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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6601826" data-attributes="member: 20323">I don't think there's anything wrong with the label per say; after all, in plain English it just means that there a great many legends told about the monster. The idea being that PCs don't go into an encounter with such a monster without the DM building it up in the narrative and foreshadowing what's to come. This is not to say that many legends aren't told about wights, but they're not told about one specific wight. And if they are I'd argue that wight probably should be legendary.I do think they could have gone further with the narrative implications of what being &quot;legendary&quot; means. Instead we get a really thin description that's entirely based on game mechanics - a 4e solo by another name. What I'd like to see are true/false rumor tables about legendary monsters, sources of lore written about them, knowledge check results (a la the 4e Monster Manuals, but juicier), and maybe a bit more on their ecology. Something to emphasize that yes, while &quot;legendary&quot; monsters have a mechanical difference to better equip them to take on entire party solo, they also have a big impact on the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6601826, member: 20323"] I don't think there's anything wrong with the label per say; after all, in plain English it just means that there a great many legends told about the monster. The idea being that PCs don't go into an encounter with such a monster without the DM building it up in the narrative and foreshadowing what's to come. This is not to say that many legends aren't told about wights, but they're not told about [i]one specific[/i] wight. And if they are I'd argue that wight probably should be legendary. I do think they could have gone further with the narrative implications of what being "legendary" means. Instead we get a really thin description that's entirely based on game mechanics - a 4e solo by another name. What I'd like to see are true/false rumor tables about legendary monsters, sources of lore written about them, knowledge check results (a la the 4e Monster Manuals, but juicier), and maybe a bit more on their ecology. Something to emphasize that yes, while "legendary" monsters have a mechanical difference to better equip them to take on entire party solo, they also have a big impact on the story. [/QUOTE]

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