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Yes. It wasn't even all of 4e. Just mid-late 4e. So only the 4e diehards saw that paradise. 2024 monsters do all kinda have the...

I'm criticizing both. I'm just saying that it's easier for a DM to adjust boring clones to new roles then it is to fix broken...

If they all have the same monster role. 2014 gave monsters different unofficial roles but messed up the math. 2024 gave monsters the...

"AC and hp and saving throws -- grounded, simulationist, I feel connected to the game world, I love it." "Guard has 18 STR instead of...

My point is it tradition to either make monsters based on looks, benchmarks, or both. Making fun tactical monsters only existed in 3PP...

Neither are challenging specialists. 2014 prioritized simulationist looks. 2024 prioritized gamist benchmarks. Neither focused on...

5e14 and 5e,24 don't use the same design paradigm. The only use the same design benchmarks and under a different names. That's probably...

Hot Take. A level 1 PC should have 3 HD. A Level 1 PC should be someone capable of going in a Dungeon as an intelligent choice. This...

Tradition?

The problem apparently is that people got confused. So they condensed attacks.

Exactly Especially since mechanically there is barely a difference. It's a moderate damage class with a high dage bite that is 33% a...

I am this guy. Though I did read the DMG, multiple times. In my book, streamlining this kind of things is 100 % beneficial to the game...

According to wizards, The 2024 green dragon and many of the monsters were made that way because apparently some DMS were getting...

And in a meaningful way, you always have been. Otherwise we'd never have heard from Gygax himself that HP can't be meat-points, because...