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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6179125" data-attributes="member: 7006">I've had almost 40 years of monster books that have given me almost the exact same concepts, ecology and definitions for all of these monsters each and every time.  I know this stuff already.  The last thing I need is for another monster book to rehash the exact same material for the eighth time.Anyone who says that the 5E monster manual shouldn't include new concepts for old monsters and want it to just have "true" D&D monster ecology information so they can run them as they see fit... what on earth are you paying for?  New stats?  You want to spend $35 for just stats?  If that's true... then buy the book for the stats, and ignore all the 5E descriptions.  Go ahead and just use the monster descriptions from any previous monster manuals you own that you think "got it right" and just ignore the descriptions in the 5E book.  The 4E book, or 3.5 book, or 3.0 book, or 2E book or AD&D book or Rules Cyclopedia book or whatever.But speaking personally... why on earth would I want to buy a book that HAD NOTHING DIFFERENT in it from any previous monster manual (except for new stats)?  That is a waste of time, money, and space.  These story hooks?  They're NEW.  At the very least, they give me something I haven't had in any previous monster manual.  Thus... even if I don't use them as-is, they're useful for ideas.  And that's a good thing.  Don't strip this stuff out of this new book just because some players don't want to just ignore it and instead want it to not exist at all.</blockquote>

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