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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8949539" data-attributes="member: 6877472">But how much of that lore mattered?&nbsp; How useful is it to know that, until recently, the bulette was thought be extinct?&nbsp; Or that it was the result of a mad wizard cross-breeding a snapping turtle and an armadillo with infusions of demon ichor?&nbsp; Or that they feed on horses, men, and just about everything else, but aren't fond of dwarves and hate elves (I mean, seriously, when was the last time anyone had a bulette ignore a dwarf or elf in favor of other prey?).How useful is it to know that they love to chow down on halflings and that they are fearless and always hungry?The 1e MM gives us all this information, and I'm willing to bet the vast majority of people who have ever encountered a bulette wouldn't know this.&nbsp; There is something to be said for saving space in books for other things, especially as the price of game books has risen from 20 bucks in the olden days to 50 bucks now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8949539, member: 6877472"] But how much of that lore mattered? How useful is it to know that, until recently, the bulette was thought be extinct? Or that it was the result of a mad wizard cross-breeding a snapping turtle and an armadillo with infusions of demon ichor? Or that they feed on horses, men, and just about everything else, but aren't fond of dwarves and hate elves (I mean, seriously, when was the last time anyone had a bulette ignore a dwarf or elf in favor of other prey?). How useful is it to know that they love to chow down on halflings and that they are fearless and always hungry? The 1e MM gives us all this information, and I'm willing to bet the vast majority of people who have ever encountered a bulette wouldn't know this. There is something to be said for saving space in books for other things, especially as the price of game books has risen from 20 bucks in the olden days to 50 bucks now. [/QUOTE]

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