Description	Required	Example
spd	The creature's base land speed	Yes	40 ft. (8 squares) in chainmail, base speed 60 ft.
burrow	The creature's burrow speed	No	15 ft.
climb	The creature's climb speed	No	20 ft.
fly	The creature's fly speed and maneuverability	No	100 ft. (poor)
swim	The creature's swim speed	No	30 ft.
othspd	Feats and abilities that can affect the creature's speed or movement options	No	Run, Spring Attack
melee1–melee4	The creature's typical preferred melee attack routines	No	claw +16/+11 (1d4+9 slashing/19–20) and bite +13 (1d4+3 piercing)
ranged1–ranged4	The creature's typical preferred ranged attack routines	No	Benelli M121 shotgun +8 (3d8 ballistic/20) with Double Tap or Benelli M121 shotgun +11 (2d8+1 ballistic/20) with Point Blank Shot
space	The amount of space the creature occupies	No (Defaults to 5 ft.)	10 ft.
reach	The creature's natural reach	No (Defaults to 5 ft.)	15 ft.
bab	The creature's base attack bonus	Yes	+3
grp	The creature's grapple check modifier	Yes	+10
atkop	Attack options that can creature can use during a full or standard attack	No	Advanced firearms proficiency, burst fire, close combat shot
ap	Number of remaining action points	No	20
sa	Special actions the creature may take instead of (or in addition to in the case of free, swift, and immediate actions) making attacks.	No	exploit weakness, charm
cg	Combat gear; items that the creature may use during combat	No	S&W M29 with speed loader and 30 extra rounds, combat knife
pp	Number of power points the creature has in a day	No	65
prgrsns	Ability progressions, such as spells, powers, invocations, utterances, etc. See below.	No	See below
slad	Details that apply to many (if not all) of the creature's spells-like abilities	No	CL 6th, 1d20+10 to overcome SR
plad	Details that apply to many (if not all) of the creature's psi-like abilities	No	ML 3rd
freq1–freq20	How often the creature can use this group of spell- or psi-like abilities. Currently supports up to 20 different frequencies (see below)	No	3/day (see below)
sla(freq)	Spell-like abilities the creature can use at this frequency These lists should only contain spell-like abilities that mimic specific spells. If the ability is unique in that it doesn't mimic any existing spell it should be listed under special actions (sa). This also applies to spell-like abilities that do mimic existing spells but require their own descriptions because the mimicry is not exact.	No	darkness, invisibility
pla(freq)	Psi-like abilities the creature can use at this frequency These lists should only contain psi-like abilities that mimic specific powers. If the ability is unique in that it doesn't mimic any existing power it should be listed under special actions (sa). This also applies to psi-like abilities that do mimic existing powers but require their own descriptions because the mimicry is not exact.	No	stomp (DC 13)
Other Information
Parameter	Description	Required	Example
str	Strength	Yes (defaults to —)	15
dex	Dexterity	Yes (defaults to —)	14
con	Constitution	Yes (defaults to —)	13
int	Intelligence	Yes (defaults to —)	12
wis	Wisdom	Yes (defaults to —)	10
cha	Charisma	Yes (defaults to —)	8
sq	Any special qualities the creature has that hasn't already been listed in the previous sections Generally speaking, these abilities do not require an action and either have little value (if any) in combat, or any effects they provide have already been taken into account in the previous sections without the name of the ability being explicitly listed.	No	orc blood, trapfinding
feats	Complete list of feats including ones already listed in other sections	No	Power Attack, Combat Reflexes, Spell Penetration
cltal1-cltal10	List of talents by class, including talents mentioned elsewhere. See also class1-10 and level1-10.	No (defaults to —)	Improved Speed I, Linguist
occben	List of benefits granted by creature's occupation	No	Bluff, Knowledge (streetwise), Archaic Weapons Proficiency
skills	List of skills that have ranks and skills that can be used untrained for which the creature has modifiers beyond ability score and size modifiers (i.e. racial bonus/penalties, synergy bonuses, competence, etc.) including Listen and Spot if applicable.	No	Hide +14, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +6, Knowledge (nature) +4, Knowledge (religion) +1, Listen +10, Move Silently +19, Search +2, Spot +10, Survival +9 (+11 underground)
hdadv	Details of the creature's advancement by HD. This is only displayed if the race parameter has not been set.	No	6–18 HD (Large)
poss	Items of note that the creature has that haven't already been listed under combat gear (cg) (including wealth bonus)	No	Leather jacket, driver's license, Wealth +14
grims	Creature's grimoires (e.g. spellbooks or prayerbooks) in which its spells are written. See below.	No	See below
deity	The creature's patron deity if it has one	No	Allah
Special Abilities Descriptions
Parameter	Description	Required	Example
san1, san2, san3... sanX	Special ability name	No	Saurial Communication
sad1, sad2, sad3... sadX	Special ability description	No	A saurial's normal speaking voice is too high pitched for humanoids to hear, but they give off different scents based on their mood. Dragons, creatures with the dragonblood subtype, and fey can hear saurials perfectly, and they generally understand the scent cues whether or not they can understand the language. Saurials can understand other creatures that speak any language they know without problem, and can learn to speak within humanoid hearing range by devoting skill points.

Explanation of (freq)

This template supports spell-like abilities and psi-like abilities of up to twenty different frequencies freq1 through freq20. Once you use freqX to specify how often a spell-/psi-like ability or group of spell-/psi-like abilities can be used, sla(freq) and pla(freq) are used list the abilities by replacing (freq) with what value you used for freqX.

For example, the following is used to list 6th-level paladin's spell-like abilities, detect evil and remove disease (note that special mount is not listed because it does not duplicate an existing spell):

|freq1=At will
|slaAt will=''detect evil''

|freq2=1/week
|sla1/week=''remove disease''

The bold text must match exactly.

Notes on the parameters prgrsns and grims

prgrsns

The prgrsns parameter takes a template(s) to specify a creature's spellcasting, manifesting, invoking, uttering, etc. abilities. Templates are currently available for the following (more can be added as needed):

• Spontaneous casters
• Prepared casters
• Psionic powers
• Invoking classes (i.e. warlock, and dragon adept)
• Utterances (i.e. for the truenamer class)
• Maneuvers and Stances (Tome of Battle classes)

So to specify a mage's prepared spells, the spells prepared template would be used like so:

|prgrsns={{
  Stat Block 2/Spells Prepared
  |pd=CL 4th
  |sp1=''charm person'' (DC 14), ''magic missile'', ''true strike''
  |sp2=''knock'' ×2, ''see invisibility''
}}

If the mage also has levels in acolyte, the prgrsns parameter might look like the following:

|prgrsns={{
  Stat Block 2/Spells Prepared
  |cls=Mage
  |pd=CL 4th
  |sp1=''charm person'' (DC 14), ''magic missile'', ''true strike''
  |sp2=''knock'' ×2, ''see invisibility''
}}{{
  Stat Block 2/Spells Prepared
  |cls=Acolyte
  |pd=CL 1st
  |sp1=''produce flame'' (+3 ranged touch)
}}

Note the addition of the cls property. It's not required, but it is recommended that it be used when a reader might not be able to tell which progression applies to which class.

grims

The grims parameter is for creatures that keep their spells (or the equivalent) written in a grimiore (e.g. a spellbook for wizards or a prayerbook for archivists). Templates are currently available for the following:

• Spells recorded

So to specify what spells are in the mages's spellbook (other than the spells prepared), the following is used:

|grims={{
  Stat Block 2/Spells Recorded
  |sp1=''identify'', ''endure elements'', ''hold portal''
  |sp2=''daze monster'', ''darkness''
}}