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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 3146527" data-attributes="member: 22424">In my opinion, it is not acceptable to sacrifice the flavour of any monster just to make it a bit easier to run. That way makes the game flavourless and dull, akin to Diet Coke. I'll always take the full-fat version, thanks.That said, for the most part, I don't think the discussions in "Design & Development" have necessarily been about sacrificing flavour for simplicity, and there are several areas of the game that can and should be simplified in a manner that does not sacrifice the flavour.My objection to the beholder rewrite, though, is not primarily about flavour. I simply disagree with much of the reasoning behind the changes, such as the 'need' to remove the anti-magic cone, the 'need' to remove the save-or-dies (both because several of those listed weren't save-or-dies, and because I think any fix should be to the save-or-dies themselves rather than this one monster), and I don't understand the benefit of this 'barrage' ability over other options that could have been used. Once you disagree with the underlying thinking, disagreeing with the outcome follows naturally.</blockquote>