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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4243120" data-attributes="member: 22779">Hrm, comparing this with:You can kinda see why monster roles are a good idea.&nbsp; Using the 3e system of monster type did no favours to the tactically challenged.&nbsp; Is creature X best used as a toe to toe brute or as an artillery piece?&nbsp; How does the monster's type (Outsider, Evil) tell you anything about how it should be used?&nbsp; What is the most effective way to use a Glabrezu?So, the designers actually set out to categorize all the creatures.&nbsp; But, instead of taking existing monsters and then slapping on a category (the way the CR system was designed), they redesigned the monsters to fit them into a given category.&nbsp; So, a Pit Fiend is a leader.&nbsp; He has abilities that fit with being a leader as defined in the rules.&nbsp; This is why the new categories are useful.&nbsp; They actually tell us something about the monster.&nbsp; Magical Beast tells me pretty much nothing about how to use a monster.&nbsp; Leader Level 26 tells me a fair bit, even before reading the stat block.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4243120, member: 22779"] Hrm, comparing this with: You can kinda see why monster roles are a good idea. Using the 3e system of monster type did no favours to the tactically challenged. Is creature X best used as a toe to toe brute or as an artillery piece? How does the monster's type (Outsider, Evil) tell you anything about how it should be used? What is the most effective way to use a Glabrezu? So, the designers actually set out to categorize all the creatures. But, instead of taking existing monsters and then slapping on a category (the way the CR system was designed), they redesigned the monsters to fit them into a given category. So, a Pit Fiend is a leader. He has abilities that fit with being a leader as defined in the rules. This is why the new categories are useful. They actually tell us something about the monster. Magical Beast tells me pretty much nothing about how to use a monster. Leader Level 26 tells me a fair bit, even before reading the stat block. [/QUOTE]

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