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<blockquote data-quote="Gold Roger" data-source="post: 5923363" data-attributes="member: 33904">The question I want to ask here is: do all monsters need to follow the same design philosophy?Because, as so often, I find myself wanting both.There's a very good reason there are monsters that are just lumps of hp and attack.It's good to have slightly more complex beasts, like the bosses in COC or almost every 4th edition monster.And sometimes (though rarely) a monster with more abilities than it could ever use in one combat are awesome (pre 4th edition demons and dragons).What shouldn't happen is repeating older editions mistakes by splitting the different designs by level. Going from the kobold-ork-ogre-hill giant progression straight to the management nightmare that is demons is awful.I want to be able to throw a complex monster at 1st level party without expecting a TPK or it even being a boss. And I want to throw out some simple HD lumps out at the highest level without using giants all the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gold Roger, post: 5923363, member: 33904"] The question I want to ask here is: do all monsters need to follow the same design philosophy? Because, as so often, I find myself wanting both. There's a very good reason there are monsters that are just lumps of hp and attack. It's good to have slightly more complex beasts, like the bosses in COC or almost every 4th edition monster. And sometimes (though rarely) a monster with more abilities than it could ever use in one combat are awesome (pre 4th edition demons and dragons). What shouldn't happen is repeating older editions mistakes by splitting the different designs by level. Going from the kobold-ork-ogre-hill giant progression straight to the management nightmare that is demons is awful. I want to be able to throw a complex monster at 1st level party without expecting a TPK or it even being a boss. And I want to throw out some simple HD lumps out at the highest level without using giants all the time. [/QUOTE]

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