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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5237242" data-attributes="member: 52734">I'll always take a critter that can be interacted with in some significant space over filler any day.  For example, I'd rather have stats on a Shadow wolf than your typical squirrel.  At the same time, there is time and a place for including critters that aren't always going to end in a fight, or having something to fall back on for unusual but interesting encounters.  For example, the characters may have a gold dragon benefactor.  The party isn't likely to get into a fight with their benefactor, but it would be helpful to know in some way what the gold dragon's limitations and abilities are for how much aid he can render to the party, including pulling the character's fat out of the fire or should the BBEG send forces to deal with the PCs and their benefactor at their home ("Err, whoops heroes - we weren't informed the old bald sage was really a gold dragon...")Or, for example, it turned out that those nuts squirrels hoarded away were acorn bombs and the squirrel started chucking them at adventurers as they passed by, I'd sure like to have some sort of stats to use for the coming mayhem.</blockquote>