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Needless to say, I disagree. But that's fine.

If it really mattered that much to the player that they get this "magic spell" that the NPC had that they didn't, then I'd write it up...

I can understand the desire or want to have more / different NPC statblocks, and there's nothing wrong with that desire. But I...

Agreed. My concern is that nearly all of the ones that appear to represent the various levels of "generic mage" have these non-spell...

This is where I would usually tell my players that the three core D&D rulebooks are not the end-all-and-be-all representation of any...

Yeah, but so what? So they come here and complain about it. That's what places like this are here for. Nothing wrong with complaining...

That's the issue. The veteran players who feel strongly about what D&D should be, and who do a lot of answering the surveys and talking...

Unfortunately I think too many veteran players out here have this odd need or desire to always want to "play RAW" for whatever...

Not really. If the rule isn't in the 5.5e DMG, the 5e DMG rule is still in effect. It's only if the rule changes, that the 5.5e rule is...

Yup. I literally do this with NPCs all the time. What @EzekielRaiden is saying makes zero sense to me.

Serious question: why? I started creating custom monsters long ago before there were any rules for making them, or if there were any I...

I disagree. Because I do not think in this day and age we can assume new players are that stupid. First of all... I do not think most...

The idea that a book not telling you explicitly to do something means it can’t be done in an RPG like DnD seems baffling to me. A new...

I dont like debating online, cause nuance is lost in text. But I will give it one last try. Y'all are taking about failure state in...

Since Michaelangelo had the ability to paint the Sistine Chapel, our universe must be inconsistent because other people don't have that...