Teos Abadie

Can I say another thing that we said? Absolutely. Well said, John. Another thing I just thought of is it has a spellcasting block. And in a recent video, Jeremy Crawford and Wes Schneider were talking in all these monster videos. And they were saying that... kind of dragons are often thought of as having possibly the ability to cast.

Can I say another thing that we said? Absolutely. Well said, John. Another thing I just thought of is it has a spellcasting block. And in a recent video, Jeremy Crawford and Wes Schneider were talking in all these monster videos. And they were saying that... kind of dragons are often thought of as having possibly the ability to cast.

And so for the older ones, they've just gone ahead and done that. So they're all spell casters at the upper age levels. And so we get these cases. And here in this version, we see some Matt Will spells, including Charm Monster at an upcast level 5 version. Dissonant Whispers at a level 4 version. Twice per day Cloud Kill at level 8. There's also Gas, which is interesting.

And so for the older ones, they've just gone ahead and done that. So they're all spell casters at the upper age levels. And so we get these cases. And here in this version, we see some Matt Will spells, including Charm Monster at an upcast level 5 version. Dissonant Whispers at a level 4 version. Twice per day Cloud Kill at level 8. There's also Gas, which is interesting.

And then once per day, Modify Memory and Polymorph. To me, this is super fascinating because it seems to take a step back from what they did with Mordenhanans, right? Where they wrote to us blogs saying, if it's an offensive spell, it's going to be an action. If it's utility, it'll be in a sell list. Not even Mordekains actually did that. They broke their own rules in that very book.

And then once per day, Modify Memory and Polymorph. To me, this is super fascinating because it seems to take a step back from what they did with Mordenhanans, right? Where they wrote to us blogs saying, if it's an offensive spell, it's going to be an action. If it's utility, it'll be in a sell list. Not even Mordekains actually did that. They broke their own rules in that very book.

But this seems to really step back because now not only do I deal with my three traits, my multi-attack, my rend, my poison breath, my three different reactions, I'm also looking up all of these spells. And while this is not as bad a spell list as 2014 spellcasters tended to have, it's still one, two, three, four, five, six, seven spells I in theory need to go

But this seems to really step back because now not only do I deal with my three traits, my multi-attack, my rend, my poison breath, my three different reactions, I'm also looking up all of these spells. And while this is not as bad a spell list as 2014 spellcasters tended to have, it's still one, two, three, four, five, six, seven spells I in theory need to go

pick up and I'm either scrambling during the combat or that's additional prep time, right?

pick up and I'm either scrambling during the combat or that's additional prep time, right?

I think third was probably my favorite. The fourth is right up there. Third, I thought had really distinctive things. They also had the sort of like wing Buffett, wing Buffett, tail slap rates of many attacks. So you felt like these things were this is before you had legendary actions, but they could just tear into you in all these little ways that were significant.

I think third was probably my favorite. The fourth is right up there. Third, I thought had really distinctive things. They also had the sort of like wing Buffett, wing Buffett, tail slap rates of many attacks. So you felt like these things were this is before you had legendary actions, but they could just tear into you in all these little ways that were significant.

And then they would have things like the white dragon could buffet snow up and like conceal itself so you couldn't see it, which when it was flying above you and you also couldn't see it was a mess. They could really easily like strafe you and do all this. That was significant. Frightful presence was an impressive part of what they did.

And then they would have things like the white dragon could buffet snow up and like conceal itself so you couldn't see it, which when it was flying above you and you also couldn't see it was a mess. They could really easily like strafe you and do all this. That was significant. Frightful presence was an impressive part of what they did.

And fourth edition took that frightful presence to where like, you know, almost any dragon encounter was it shows up. It takes a round. It stuns you. It takes another round. So you just had to live with a dragon shows up and it takes two full rounds and now you get to go, which I actually really like. Not everybody feels that way.

And fourth edition took that frightful presence to where like, you know, almost any dragon encounter was it shows up. It takes a round. It stuns you. It takes another round. So you just had to live with a dragon shows up and it takes two full rounds and now you get to go, which I actually really like. Not everybody feels that way.

But the way all the powers came in or the features, I didn't like feats on monsters in third, but both third and fourth, I felt like you really knew that this is what it is, right? Whatever it was, its presence was felt. This ancient dragon, it's solid. But if I think of what tells me it's a green dragon, well, OK, it can breathe air and water. That's fine. It has advantage on initiative rolls.

But the way all the powers came in or the features, I didn't like feats on monsters in third, but both third and fourth, I felt like you really knew that this is what it is, right? Whatever it was, its presence was felt. This ancient dragon, it's solid. But if I think of what tells me it's a green dragon, well, OK, it can breathe air and water. That's fine. It has advantage on initiative rolls.

That's fine. That doesn't tell me anything. The rend has poison to it. And this is, I think, something we'll see in a lot of these monsters, where it's sort of like, I attack and I do a thing. On top of my damage. So 17 piercing, 10 poison. So that's a little bit, you know, gives you a little flavor of what's behind it. Reminds you it's a green dragon. Its spell list has cloud kill. Okay.

That's fine. That doesn't tell me anything. The rend has poison to it. And this is, I think, something we'll see in a lot of these monsters, where it's sort of like, I attack and I do a thing. On top of my damage. So 17 piercing, 10 poison. So that's a little bit, you know, gives you a little flavor of what's behind it. Reminds you it's a green dragon. Its spell list has cloud kill. Okay.