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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 5237169" data-attributes="member: 48965">I honestly don't see a difference between your example and what Shemeska is saying. The examples above are all about making a creature interesting outside of combat, (Something I felt was sorely lacking in MM1 and caused me to skip MM2, though I hear MM3 is better with this and I am going to purchase it for this reason alone.). In the end though, I think you two are basically saying the same thing.  IMO, it is a creatures mythology, connection and interaction (even if only in little ways) to the world around it that make it interesting beyond 3-5 rnds. I almost feel like in creating creatures with a primary focus of lasting 3-5 rnds in combat... you can miss out on some of the imaginative, weird, wacky and well... fantastic stuff that endeared me to D&D when I was younger. YMMV of course but I use to read the MM as a kid because it inspired my imagination... not because I wanted to go over stat blocks.</blockquote>