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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 4611145" data-attributes="member: 18182">As mentioned above, so shocking you've added yet another post to your negative post-a-thon "laughing" at the D&D Minis product line.And?  As stated in the article, some of the beasties presented are different builds than the ones presented on the stat cards.  Some are the same (I haven't checked to see which is which, or the percentage of "new" builds).  Usually, we get minis with stat cards based on monsters presented in RPG products, in this case they are just reversing the direction of inspiration.Uh, no.  To any or all of the monsters in the article, you do not need the corresponding mini and/or stat card.  Now you are just spreading disinformation.  Sure WotC wants to encourage you to purchase lots of minis and the article's purpose is cross-promotional, but to state you "need" the minis is just flat out wrong.Again, wrong (not the cards, you).  I have no doubt there is errata needed for the various minis and cards in the Demonweb expansion (show me a minis or D&D product that didn't need errata and you win a prize).  But the builds on the stat cards are not "wrong".  They are simply different builds.  You might have noticed that many monsters in the MM and other sources have *gasp* more than one build.  Same case here.Interesting leap of logic here.  You do know that there were minis introduced in earlier sets that had no 3rd Ed counterpart at the time?  WotC has long used the minis line to introduce a handful of new creatures to the game, and IMO this is awesome!  Anytime we get new beasties is a good time!  It's clear that WotC considers the minis to be part of the 4th Ed line of products and, no, they are not having you "pay" for errata.  Again, you are just being a bit silly about the whole thing here.As the rash of negative D&D minis posts over the past week or so show, you mask your dislike of the the line with "humor" quite poorly.  We all get it Joe, you don't like the way WotC handles their miniature line.  It's okay.  Just come out and say it, and please drop the snark, it's getting tiring.</blockquote>

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