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<blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6722229" data-attributes="member: 6701872">Nothing you say here seems to actually contradict my statements, even though you appear to be thinking that something does.CR suggest not using a Rakshasa against a party lower than level 13 - but CR never says &quot;don't read the monsters, this number is all you need to pay attention to and there is no way that something about the monster is going to require you to actually think about how to use this monster specifically, rather than just as an inflated bag of stats you can run identical to how you would run, say, an ogre.&quot;No matter how much guidance is given, the DM is still going to have to actually read the monsters and play to their particular abilities if they want to see that monster actually shine (by which I mean make for interesting gameplay while getting completely destroyed in 3-5 rounds by the party should combat occur).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AaronOfBarbaria, post: 6722229, member: 6701872"] Nothing you say here seems to actually contradict my statements, even though you appear to be thinking that something does. CR suggest not using a Rakshasa against a party lower than level 13 - but CR never says "don't read the monsters, this number is all you need to pay attention to and there is no way that something about the monster is going to require you to actually think about how to use this monster specifically, rather than just as an inflated bag of stats you can run identical to how you would run, say, an ogre." No matter how much guidance is given, the DM is still going to have to actually read the monsters and play to their particular abilities if they want to see that monster actually shine (by which I mean make for interesting gameplay while getting completely destroyed in 3-5 rounds by the party should combat occur). [/QUOTE]

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