Sean Merwin

I treat them as lists of potentials that I don't always need, but if they're helping someone, then I do not begrudge them that space. What do we know about monstrosities? Well, monstrosities, we are told, are used as sort of a catch-all monster category, but also to cover the classic mythological monsters. So with 2024, the team considered these to be mutated or combined monsters. So the owlbear,

I treat them as lists of potentials that I don't always need, but if they're helping someone, then I do not begrudge them that space. What do we know about monstrosities? Well, monstrosities, we are told, are used as sort of a catch-all monster category, but also to cover the classic mythological monsters. So with 2024, the team considered these to be mutated or combined monsters. So the owlbear,

would be an example of an owl and yes, a bear coming together. I assume a chimera would now be there because that's both mythological and combined. The team also made various humanoids like lycanthropes part of this group. At one point they mentioned that the team reviewed the type of every monster. Okay.

would be an example of an owl and yes, a bear coming together. I assume a chimera would now be there because that's both mythological and combined. The team also made various humanoids like lycanthropes part of this group. At one point they mentioned that the team reviewed the type of every monster. Okay.

I know that we celebrated at Ghostfire, we celebrated lycanthropes becoming monstrosities because it solved a design issue for us and made life a little better. Oh, what was that issue? The issue was with our monster hunter. Because we didn't want monster hunters to hunt humanoids. But lycanthropes are definitely something that a monster hunter would be specialized in hunting.

I know that we celebrated at Ghostfire, we celebrated lycanthropes becoming monstrosities because it solved a design issue for us and made life a little better. Oh, what was that issue? The issue was with our monster hunter. Because we didn't want monster hunters to hunt humanoids. But lycanthropes are definitely something that a monster hunter would be specialized in hunting.

So as we were waiting for the monster manual, we're like, please make lycanthropes monstrosities. Please make lycanthropes. And they did. And we celebrated. And I went and revised the monster hunter.

So as we were waiting for the monster manual, we're like, please make lycanthropes monstrosities. Please make lycanthropes. And they did. And we celebrated. And I went and revised the monster hunter.

What else do we hear about monstrosities? As with the other videos, the examples were given of new versions of monsters like a Bulette pup and a stronger primeval owlbear.

What else do we hear about monstrosities? As with the other videos, the examples were given of new versions of monsters like a Bulette pup and a stronger primeval owlbear.

So I'm going to make an executive decision. I'm going to move the rest of this discussion, aberrations and fae, into the second part of this episode, since we're going to be talking about the Monster Manual anyway, and we've got a lot of other news to get to. So I'm going to do a little magic here, a little magic.

So I'm going to make an executive decision. I'm going to move the rest of this discussion, aberrations and fae, into the second part of this episode, since we're going to be talking about the Monster Manual anyway, and we've got a lot of other news to get to. So I'm going to do a little magic here, a little magic.

In progress, folks, you are seeing this live as I scroll down and put this stuff at the end. At the end of this episode, it's amazing what technology can do these days.

In progress, folks, you are seeing this live as I scroll down and put this stuff at the end. At the end of this episode, it's amazing what technology can do these days.

Yeah. Yeah. Cut and paste live. I'm going to sell Madison square garden as I copy showing that off. Yeah. Yes. Again and again. So what, what other news do, uh, the YouTube channel that discusses all these things is youtube.com at D and D wizards, uh, slash videos. So there you go. We have some news about the, any awards. as we get into our AI section here.

Yeah. Yeah. Cut and paste live. I'm going to sell Madison square garden as I copy showing that off. Yeah. Yes. Again and again. So what, what other news do, uh, the YouTube channel that discusses all these things is youtube.com at D and D wizards, uh, slash videos. So there you go. We have some news about the, any awards. as we get into our AI section here.

So last year, the Any Awards added language to clarify their AI policy. This sort of flew under the radar, but this year it caused some backlash, including people removing their Any Award logos and saying that they wouldn't even submit this year unless something changed. The policy prohibited products from being eligible for the award for which AI was used.

So last year, the Any Awards added language to clarify their AI policy. This sort of flew under the radar, but this year it caused some backlash, including people removing their Any Award logos and saying that they wouldn't even submit this year unless something changed. The policy prohibited products from being eligible for the award for which AI was used.

So if you used AI art, you couldn't win best art. If you used AI writing, you couldn't win best writing. But you could still use it in other parts of the book. And so the Ennies also said that this was basically an honor code sort of thing, since they would lack the ability to confirm whether something was AI or not.

So if you used AI art, you couldn't win best art. If you used AI writing, you couldn't win best writing. But you could still use it in other parts of the book. And so the Ennies also said that this was basically an honor code sort of thing, since they would lack the ability to confirm whether something was AI or not.