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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5072584" data-attributes="member: 2067">Sure take up space in the MM like they do.The mythic-style bat would inspire some encounters. The "just attacks" bat probably should be some other monster's lackey. It doesn't need its own Lore entry, for instance. It needs to find a more interesting beast to piggyback on, or get out of the MM (IMO). What's standing his way? Give him an Index or a DDI search and 30 seconds later he'll have the stats and that's just the same as it is right now. It's not any WORSE with more fluff. Dude can ignore the fluff if he doesn't want it. Statblocks are still there. Even if the stat block was a "Bat of Mythic Shadow" kind of creature, he could use that just as easily as the "just attacks" bat. Give him a page number for stats, and that is all he needs. More fluff doesn't stand in his way. WotC identified this need in the market, not me. I just identified and vocalized my own need. I assume their market research is good enough to find out what most of their players want. The players (including me) wanted more fluff, I guess, so we're getting it. Which, I predict, means monsters that have a better story than "bat that just attacks." Which is exciting for me, and I can't imagine it being harmful for the dude who just needs a statblock RIGHT NOW, either.</blockquote>