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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Christopher Lambert" data-source="post: 1864413" data-attributes="member: 25412">Animals frequently have terrible AC scores. Same with the tyrannosaurus - it's AC plain sucks. Only +5 natural, and it's Huge and scaled?The aboleth's domination ability says "as dominate person" but is very different and affects non-humanoids, too. More of an annoyance.Animated objects have inaccurate CRs; it varies so much based on the base material. Do the CRs assume you used the best material around? I know I wouldn't want to face an animated steel statue at 2nd-level.Beholders are still wimps.A lot of demons with spell-like abilities have low save DCs. Suggestions: introduce a feat called Heighten Spell-like Ability and replace Alertness with it. (Note - save DCs shouldn't be allowed to go too high with this.)Despite 3.5ification, a few creatures still have one or more terrible saves. The phase spider is an example.Mind flayers. Really, where did their domination ability go?Dragon spellcasting - too many have nearly useless abilities, their spell save DCs are low, and their caster levels are low, too. Too easy to dispel.Driders - should have been a template. (The template is available at <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd" target="_blank">www.wizards.com/dnd</a> ... somewhere.)Githzerai - why the Int penalty? Why the astoundingly huge Dex bonus?Ogre Mages - simply not worth their CR. Why is a CR 9 creature casting sleep? And only once per day? It can't even threaten a village with that.Remorhaz - heat damage is way too high.Swarms - especially low-level swarms are usually too powerful.Vampires - energy drain with their fists? Plus the weaknesses (except sunlight) are, IMO, very stupid.Most of the rest are fine, with some real gems in there, too.</blockquote>

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