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Message: <blockquote data-quote="malcolm_n" data-source="post: 5215519" data-attributes="member: 63154">Please elaborate on what these "obvious reasons" may be; as I am missing them for some reason.  Allowing players to play updated monsters as races wouldn't be a problem like letting them play monsters straight from the MM might be.  Take Yuan-ti for an example.  You could do something like...[sblock=Yuan-ti]+2 Intelligence, +2 Strength or +2 DexterityMedium7 squaresLow-light visionCommon, Draconic+2 Arcana, +2 AcrobaticsPoison Resistance:  You have resist poison 5 + one-half your level.Slither:  When making skill checks, you can move at your full speed without suffering penalties.Prehensile Tail:  Choose the crushing coils or cobra shift power.Crushing Coils Yuan-ti racial powerYou whip your tail out and grab an enemy.EncounterStandard Action Melee 1Target:  One creatureAttack:  Strength +2 or Dexterity +2 vs. ReflexHit:  1d6 + Strength or Dexterity modifier damage, and the target is grabbed.  You get a +2 bonus to resist the target's escape.Level 11:  Strength +4 or Dexterity +4, and you get a +3 bonus to resist the target's escape.Level 21:  Strength +6 or Dexterity +6, 2d6 + Strength or Dexterity modifier damage, and you get a +4 bonus to resist the target's escape.Cobra Shift Yuan-ti racial powerYou flex powerful muscles in your tail and quickly move out of the way of danger.EncounterImmediate Interrupt PersonalTrigger:  A creature hits you with an attackEffect:  You get a +4 bonus to defenses against the attack.  If the attack misses you, you can shift 1 square as a free action.[/sblock][sblock=Ogre]+2 Strength, +2 Constitution or +2 WisdomMedium6 squaresNormal visionCommon, Giant+2 Athletics, +2 IntimidatePowerful Throw:  You can use your Strength when making a basic attack with any thrown weapon.  You also get a +2 proficiency bonus to attacks with improvised thrown weapons, and such weapons deal 1d6 + Strength modifier damage on a hit.Brawler:  Make improvised attacks (including unarmed attacks) as if you were armed with a club.Large Combatant:  You have the large combatant power.Large Combatant Ogre Racial PowerYou are smaller than your savage cousins, but still large enough that it counts.EncounterFree Action PersonalEffect:  Increase the melee reach or range of your next attack by 1, or begin a burst or blast from any adjacent square.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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