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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Carnifex" data-source="post: 1258687" data-attributes="member: 227">I'm certainly not making an 'irrational complaint' by saying that, as is, the Elite Opponents column is not very useful to me. It says it's attempting to turn the enemies into 'memorable foes', which I don't think it does a very good job of achieving. And from this thread, there are others that agree with me, as well.And as to your comment that I should know what I'm talking about, the word 'elite' in D&D doesn't just refer to an elite stat array. It also refers to other meanings of elite. If I say 'elite stat array', that's what I mean. If I say 'elite' it can mean a lot of things. If a piece of text in a D&D product says, for example, 'the palace is staffed with the Dracoverr, known as elite warriors,' this doesn't mean they all have an elite stat array. The column doesn't even mention the elite stat array as being a feature of the creatures within - one of the possibilities it gives for making an 'elite opponent' is to advance it with increased hit dice, which in no way involves the elite stat array. So less of the snide comments about 'knowing what you're talking about', please.The article does do much what it says it will do in the introduction to it, except I'm saying that I don't find it to really achieve the side of things where it makes the subject into an interesting or memorable foe. My opinion is that it's not achieving anything particularly useful. Or am I not allowed to think this, as it's apparently an 'irrational complaint'?</blockquote>

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