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<blockquote data-quote="miniaturehoarder" data-source="post: 6490701" data-attributes="member: 6788790">Since the monster palette is temporarily down to the MM1, I'm wondering what classic monsters DMs are reskinning current monsters for. MM points out this for explicitly similar monsters, but I'm wondering how far DMs are fleshing out the enemy rosters. Here's a couple ideas I've had...Commoner and Bandit. Just describe them differently and bam!, classic humanoids without special abilities. This lets one save the harder hitting 5E versions with the special abilities for lesser leaders. Might freak out metagamers, since they'll see 10 'hobgoblins' and think, &quot;Oh gods, we are going to get Ginsu'ed!&quot;, but having plenty of foes&nbsp; PCs can cut a bloody swath through IMHO is a good thing.Giant Toad, change locomotion to burrowing and you'll have a serviceable stand in for a Caecillia worm. It hasn't been around much since Basic, but it's a smaller grey coloured purple worm without the stinger. Useful since a lot of worm miniatures out there are not impressive enough to be a gargantuan TPK machine.Deer, give it the giant frog's standing leap and call it a Cave Cricket.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="miniaturehoarder, post: 6490701, member: 6788790"] Since the monster palette is temporarily down to the MM1, I'm wondering what classic monsters DMs are reskinning current monsters for. MM points out this for explicitly similar monsters, but I'm wondering how far DMs are fleshing out the enemy rosters. Here's a couple ideas I've had... Commoner and Bandit. Just describe them differently and bam!, classic humanoids without special abilities. This lets one save the harder hitting 5E versions with the special abilities for lesser leaders. Might freak out metagamers, since they'll see 10 'hobgoblins' and think, "Oh gods, we are going to get Ginsu'ed!", but having plenty of foes PCs can cut a bloody swath through IMHO is a good thing. Giant Toad, change locomotion to burrowing and you'll have a serviceable stand in for a Caecillia worm. It hasn't been around much since Basic, but it's a smaller grey coloured purple worm without the stinger. Useful since a lot of worm miniatures out there are not impressive enough to be a gargantuan TPK machine. Deer, give it the giant frog's standing leap and call it a Cave Cricket. [/QUOTE]

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