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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 9543715" data-attributes="member: 83242">That is the thing, I don't expect to see a lot of changes with typical monsters. For the 2025 MM we have seen three previews: Skeletons, Kuo-toa, and the Ancient Green Dragon. The skeletons didn't change much if at all nor did the Kuo-toa. The 2014 Kuo-toa already had some interesting things going on, the 2024 version just moved its slippery trait to a reaction:[ATTACH=full]390718[/ATTACH]However, we do have some additional previews from the adventures: Uni and the Hunt for the Horn & Scions of Elemental Evil. I feel like the Pirate and Pirate Captain are probably good examples of what we will for special vs typical monsters. The pirate captain gets interesting things as you say, while the pirate is simple (boring you would say):[ATTACH=full]390723[/ATTACH]Here are two more examples of typical monsters, the bullywug warrior leap bonus action can be fun, and the mage has got typical mage like reaction spells. No sure I like that they are moving to relying on spell knowledge.[ATTACH=full]390724[/ATTACH]And finally, for a look at how the math is changing for higher level monsters, here is the stone golem (of course you need to be familiar with the 2014 version to see most of the changes):[ATTACH=full]390725[/ATTACH]</blockquote>