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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 9590246" data-attributes="member: 79428">More 2014 to 2025 lore comparisons, from Blue Dragon to Bullywug:Blue DragonBoth MM2014 and MM2025 describe Blue Dragons as hunting over deserts and other bare terrain and collecting talented humanoids to cow into service. Whereas MM2014 emphasizes them as a threat to desert-dwelling civilizations, MM2025 talks about them seeking lairs near sites of symbolic power, and Ancient Blues even seek to seize control of world-spanning empires or facets of reality like storms.Bone DevilMM2014 simply describes bone devils as the taskmasters of the Hells. MM2025 replaces this with bone devils being the slayers of creatures who don't follow through on infernal deals, executors of diabolical orders throughout the multiverse, and ally to mortal tyrants.Bone NagaThe MM2014 describes nagas in general as immortal guardians of knowledge and treasure created by a vanished humanoid species; they are also said to be enemies of the yuan-ti, and bone nagas in particular are created by yuan-ti to desecrate defeated nagas. MM2025 expands this by saying that bone nagas have gaps in their memories, most are created from spirit nagas, and that those made from guardian nagas can still be good but have addled minds.Brass DragonMM2014 describes brass dragons as accumulating information via conversation (and being pushy about it) and living in hot climates. MM2025 retains this but adds that they are travelers who build world-spanning information networks between allies over their lives.Bronze DragonThe Bronze Dragon of the 2014 Monster Manual inhabits coasts, sneaks onto ships under magical disguise, and is interested in warfare and helping armies fighting for just causes. The 2025 Monster Manual drops the interest in warfare and replaces it with an interest in helping good individuals and civilizations develop and solve problems. Ancient Bronze Dragons seek to protect whole regions or even planets as well as solving multiversal threats.BugbearIn 2014 Bugbears serve as scouts, worship the god Hruggek of Acheron, and function as mercenaries. In MM 2025 the Bugbear is another creature with a very short entry, so all of this is replaced with Bugbears being fey embodiments of the fear of nature and very stealthy.BuletteThe 2014 bulette dislikes elf and dwarf flesh, favors eating halflings, has a hunting territory thirty miles wide, are solitary, have a mating ritual that ends with the male dead and eaten, are possibly the fusion of snapping turtle and armadillo infused with demon ichor, and have young that are almost never seen. None of this is present in the much shorter MM 2025 entry, and young bulette pups are present as pack hunters (the presence of the pup's statblock ate up the space for the information from 2014).BullywugAnother creature who gets a lore-ectomy in 2025 because of an extra statblock. In MM 2014 the bullywugs are “thoroughly evil”, have a civilization that rewards cleverly murdering rivals with advancement, and serve petty lords. 2025 eschews all of this, making them Neutral and calling them fey embodiments of swamplands who train giant frogs.</blockquote>

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