Hussar
Legend
Just to add to the point about gnomes being 3 meters tall, I was just reading the Monster ENCyclopedia article on Nightmares: http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3807-Monster-ENCyclopedia-Nightmare#.WIf_8bFh3BJ
Now, what does a Nightmare look like? Are they skeletal or beefy? The appearance has shifted quite a lot over the years. The alignment has shifted from Neutral with evil tendencies to outright evil. So on and so forth. 5e Nightmares are quite different from what came before:
If lore is so important as people here are claiming, why aren't people up in arms about this? 5e is chock a block with all sorts of changes like this, but, it heralded as one of the best Monster Manuals ever produced. So, you'll have to excuse me for being a little confused when those claiming that lore is so important and must not be changed except with very careful consideration, turn a very blind eye to the changes that have been recently made.
Now, what does a Nightmare look like? Are they skeletal or beefy? The appearance has shifted quite a lot over the years. The alignment has shifted from Neutral with evil tendencies to outright evil. So on and so forth. 5e Nightmares are quite different from what came before:
The most notable change to the 5th Edition nightmare is the introduction of a completely new origin story. Nightmares are now created by removing the wings of a pegasus and transforming the noble creature to evil using dark magic. This lore comes out of left-field, and seems a little impractical. Once created, can nightmares breed with each other? If not, then who has been going to all the trouble of capturing pegasi to turn into nightmares? And to what end?
Read more: http://www.enworld.org/forum/conten...clopedia-Nightmare#.WIf_8bFh3BJ#ixzz4WjVd0FlT
If lore is so important as people here are claiming, why aren't people up in arms about this? 5e is chock a block with all sorts of changes like this, but, it heralded as one of the best Monster Manuals ever produced. So, you'll have to excuse me for being a little confused when those claiming that lore is so important and must not be changed except with very careful consideration, turn a very blind eye to the changes that have been recently made.