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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 5942997" data-attributes="member: 6670763">Symbols are nice if you can have them. The problem is "if".For homebrewers or DMs who just want to have a single stat block from a book scribled on a note, having plain text is very useful. Especially when you are working digitally and you copy and paste other peoples stat blocks to modify them.Keeping things to the basics instead of overly long fluff text does have it's merrits. However, don't overdo it.I do not understand what this actually means. If I learn the rules for monsters and have the underlying principle figured out, I guess this is really all the information I need.This is better, but still leaves some questions:Now this would be the way I'd do it. Assumed that this is what the ability actually is supposed to do.This is an actual problem. Take for example constrict in 3rd Edition.After 12 years, I still would have to open the monster manual and players handbook and pour over it for 5 minutes to figure out what happens when someone gets bit by a snake.I think a creature should be ready to use just by having the stat block without any need to open another book or flip to another page for new DMs to resolve the combat.</blockquote>