Ridley's Cohort
First Post
jgbrowning said:We're re-writing monsters because we've written in the expected levels of wealth so much than the idea of being under the "reccomended" decreases ejoyment of the game?
The short answer is "YES! Absolutely friggin' yes!"
The long answer is...
As Mike said:
There's basically two things competing against each other with the rust monster:
1. It's cool when the party is worried that they'll lose their stuff.
2. When they lose their stuff... what happens next?
It is fine if the DM considers the possible consequences and how it will effect game play in the short, medium, and long term. I generally give the DM the benefit of the doubt and assume he has thought throught these things.
But suggesting that the monster was written that way so it should stay written that way without scrutinizing in the context of how most people actual play this game is good why?
I am not particularly against having the original beastie in the MM. I strongly believe it should come strong warning labels, at the very least.