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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 4791497" data-attributes="member: 704">And how many monsters does the SRD have that lack that ability?  Its not the quantity of monsters in the SRD that matters, it is more a question of how frequently the DM uses them relative to the other monsters.  If you see one crop up once every 6 or so games, that is one thing.  If they show up once very 2 games, or if you go through an adventure that has you encounter them in say, 6 out of 10 combats, that is another.It also depends on the way that the fights are set up.  If the DM is using only one such monster as a solo, then there is a good chance it gets dog piled and murdered before any of the PC's die.  If there are enough to grapple multiple party members, that is another ball of wax.D&D is a very large game, and each players experience over his gaming career is going to be fairly unique.  Even if you have two DM's running the same adventure, you have to account for the party configuration and the spell selections, and equipment / magic items present.  The unique experience for each game is a strong point of the game, but it does make comparing notes with other people over the internet that you have never played with difficult.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>