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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8386178" data-attributes="member: 7032025"><p>First thing, while it depends on the knowledge of you players and their metagaming level (at least half of our players are also DMs themselves, and while we can trust most to avoid metagaming, it also makes it harder for them to differentiate, monster by monster, what their character should/could know), it's always good to have more monsters, or even versions of it.</p><p></p><p>Second, on DDB, the homebrew for monsters is not that complicated and lots of things can be cut and pasted.</p><p></p><p>Finally, the library of homebrew on DDB is fairly large, if you search the homebrew monsters section, you will have a good chance that someone has done the job for you already.</p><p></p><p>The only two cautions I would give is that sometimes the job is not properly done, but you can still cut/paste into your own version if you think it's not good enough for you, and the other thing is that sometimes these 3rd party monsters are not that well designed, and using principles that contradict the usual way monsters are built in 5e, which can sometimes lead to a bit of head scratching as to how some powers are supposed to work (and, if you have ruleslawyers at your table, uncomfortable questions).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8386178, member: 7032025"] First thing, while it depends on the knowledge of you players and their metagaming level (at least half of our players are also DMs themselves, and while we can trust most to avoid metagaming, it also makes it harder for them to differentiate, monster by monster, what their character should/could know), it's always good to have more monsters, or even versions of it. Second, on DDB, the homebrew for monsters is not that complicated and lots of things can be cut and pasted. Finally, the library of homebrew on DDB is fairly large, if you search the homebrew monsters section, you will have a good chance that someone has done the job for you already. The only two cautions I would give is that sometimes the job is not properly done, but you can still cut/paste into your own version if you think it's not good enough for you, and the other thing is that sometimes these 3rd party monsters are not that well designed, and using principles that contradict the usual way monsters are built in 5e, which can sometimes lead to a bit of head scratching as to how some powers are supposed to work (and, if you have ruleslawyers at your table, uncomfortable questions). [/QUOTE]
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