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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6500752" data-attributes="member: 92511">I do not see the issue. Goblins and Hobgoblins have bows. Orcs have javelins &amp; spears that they can throw. No reason they can't pick up a crossbow...and I don't need the MM to tell me creatures with XY weapons can pick up/use/have a Z, as well or instead.Giants throw rocks. A harpy has her song. Dragons have breath weapons. A pit fiend has at will Fireball! A Balor's Whip attack, while listed as a &quot;Melee&quot;, has a reach of 30'! That's a decent ranged attack, if you ask me. Drow and Svirf's get their hand crossbow/poisoned darts. Hell, Half-dragons get a breath weapon and a bow!Other than this particular complaint of &quot;eldritch blast should have been a given power/spell for most [or all] demons/devils&quot; which, while I could get behind/understand, those demons with spellcasting can certainly be given an at will cantrip without breaking anything. Swap out one of their other at-will spell abilities to put in eldritch blast instead...and if you want it to be something &quot;all demons/devils&quot; can do? Well, there's one of the perks of being the DM. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />But, all told/on the whole, I do not see where one can say monsters for which it makes sense to have ranged attacks do not have them.EDIT: Or that the &quot;bulk&quot; of monsters are missing ranged attacks where/when they should have one. Or that those without ranged attacks -where it doesn't make sense they would have them in the first place - are somehow done &quot;wrong&quot; or diminish the quality of the MM. Creatures that can attack at range have ranged attacks. &quot;Not everything/enough does?&quot; Not everything should. *shrug*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6500752, member: 92511"] I do not see the issue. Goblins and Hobgoblins have bows. Orcs have javelins & spears that they can throw. No reason they can't pick up a crossbow...and I don't need the MM to tell me creatures with XY weapons can pick up/use/have a Z, as well or instead. Giants throw rocks. A harpy has her song. Dragons have breath weapons. A pit fiend has [I]at will Fireball[/I]! A Balor's Whip attack, while listed as a "Melee", has a reach of 30'! That's a decent [I]ranged[/I] attack, if you ask me. Drow and Svirf's get their hand crossbow/poisoned darts. Hell, Half-dragons get a breath weapon and a bow! Other than this particular complaint of "eldritch blast should have been a given power/spell for most [or all] demons/devils" which, while I could get behind/understand, those demons with spellcasting can certainly be given an at will cantrip without breaking anything. Swap out one of their other at-will spell abilities to put in eldritch blast instead...and if you want it to be something "all demons/devils" can do? Well, there's one of the perks of being the DM. :cool: But, all told/on the whole, I do not see where one can say monsters for which it makes sense to have ranged attacks do not have them. EDIT: Or that the "bulk" of monsters are missing ranged attacks where/when they should have one. Or that those without ranged attacks -where it doesn't make sense they would have them in the first place - are somehow done "wrong" or diminish the quality of the MM. Creatures that can attack at range have ranged attacks. "Not everything/enough does?" Not everything [I]should[/I]. *shrug* [/QUOTE]

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