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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xyrlove Woodsoul" data-source="post: 6390300" data-attributes="member: 86857">Given that it seems that there is a decent amount of consensus that there won't be another MM for a while, therefore, WotC tried to put as many monsters in there is as possible, I think the art could have been smaller, to allow for more monsters, and perhaps more crunch options. Art is great and stuff, but its not like anyone (save for the dm perhaps) is looking at a picture of the said monster(s) as they fight them. I myself have always found a disconnect in the dnd community between people's love of the art and the seemingly distaste for minis, which is just 3-dimensional art. No biggy, but I think the art could have been smaller, especially, since in 5ed there is more emphasis on "theater of the mind" again. I just find the bigger art a bit superfluous.I've played all the editions, but I have a bad memory, thus, embedded in my mind I am used to 4ed monsters, and them having a variety of attacks and variants (for better or for worse). Thus, its taking me some getting used to monsters in 5ed having a limited number of attacks, and the homogeneity of the monsters, in general. Of course the monsters aren't actually limited, and can do and have whatever you want, but I'm just not used to running monsters like how PCs are run, i.e., thinking of clever things to do. Consequently, whatever monster section (as well as the tactics section) in the DMs guide is going to be quite helpful to me and my players (what I hate about new editions is waiting for new material and having limited material in the meantime). In all, its going to take me a little bit of time for me to not see the 5ed monsters as kind of boring. But, ultimately, I think it will work out for the best.As far as no CR list in the MM. No biggy, imo. That they have an on-line source for it also makes it less of an issue. And like somebody said, I'd rather have a master list that can be compiled as time goes on, instead of 5 lists from 5 different sources. I don't have the MM. Thus, I really have no verdict. But I am going to be apt to find it good, given what I've seen and heard so far (I just wanted to see my beloved War Devil in there).</blockquote>

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