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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 4240646" data-attributes="member: 4937">How is a writing desk like a raven?They both have black quills.See if you can spot the common ground that I think are shared by both MtG cards and the new stat blocks, other than that they both are produced by WotC.   Hint: it's not that they come in randomized packs.It wasn't.  But it was changing the monster, nor am I sure that it fixes the problem (but it definately helps).  I said that the problem (XP doesn't match challenge) is hard to fix within the rules without changing the monster.  That is to say, there is no XP point or label for this monster where it is fairly costed.  It's abilities are well suited for a level 1 solo monster, not for a level 1 normal monster. This suggests to me that designing good 4e monsters might be harder than it first appears.</blockquote>