Mike Shea

i think i trust the tales of the valiant monster vault more than i trust this book to for monsters to hit at their challenge rating and for them to have abilities that are easy for me to use at the table the example that i bring up is the cult fanatic the cult fanatic is my one i probably know my favorite stat block in the 2014 monster manual and the cult fanatic in the tales of the valiant monster vault in my opinion is definitely superior to the the cult fanatic engineer but we'll definitely take a look at that later

i think i trust the tales of the valiant monster vault more than i trust this book to for monsters to hit at their challenge rating and for them to have abilities that are easy for me to use at the table the example that i bring up is the cult fanatic the cult fanatic is my one i probably know my favorite stat block in the 2014 monster manual and the cult fanatic in the tales of the valiant monster vault in my opinion is definitely superior to the the cult fanatic engineer but we'll definitely take a look at that later

i think i trust the tales of the valiant monster vault more than i trust this book to for monsters to hit at their challenge rating and for them to have abilities that are easy for me to use at the table the example that i bring up is the cult fanatic the cult fanatic is my one i probably know my favorite stat block in the 2014 monster manual and the cult fanatic in the tales of the valiant monster vault in my opinion is definitely superior to the the cult fanatic engineer but we'll definitely take a look at that later

So it's not a toss-up. That said, there's way more monsters in here, and this one has the D&D iconic monsters that you can't publish elsewhere, like Mind Flayers, like Githyanki, like Beholders. Those are all in here, right? So you get monsters in here that you can't get anywhere else.

So it's not a toss-up. That said, there's way more monsters in here, and this one has the D&D iconic monsters that you can't publish elsewhere, like Mind Flayers, like Githyanki, like Beholders. Those are all in here, right? So you get monsters in here that you can't get anywhere else.

So it's not a toss-up. That said, there's way more monsters in here, and this one has the D&D iconic monsters that you can't publish elsewhere, like Mind Flayers, like Githyanki, like Beholders. Those are all in here, right? So you get monsters in here that you can't get anywhere else.

And there's some new ones, like the Arch Hag is really cool, the Blob of Annihilation is cool, everything like that. But the thing to keep in mind is, even though I might say, oh, I like some of the monster stat blocks. I don't know. So far, I think all the ones that I've looked at, I like them better in Tales of the Valiant Monster Vault. This still doesn't mean that these are bad or unusable.

And there's some new ones, like the Arch Hag is really cool, the Blob of Annihilation is cool, everything like that. But the thing to keep in mind is, even though I might say, oh, I like some of the monster stat blocks. I don't know. So far, I think all the ones that I've looked at, I like them better in Tales of the Valiant Monster Vault. This still doesn't mean that these are bad or unusable.

And there's some new ones, like the Arch Hag is really cool, the Blob of Annihilation is cool, everything like that. But the thing to keep in mind is, even though I might say, oh, I like some of the monster stat blocks. I don't know. So far, I think all the ones that I've looked at, I like them better in Tales of the Valiant Monster Vault. This still doesn't mean that these are bad or unusable.

These are still very, very usable stat blocks. So I think it's really good. But right now, I would say it's a toss-up on which monster book is best, which is really good because they're all very good. And I would say this is very good. The biggest sin. Here it is. This is the problem. The biggest sin that this book commits.

These are still very, very usable stat blocks. So I think it's really good. But right now, I would say it's a toss-up on which monster book is best, which is really good because they're all very good. And I would say this is very good. The biggest sin. Here it is. This is the problem. The biggest sin that this book commits.

These are still very, very usable stat blocks. So I think it's really good. But right now, I would say it's a toss-up on which monster book is best, which is really good because they're all very good. And I would say this is very good. The biggest sin. Here it is. This is the problem. The biggest sin that this book commits.

And in my opinion, it's bad because this is something we knew was a problem 10 years ago. is that it buries some of the most useful abilities that monsters have in the spellcasting block and doesn't describe what they do. Which means if you want to follow through with some of these monsters, you have to then get your player's handbook out and look it up.

And in my opinion, it's bad because this is something we knew was a problem 10 years ago. is that it buries some of the most useful abilities that monsters have in the spellcasting block and doesn't describe what they do. Which means if you want to follow through with some of these monsters, you have to then get your player's handbook out and look it up.

And in my opinion, it's bad because this is something we knew was a problem 10 years ago. is that it buries some of the most useful abilities that monsters have in the spellcasting block and doesn't describe what they do. Which means if you want to follow through with some of these monsters, you have to then get your player's handbook out and look it up.

And now I need two different books at the table and I have to go back and forth. And in many cases, several cases I'll say, Not only does it have a spell casting thing in the stat block saying, oh, the dragon's going to cast Guiding Bolt. And you've seen it if you've seen the Ancient Gold Dragon. The Ancient Gold Dragon, you can see it cast Guiding Bolt.

And now I need two different books at the table and I have to go back and forth. And in many cases, several cases I'll say, Not only does it have a spell casting thing in the stat block saying, oh, the dragon's going to cast Guiding Bolt. And you've seen it if you've seen the Ancient Gold Dragon. The Ancient Gold Dragon, you can see it cast Guiding Bolt.

And now I need two different books at the table and I have to go back and forth. And in many cases, several cases I'll say, Not only does it have a spell casting thing in the stat block saying, oh, the dragon's going to cast Guiding Bolt. And you've seen it if you've seen the Ancient Gold Dragon. The Ancient Gold Dragon, you can see it cast Guiding Bolt.

And they made a big deal about this in the videos. Oh, look, our dragons now can cast spells. Well, no, the dragon actually kind of needs to cast those spells in order to hit it as challenge rating given circumstances. And you didn't spell them out. So I got to go learn what they do.

And they made a big deal about this in the videos. Oh, look, our dragons now can cast spells. Well, no, the dragon actually kind of needs to cast those spells in order to hit it as challenge rating given circumstances. And you didn't spell them out. So I got to go learn what they do.