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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 8662476" data-attributes="member: 6807784">You're comparing spell slots for players vs a DM having to keep track of 3-4 monsters with different abilities, some of which have spell slots as well. Novice DMs running a high-level one-shot like this Vecna one-shot are all but impossible in the old system. And many DMs on all social media have talked about how they feel they can finally comfortably use spellcasters as monsters now due to the new format.Your small sample size is reflective of the bias you have for spell slots on monsters, which itself is based out of your long history with the game. You need to recognize that there is a huge audience outside of your sample size who were very much unwilling to engage with the challenges of spell slots. On top of that, you have to recognize the inherent irony in your words. You argue that you have the experience and skill to do this, but you don't have the experience and skill to add in a few more spells to your monsters? If you can master 25 spells on a lich's spell block and run it comfortably, you can easily add 5-10 more spells to the neo-lich spellblocks like Vecna.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 8662476, member: 6807784"] You're comparing spell slots for players vs a DM having to keep track of 3-4 monsters with different abilities, some of which have spell slots as well. Novice DMs running a high-level one-shot like this Vecna one-shot are all but impossible in the old system. And many DMs on all social media have talked about how they feel they can finally comfortably use spellcasters as monsters now due to the new format. Your small sample size is reflective of the bias you have for spell slots on monsters, which itself is based out of your long history with the game. You need to recognize that there is a huge audience outside of your sample size who were very much unwilling to engage with the challenges of spell slots. On top of that, you have to recognize the inherent irony in your words. You argue that you have the experience and skill to do this, but you don't have the experience and skill to add in a few more spells to your monsters? If you can master 25 spells on a lich's spell block and run it comfortably, you can easily add 5-10 more spells to the neo-lich spellblocks like Vecna. [/QUOTE]

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