Lindeloef
First Post
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through out the monster manuals, I have not found the defenses to be so "regulated" as you suggest. While the variance is not immense, there is enough of it (and it serves enough of a purpose) to be taken into account.
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It really depends on what Monster Manuals you look at. What [MENTION=6689371]n00bdragon[/MENTION] said is mostly true about MM3 math. Sure there are sometimes variants (+/- 1) but nothing spectacularly different.