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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 6906181" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Personally, I love the fact that creatures are (mostly) what you expect them to be. However, I'm not understanding why this is an issue in 5E. There are examples of creatures that have &quot;advanced&quot; versions, and you can easily create a custom monster for a leader if there isn't something available already. You can also just make a few minor tweaks to existing ones if it's easier.For example, I recently ran the 1E adventure Steading of the Hill Giant Chief. It has children, which are weaker, and the Chief and his Lieutenant, which are stronger. Instead of following the suggestion (&quot;fights as X&quot;), I made a few tweaks to the actual Hill Giants. The children were only Large size and had 50% of average HP, wore no armor, and had -2 Attack &amp; -4 Damage. The Lieutenant had 150% of average HP, and had +1 AC, +1 Attack and +2 Damage. The Chief had max HP, and had +2 AC, +2 Attack, and +4 Damage. It worked out quite well, but was a bit of a pain to remember the bonus/penalty mid-combat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 6906181, member: 6775477"] Personally, I love the fact that creatures are (mostly) what you expect them to be. However, I'm not understanding why this is an issue in 5E. There are examples of creatures that have "advanced" versions, and you can easily create a custom monster for a leader if there isn't something available already. You can also just make a few minor tweaks to existing ones if it's easier. For example, I recently ran the 1E adventure Steading of the Hill Giant Chief. It has children, which are weaker, and the Chief and his Lieutenant, which are stronger. Instead of following the suggestion ("fights as X"), I made a few tweaks to the actual Hill Giants. The children were only Large size and had 50% of average HP, wore no armor, and had -2 Attack & -4 Damage. The Lieutenant had 150% of average HP, and had +1 AC, +1 Attack and +2 Damage. The Chief had max HP, and had +2 AC, +2 Attack, and +4 Damage. It worked out quite well, but was a bit of a pain to remember the bonus/penalty mid-combat. [/QUOTE]

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