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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6146240" data-attributes="member: 87792">Because Mearls doesn't carp and criticise other editions in that post.  If he were to say "This is what we are doing" he'd be fine.  If he were to say "Here's what 4e did well and what it did badly, let's build on that" he'd be fine.  But to just grumble about 4e (when he personally was in charge of the first thing to break the rule he indicated) and to claim things about the action economy and solos that just aren't so for late 4e monsters (even the 4e dragons break the action economy at least as hard as that thing - and the beholder practically ignores it) is unjustified carping.  And he is the one singling out 4e - were he to have mentioned previous editions all in critical terms I wouldn't have this problem.  He was the one that chose to single out 4e for criticism.Um...LEGENDARY ACTIONS The dragon gains four legendary actions at the end of each of its turns. It can use these actions at any time between then and the start of its next turn, when any unused legendary actions are lost. The dragon can use the actions in the following ways, each of which expends a number of the actions: I've rechecked and don't see where it's spelled out.</blockquote>