Guys, stop saying this. It's false. The Basic Rules and the SRD have different subsets of the rules.
As long as the Basic Rules continue to be updated, then it's fine to ignore the SRD. I really don't see that happening, as the SRD is a super-set of the Basic Rules.
For example, here is a list of all monsters in the SRD that are not contained in the DMs Basic Rules (web version):
- Aboleth
- Angels (Deva, Planetar, Solar)
- Rug of Smothering
- Ankheg
- Azer
- Behir
- Bulette
- Chuul
- Cloaker
- Couatl
- Darkmantle
- Demons (Balor, Dretch, Glabrezu, Hezrou, Marilith, Nalfeshnee, Quasit, Vrock)
- Devils (Bearded, Barbed, Bone, Chain, Erinyes, Horned, Ice, Imp, Lemure, Pit Fiend)
- Dragons (all except Adult Red and Young Green, which are in the DMs Basic Rules)
- Dragon Turtle
- Drider
- Dryad
- Duergar
- Drow Elf
- Ettercap
- Ettin
- Shrieker
- Violet Fungus
- Djinni
- Efreeti
- Ghast
- Cloud Giant
- Storm Giant
- Gibbering Mouther
- Deep Gnome
- Clay Golem
- Iron Golem
- Gorgon
- Grimlock
- Hags (Green, Night, Sea)
- Homunculus
- Invisible Stalker
- Kraken
- Lamia
- Lich
- Lycanthropes (all but Werewolf)
- Magmin
- Mephits (Dust, Ice, Magma, Steam)
- Merrow
- Mimic
- Mummy Lord
- Naga (Guardian, Spirit)
- Nightmare
- Oni (Ogre Mage)
- Oozes (Black Pudding, Gelatinous Cube, Gray Ooze)**
- Otyugh
- Pseudodragon
- Purple Worm
- Rakshasa
- Remorhaz
- Roc
- Roper
- Rust Monster
- Sahuagin
- Salamander
- Shadow
- Shambling Mound
- Shield Guardian
- Warhorse Skeleton
- Minotaur Skeleton
- Specter
- Sphinx (Androsphinx, Gynosphinx)
- Sprite
- Succubus/Incubus
- Terrasque
- Treant
- Unicorn
- Vampire
- Vampire Spawn
- Will-o-Wisp
- Wraith
- Xorn
- Ogre Zombie
** - All of these are mentioned in the DMs Basic Rules, but no stats are provided for them.
It does appear that explicitly allowing the SRD as a rules source would enable some new options for summoning with certain spells, so should be reviewed by the admins before being confirmed as legal.
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Pauper