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<blockquote data-quote="Faolyn" data-source="post: 9118938" data-attributes="member: 6915329"><p>I will!</p><p></p><p>There are many low-quality monsters in D&D, even in 5e. Every time you look at a statblock and think, "that's it?" or "we already have a monster like this; why do we need this one?", or "why the heck would I ever use it," you have a low-quality monster. Take Spelljammer, since we're here. The Constellate is one. It's basically unkillable and will likely instantly kill any party who comes across it--it would likely kill a tarrasque--and it's so large that you can't even really sneak around it, and that makes it unusable as anything other than a plot device. Why is it a monster?</p><p></p><p>Or in 5e Spelljammer, the Cosmic Horror is, IMO, an incredibly useless monster. It doesn't <em>feel </em>either cosmic or horrific. It barely even feels like discount Cthulhu. It feels like it should have had an entry of far more than two paragraphs--it needed a section on cults, on the madness it spreads when it draws near, and things like that. It doesn't even have the mechanics needed to support what little flavor text it has; it feeds on minds, but how? It probably needs several more traits and attacks--for a CR 18 monster, it's terribly bland.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Faolyn, post: 9118938, member: 6915329"] I will! There are many low-quality monsters in D&D, even in 5e. Every time you look at a statblock and think, "that's it?" or "we already have a monster like this; why do we need this one?", or "why the heck would I ever use it," you have a low-quality monster. Take Spelljammer, since we're here. The Constellate is one. It's basically unkillable and will likely instantly kill any party who comes across it--it would likely kill a tarrasque--and it's so large that you can't even really sneak around it, and that makes it unusable as anything other than a plot device. Why is it a monster? Or in 5e Spelljammer, the Cosmic Horror is, IMO, an incredibly useless monster. It doesn't [I]feel [/I]either cosmic or horrific. It barely even feels like discount Cthulhu. It feels like it should have had an entry of far more than two paragraphs--it needed a section on cults, on the madness it spreads when it draws near, and things like that. It doesn't even have the mechanics needed to support what little flavor text it has; it feeds on minds, but how? It probably needs several more traits and attacks--for a CR 18 monster, it's terribly bland. [/QUOTE]
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