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True, but those things are part of the Living World I like to see in games I play too.

If there's one thing you want in a digital reference work, it's constantly being reminded how much more money they want from you.

Volo's. A lot of lost statblocks in that one.

Exactly. That by itself is enough for me to not move to 5.5.

But it's already printed the new way. If you're going to go the trouble of re-formatting the whole book, why wouldn't you just do it the way with which your comfortable?

Yeah, this was an area where the, "D&D is now mostly just for new players who aren't used to any other way to organize this stuff" design philosophy hits pretty hard. That was enough by itself to stick with the literally all my other monster books that don't use pure alphabetical.

I have been in many a party that ventured into PvP territory. On a couple occasions I was even an Iinstigator of it, but in none of them was it a real problem in real life.

I don't follow. The phrase in and of itself just points to playing your character accurately.

Unless of course you just take it literally.

I did and do, because he presented his opinions as facts.

And what game is that?

One of us misunderstood the other here.

So long as the GM is also having fun with whatever's happening, I agree.

For me, the second reason is only valid as a reason to skip a check in that instance if the first one is. Fiction or setting logic takes precedence over what would make for a better story (which is my interpretation of, "it would be much more interesting").

You don't need to say the word to present your opinions as objective. That's my point.

Same. I didn't get an FF tattoo on my honeymoon for nothing!

The excellent book The Monster Overhaul has information about eating nearly every creature in the book.

I agree. It's less that the game is about that and more that the game is about exploring a world that's about that.

Fair enough. Your posting history indicates to me that you are very concerned about GM authority being abused, to a degree that the role feels to me vilified in your comments, or at best a necessary evil. Since making a world for the players to explore through their characters, whose players...

That sounds a lot like there are virtually no issues that aren't ultimately the GMs fault. With very few exceptions, the players can do no wrong in your eyes?