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So it's fine to omit all the various traits for X creatures, but not for Y creatures. Again, I argue that it's simply due to change: we didn't get all the possible traits for 2014 stat blocks, and thus we don't even miss them. But now they've omitted a few more? Unacceptable. I see this as...

It's not really how it works though. For example, if a battle master fighter disarms a hobgoblin, obviously the intent isn't that the hobgoblin can now use their unarmed attacks or shield or whatever to deal the exact same damage. The fighter's Disarming Attack is supposed to make the enemy less...

To me this whole point boils down to this: We got used to a certain thing, and now there's a change and it feels wrong. The reason for my argument is that the change to the creature's stat block is no different from omitting the reason why the creature has its ability scores or saving throws...

2014 Conjure Animals doesn't summon animals. It summons fake animals, fey spirits who mimic an animal's shape and then vanish into thin air once the magic ends or if you kill the creature. You can never actually summon animals even with the 2014 version of the spell. The monster stat block vs...

Like was mentioned, had they removed, say, most plant creatures and replaced them with 15 different versions of pirates, yes, sure. But they didn’t. In fact they did the opposite by replacing a number of very specific stat blocks that aren’t usable in all games with a larger selection of more...

About one third of the 2014 DMG is devoted to treasure and rewards, so I have a really hard time believing that so many DMs never paid any attention to that book. If you've used magic items in your games, you've probably relied quite heavily on the largest and most relevant section of the 2014 DMG.

Yeah, exactly, and you also calculate their equipment based on what a character of an equivalent level would have, and you should of course give them the required feats as well -- or maybe they took the ASI feat? We should start calculating the ability score totals for that to make sure WotC did...

Ok, so more options in the MM can be the better version but also fewer options in the MM can be the better version. Thus, there's no real argument either way.

Sure, and you can always house rule any game so why do we even discuss the rules in the first place? We assume a baseline default for the purposes of the discussion. Thus we assume that more options = more utility.

The new MM has more monsters and NPCs than the 2014 MM. Since it has more overall stat blocks, it has more utility.

Spellfire is such a large and even nebulous concept that it's difficult to portray such an ability with just a few feats or supernatural gifts. Ultimately the best way to truly play a spellfire wielder is to play a spellcaster who can cast spells that fit the concept and then flavor everything...

What's the issue? You can still have evil bloodthirsty orcs and nasty demonic drow and so on. When encountering the classic orc group, use NPC stat blocks like berserker and cultist etc. No mage or noble. If you wanted a group of violent dwarves with the previous MM you'd use those stat blocks...

Wondering where the extra damage die on the weapon comes from is like wondering why the creature has the ability scores it has or why it has certain skill proficiencies and not others. Because it just has them. It can deal an extra die of damage because it can. Why does it have proficiency in...

There's in fact precedent for that in prior editions. In 3.x if you're a human who's born outside the Material Plane, you'd be extraplanar on it and could get targeted by certain spells or other effects. In 4e you'd be an immortal humanoid if you were a human of the Astral Sea, not natural...

They already explained what the in-world logic for the humanoid vs aberration gith is. The gith who've spent most of their lives away from the usual gith home planes can be humanoid. So, Lae'zel from BG3 has lived the majority of her life on the Material Plane, hence gith like her would be...

Isn’t it just that the particular people the playable version comes from have become less fey/aberration? Playable eladrin are humanoid but the creature stat blocks are fey. It’s honestly not that new of an approach in 5e. Also both fey goblins and humanoid goblins have the goblin subtype so...

The retyping of some humanoids does have ripple effects, which may or may not have been thought entirely through by the design team. 2024 Animate Dead only works on Humanoid corpses, so you can't target dead Goblins or Kobolds for example. Same with Create Undead. 2024 Calm Emotions only works...

Bonnier is a reputable publisher. They've been around for over 200 years.

The light reflection is what could make you think that she's looking more downwards if the reflection were the center of the pupil and not the lower half of it. I don't think it's that far fetched that some people's eyes and brain interprets it differently, especially when this type of visual...

Sure but like of course the details will be different. The WoW mage is a mage like the D&D wizard and sorcerer and thematically they share the same role, but the actual spells and how they're used are different. The D&D warlock and the WoW warlock share the same thematic niche but the actual...