D&D (2024) Is anyone at WOTC paying attention to what they print any more?

[ECMO3]

"Is anyone at WOTC paying attention to what they print any more?"

Yes, because they got 99.9+% of things right.

But you find one erratum and make a post with a hyperbolic title like this.

OK so if you are going to start throwing numbers around 99.9% right means they got 1 in 1000 monsters wrong.

The monster manual has 500 monsters (give or take) so if the Carrion Crawler is the ONLY monster they got wrong, and they got every other monster completely right, they still did not meet the 99.9% threshold that you posted.

WOTC did not get 99.9% of monsters right, that is just fact (unless you think this one is right).

 

[Zardnaar]

I kinda like it as is.

Carrion crawlers used to be terrifying

 

[Chaltab]

I kinda like it as is.

Carrion crawlers used to be terrifying

I mean sure. You could just run it so that there's no repeat save. Either someone in your party can cure the poison or you're stuck for the whole minute.

 

[ECMO3]

I kinda like it as is.

Carrion crawlers used to be terrifying

in 1E they it was not save every turn, it was save or be paralyzed period. The monster manual did not have when this would end and it would preumably be never if you failed the save.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

I kinda like it as is.

Carrion crawlers used to be terrifying

the problem is less that it's scary and more that it's clearly a bug tbh

 

[Older Beholder]

Nevermind

 

[Maxperson]

There can be a corner case because the tentacles actually cause poison and while poisoned you are paralyzed. So if you are immune to being paralyzed or someone casts something on you to remove the paralysis but you are still poisoned then you would still have to save and could fail the save.

This is no different than someone who has a negative and can't pass a save, they can still roll but even a 20 doesn't pass.

I strongly doubt that the wording was included because of that corner case. WotC isn't in the habit of writing down language just to bring attention corner cases in their products.

 

[Maxperson]

Then the bullet point on Paralyzed that causes you to automatically fail Strength and Dexterity saving throws wouldn’t do anything, since literally every effect that forces you to make a saving throw specifies what happens on a successful save.

That bullet point is overcome by specific beats general in this case, not in every case of paralysis or with every spell. It specifically allows a dex save WHILE PARALYZED, unlike any other spell. Your statement is not correct about the bullet point being useless.

 

[Maxperson]

I have issues with the MM that seem to stem from lack of oversite, but this example is not one of them. To me it is clear that paralyzing is secondary to the poison condition and the save every turn applies to the poison condition. If the poison condition ends, so does the paralyzing condition.

That wouldn't make a difference. If you are paralyzed, even secondarily, you still fail all dex saves. That would include failing the dex poison save.

I think my argument about specific beating general is stronger.

 

[Distracted DM]

the problem is less that it's scary and more that it's clearly a bug tbh

If it's a bug wouldn't it be a beast instead of a monstrosity?