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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 8171149" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>5E is slightly different than 3E in that there is a delineation between the stat block for combat and what the creature can do as a whole.&nbsp; Where the likes of 3E tried to define everything the creature could do - ever, 5E doesn't do that.&nbsp; In an encounter, a green hag might not be able to curse you.&nbsp; But you may become entangled in an adventure where offstage that hag cursed an NPC or performed the equivalent of a ritual to curse someone (even a party member!).&nbsp; Off-screen, 5E monsters can do a lot of things without having to have that ability spelled out in their stat block.&nbsp; Things like black dragons befouling the nearby waters of their lair or the town's well.&nbsp; Cloud giants turning clouds into lairs, Storm giants being followed by thunderstorms, beholders dreaming others of their kind into existence and wights causing plant life to wither and die around their lairs.&nbsp; And of course, hags putting the &quot;evil eye&quot; on individuals.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 8171149, member: 52734"] 5E is slightly different than 3E in that there is a delineation between the stat block for combat and what the creature can do as a whole. Where the likes of 3E tried to define everything the creature could do - ever, 5E doesn't do that. In an encounter, a green hag might not be able to curse you. But you may become entangled in an adventure where offstage that hag cursed an NPC or performed the equivalent of a ritual to curse someone (even a party member!). Off-screen, 5E monsters can do a lot of things without having to have that ability spelled out in their stat block. Things like black dragons befouling the nearby waters of their lair or the town's well. Cloud giants turning clouds into lairs, Storm giants being followed by thunderstorms, beholders dreaming others of their kind into existence and wights causing plant life to wither and die around their lairs. And of course, hags putting the "evil eye" on individuals. [/QUOTE]

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