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<blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5518199" data-attributes="member: 94022">I agree.&nbsp; They really have done a good job with monsters in this edition, at least in terms of making them easy to create your own or modify others.&nbsp; It takes hardly any time at all to create a new monster now and even less to modify or change the level of another.&nbsp; Plus with the new MM3 damage, monsters pack a serious punch now and encounters are becoming a lot more entertaining while remaining at or near the party's level.Just ran the new MV beholder yesterday, leveled it up to level 12, gave it some babies in the form of a beholder swarm, and let it wreak havoc on the party.&nbsp; Everything worked really well in my opinion, the party had a blast, pulled out most of the stops, and pulled through without any casualties (though it was touch and go for the ranger for much of the encounter).&nbsp; All told, I spent about a half an hour designing the encounter, if that.&nbsp; Back in 3.x to do that it would have absolutely been a lot longer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Riastlin, post: 5518199, member: 94022"] I agree. They really have done a good job with monsters in this edition, at least in terms of making them easy to create your own or modify others. It takes hardly any time at all to create a new monster now and even less to modify or change the level of another. Plus with the new MM3 damage, monsters pack a serious punch now and encounters are becoming a lot more entertaining while remaining at or near the party's level. Just ran the new MV beholder yesterday, leveled it up to level 12, gave it some babies in the form of a beholder swarm, and let it wreak havoc on the party. Everything worked really well in my opinion, the party had a blast, pulled out most of the stops, and pulled through without any casualties (though it was touch and go for the ranger for much of the encounter). All told, I spent about a half an hour designing the encounter, if that. Back in 3.x to do that it would have absolutely been a lot longer. [/QUOTE]

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