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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 9582127" data-attributes="member: 6807784">To me, that is a plus, not a minus. It makes the creature easy to use, and gives it a clear direction. Use spells as necessary, or add spells as desired.Let me approach this from a slightly different angle. My first real major foray into D&D was 5E. I, and many other noob DMs, hated running 2014 spell monsters. I had to constantly look up spells and then figure out how to use them and when to deploy them. It was a lot of thinking that IMO wasn't worth the squeeze. With the new format, I can run this creature easily, and the spells are flavorful and interesting enough to be fun to use.Now with 10 years of experience under my belt, I can also say it's easier to upgrade the 2024 version then it is to parse and wield the 2014 version as well. IF I want, I can add a couple big spells - mind blank, chain lightning - and I don't have to fiddle with spell slots or wonder if the spell list is balanced for the CR etc etc.I get the tactical expression that is possible in the 2014, but going off both my anecdotal experiences (so taken with a grain of salt) and what I've seen in other GMs like me (ofc still anecdotal), it's better to have a simple stat block you can add a couple spells too then a stat block with a huge number of spells in it already that you have to figure out to see how to make this thing hit its CR.</blockquote>