Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pants" data-source="post: 2137029" data-attributes="member: 8849">This is a problem that comes from any edition when you have players that read the monster manuals.  How many of you have seen/heard this?(2e Game BTW)DM: Okay, you see a green-skinned creature with long, drooping arms, and hideous claws rise out from behind a rock. PC1 (Newb): Damn guys, I don't know what this is, but I'm going to ready my bow and arrow and see if it's hostile!PC2 (Veteran): Uh oh, it's a troll! Get the fire and acid ready, that thing can regenerate!It's even worse if this is the first troll encountered in a particular campaign. Most players get to know the stock MM creatures fairly quickly. Even if you have a player in 3.x who doesn't read the MM, they'll probably be able to figure out the various abilities of a troll fairly quickly, though only if they read the MM will they get down the number of HD, rend damage, and regeneration amount.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>