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<blockquote data-quote="Hammerhead" data-source="post: 4497171" data-attributes="member: 73">Unique abilities for each monster do far more to define the creature for people actually playing the game than half a page telling me where they live and what they eat. As such, similar but not identical monsters in 4e, like Dragons, play far more differently from each other than the dragons in 3e. I mean, the only real difference was some spell-like abilities you generally didn't see in a fight, plus the type of breath weapon. To me, the 4th Edition Monster Manual is the best one we've seen so far...although to be fair, I've been reading monster manuals for a long time now. So what do I know about Manticores? Only goddamn near everything. If I was a newer, less experienced player, I might find the lack of flavor daunting. Skip the fluff, just give more monsters of each type. Maybe if there's enough demand, WotC or 3PP could release a &quot;Monster Ecology&quot; or &quot;Monster Guide&quot; that describes their unique sociological and ecological niche for the people who care about that kind of thing.&nbsp; 4th Edition MM is great.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hammerhead, post: 4497171, member: 73"] Unique abilities for each monster do far more to define the creature for people actually playing the game than half a page telling me where they live and what they eat. As such, similar but not identical monsters in 4e, like Dragons, play far more differently from each other than the dragons in 3e. I mean, the only real difference was some spell-like abilities you generally didn't see in a fight, plus the type of breath weapon. To me, the 4th Edition Monster Manual is the best one we've seen so far...although to be fair, I've been reading monster manuals for a long time now. So what do I know about Manticores? Only goddamn near everything. If I was a newer, less experienced player, I might find the lack of flavor daunting. Skip the fluff, just give more monsters of each type. Maybe if there's enough demand, WotC or 3PP could release a "Monster Ecology" or "Monster Guide" that describes their unique sociological and ecological niche for the people who care about that kind of thing. 4th Edition MM is great. [/QUOTE]

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