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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7593342" data-attributes="member: 97077"><p>I think what you're describing is actually a symptom of a failure on the DM's part to telegraph the threats the monster poses (so it becomes a "gotcha") combined with the players engaging in what the DMG calls "metagame thinking." It's not reskinning per se that is the issue. There's an underlying problem of presentation by the DM and bad assumptions made by the players that combine to create an undesirable outcome. If the DM telegraphs the monster properly such that the players have reason to suspect that this isn't the thing they think it is, while at the same time the players never take anything at face value and take steps to verify their assumptions before acting, then there is no issue here.</p></blockquote><p></p>