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<blockquote data-quote="hayek" data-source="post: 6336552" data-attributes="member: 53760">I'm in the same boat - no Starter Set, so not certain what could've been cut. In general, my hunch would be that they could have cut down on the number of monsters with spells - I know people have said there's only 2-3, but I don't see why there needs to be any in the introductory product. People have mentioned Flaming Skulls, this looks like the perfect opportunity to just give a creature the 'Shoot Fire Out of Your Eyes' power, with 1 line of text for the effect rather than a list of spells that need referencing.Nonetheless, I'll concede it's possible that for space needs this just had to be done in the Starter Set. My bigger concern is the Monster Manual and D&amp;D Basic (when they get around to updating with monsters). The Monster Manual is by all reports enormous - I would certainly rather see some Monsters moved into Monster Manual 2 to make room for fully-contained stat blocks to help ease of play there. As for D&amp;D Basic - since it's an electronic product with no space constraints there's really no excuse for not adding at least a summary of any spells listed there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hayek, post: 6336552, member: 53760"] I'm in the same boat - no Starter Set, so not certain what could've been cut. In general, my hunch would be that they could have cut down on the number of monsters with spells - I know people have said there's only 2-3, but I don't see why there needs to be any in the introductory product. People have mentioned Flaming Skulls, this looks like the perfect opportunity to just give a creature the 'Shoot Fire Out of Your Eyes' power, with 1 line of text for the effect rather than a list of spells that need referencing. Nonetheless, I'll concede it's possible that for space needs this just had to be done in the Starter Set. My bigger concern is the Monster Manual and D&D Basic (when they get around to updating with monsters). The Monster Manual is by all reports enormous - I would certainly rather see some Monsters moved into Monster Manual 2 to make room for fully-contained stat blocks to help ease of play there. As for D&D Basic - since it's an electronic product with no space constraints there's really no excuse for not adding at least a summary of any spells listed there. [/QUOTE]

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