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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 9556638" data-attributes="member: 3586">Right, this monstrosity of a stat block turned up on my feeds recently:[ATTACH=full]393065[/ATTACH]It might not look too bad to you at first glance. But what drew my attention was Healing Word.How much does it heal? Oh, I need to check the PHB for the description. 2d4+spellcasting ability. What's the spellcasting ability? &quot;Same as in Spellcasting&quot;. What does Spellcasting say? &quot;use Wisdom&quot;. What's the Wisdom modifier? Check ability score line. &quot;Oh, +3&quot;. What was I using it for again?This is design that is terrible at the table. It reminds me of how 3E would put the ability score required for every power, because if you changed the ability scores, you changed the modifiers. But, at least in that case, it gave the modifiers. MM2025? Nah, look it up. Or better still - use D&amp;D Beyond. (If it actually does calculate it, which I'm not entirely sure it will).This poor formatting/design is also visible in the Ancient Gold Dragon.[ATTACH=full]393066[/ATTACH]Notice in both Multiattack and the Guiding Light legendary action how it's casting Guiding Bolt.What's the attack bonus for that spell?In D&amp;D 2014, that modifier would be listed in the spellcasting line along with the general spell save. But for the 2024 version, only the spell save comes up.So, Guiding Light - need to check PHB for how Guiding Bolt works, then Spellcasting for the ability score, then CR for the proficiency bonus, then add the PB and the Cha modifier to get +16.What the heck, Wizards?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 9556638, member: 3586"] Right, this monstrosity of a stat block turned up on my feeds recently: [ATTACH type="full"]393065[/ATTACH] It might not look too bad to you at first glance. But what drew my attention was Healing Word. How much does it heal? Oh, I need to check the PHB for the description. 2d4+spellcasting ability. What's the spellcasting ability? "Same as in Spellcasting". What does Spellcasting say? "use Wisdom". What's the Wisdom modifier? Check ability score line. "Oh, +3". What was I using it for again? This is design that is [I]terrible[/I] at the table. It reminds me of how 3E would put the ability score required for every power, because if you changed the ability scores, you changed the modifiers. But, at least in that case, it gave the modifiers. MM2025? Nah, look it up. Or better still - use D&D Beyond. (If it actually does calculate it, which I'm not entirely sure it will). This poor formatting/design is also visible in the Ancient Gold Dragon. [ATTACH type="full"]393066[/ATTACH] Notice in both Multiattack and the Guiding Light legendary action how it's casting Guiding Bolt. What's the attack bonus for that spell? In D&D 2014, that modifier would be listed in the spellcasting line along with the general spell save. But for the 2024 version, only the spell save comes up. So, Guiding Light - need to check PHB for how Guiding Bolt works, then Spellcasting for the ability score, then CR for the proficiency bonus, then add the PB and the Cha modifier to get +16. What the heck, Wizards? [/QUOTE]

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