Christer EnforsApr 13

I just bought #Shadowdark, and reading through the PDF now. And its monster listing makes the same mistake that all other #TTRPG monster manuals seem to make - they list the monsters alphabetically.

This makes no sense. When I browse monsters, I want to browse them by level - so that I can find monsters around the same level as the PCs. If I want to look them up by name, I'll use the index.

Therefore, monsters should be sorted by level, not alphabetically.
#FightMe

Show threadTHOPAN
@enfors That is true.
Apr 13 at 5:49pmWeb
Show threadChrister EnforsApr 13
@thorsten This is something that has always annoyed me. I just don't get it. Is there a good reason why they're always listed alphabetically that I'm missing, or have the designers just not thought about this? Which sounds strange too, I experience this problem every single time I go looking through any monster manual looking for an appropriate monster.
Show threadTHOPANApr 13

@enfors I get you. I personally would actually prefer both listings, because when I look for a specific monster I mostly already know its name. I do look by level though, too, sometimes.

I guess people laying out monster lists think that alphabetical sorting is more practical? Maybe they think GMs don't search by level. I don't know.