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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nnms" data-source="post: 5775832" data-attributes="member: 83293">If only that was the case.  Knowing a monster is a brute or an artillery or whatever gives so much more information than just a handy tool for the DMs would.And it's so easy for the players to figure out what the monster roles are.  They get combat advantage and do extra damage?  Skirmisher.  They do something defendery?  Soldier.  They go away for a round and then come back and hit hard?  Lurker.  They are  easy to hit and do lots of damage?  brute.4E encourages tactical metagaming.  It's part of the fun.  You even get to know exactly when a monster is half dead.  And the details of all effects you suffer.  With no consideration as to whether or not your character knows these details.Some consider it a great feature of 4E.  I still see it as a strength even if I don't like that type of play.EDIT:  I have no idea about 3.5 MM Whatever.  I largely skipped 3.5 after playing 3.x for only about three or four years.  I don't know about more than half of the books published for that system.</blockquote>