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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8149260" data-attributes="member: 2209">Do not radically change CRs, it was real annoying going from 3e to 3.5 and have base mummies increase in HD, gain +5 on their attacks, and go from CR 3 to 5 so they did not fit well when swapping in the new one while running an old module. 5e similarly annoyed me with their Spectre redesign as the low level incoroporeal undead instead of as the traditional top predator one from prior core MMs. It was great that they now finally had a core useable low level combat ghost, but it was terrible that it had a legacy name of something with a different world role.I would want the monsters from a new alt MM to be useable in their existing roles in an existing module.I feel Pathfinder did this well when adapting creatures from the 3.5 SRD into pathfinder, changing power levels they felt appropriate, but keeping the name and target CR the same. Their allip for example went from an ability drain to an ability damage ability to better fit the low CR, while outsiders like the succubus were beefed up to fit their higher CR and feel better tuned to their advertised CR power level.</blockquote>