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<blockquote data-quote="occam" data-source="post: 9450921" data-attributes="member: 39815">Just took a stroll through the Creature Stat Blocks appendix in the new PHB, and discovered the following interesting things (interesting to me, at any rate):<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">We knew that the Bloodied condition was making a comeback, but I wasn't expecting to run into this so soon:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bloodied Fury. While Bloodied, the boar has Advantage on attack rolls.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":love:" title="Love&nbsp; &nbsp; :love:"&nbsp; data-smilie="16"data-shortname=":love:" /> The boar is the only creature to have this in the PHB; I wonder to what extent the Bloodied condition will be utilized in the Monster Manual.</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are no creatures with Keen Senses; this was a common trait for creatures in the 2014 PHB. I wonder if this has been removed completely for new creatures.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I was going to check on whether they were making the same error as in the 2014 books, and forgetting to apply the +5 to Passive Perception for having advantage on Perception checks, but it turns out to be irrelevant!</li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">I believe they've removed all instances of attacks that require both an attack roll and a saving throw. (See, for example, the pseudodragon's sting, which now only requires a save.) We've seen this in some of the spell revisions as well; it'll be interesting to see if this is a strictly implemented design guideline in all cases.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">It looks like they're going back to the original 2014 reliance on general language about alignment being flexible. We've seen this in example stat blocks already, however, I wasn't sure if it was going to be applied across the board. But there isn't a single &quot;usually&quot; or &quot;always&quot; in these stat blocks; every creature just has an unqualified alignment.</li>
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[QUOTE="occam, post: 9450921, member: 39815"] Just took a stroll through the Creature Stat Blocks appendix in the new PHB, and discovered the following interesting things (interesting to me, at any rate): [LIST] [*]We knew that the Bloodied condition was making a comeback, but I wasn't expecting to run into this so soon: [LIST] [*][B][I]Bloodied Fury.[/I][/B] While Bloodied, the boar has Advantage on attack rolls. [*]:love: The boar is the only creature to have this in the PHB; I wonder to what extent the Bloodied condition will be utilized in the [I]Monster Manual[/I]. [/LIST] [*]There are no creatures with Keen Senses; this was a common trait for creatures in the 2014 PHB. I wonder if this has been removed completely for new creatures. [LIST] [*]I was going to check on whether they were making the same error as in the 2014 books, and forgetting to apply the +5 to Passive Perception for having advantage on Perception checks, but it turns out to be irrelevant! [/LIST] [*]I believe they've removed all instances of attacks that require both an attack roll and a saving throw. (See, for example, the pseudodragon's sting, which now only requires a save.) We've seen this in some of the spell revisions as well; it'll be interesting to see if this is a strictly implemented design guideline in all cases. [*]It looks like they're going back to the original 2014 reliance on general language about alignment being flexible. We've seen this in example stat blocks already, however, I wasn't sure if it was going to be applied across the board. But there isn't a single "usually" or "always" in these stat blocks; every creature just has an unqualified alignment. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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