Teos Abadie

But it is so interesting that this idea of, you know, deliberately, like the fourth edition, the 2014 version is a very simple stat block. And what's interesting here is even the Cyclops Sentry, the lower CR one, which is the same CR as the old one, it has gotten a little more complicated. So the old one has poor depth perception and then a multi-attack with two great clubs.

But it is so interesting that this idea of, you know, deliberately, like the fourth edition, the 2014 version is a very simple stat block. And what's interesting here is even the Cyclops Sentry, the lower CR one, which is the same CR as the old one, it has gotten a little more complicated. So the old one has poor depth perception and then a multi-attack with two great clubs.

It has a great club and the ability to throw a rock. Now we have... those things, but also this limited foresight and it loses that poor depth perception. So it's a very interesting change here that.

It has a great club and the ability to throw a rock. Now we have... those things, but also this limited foresight and it loses that poor depth perception. So it's a very interesting change here that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, I don't know. I'll disagree a bit in that I think that the point of it is this thing does more damage with its club in 2014. It gets to attack twice with its club, and it's going to be more accurate if it's at range than if it's at range.

Well, I don't know. I'll disagree a bit in that I think that the point of it is this thing does more damage with its club in 2014. It gets to attack twice with its club, and it's going to be more accurate if it's at range than if it's at range.

it's your choice the the the logic is here and you can decide whether you want to play up to it and it sort of creates that argonaut scenario where if you can get away from it Now it can't do a whole lot to you, right? And so you can play with that if you want, whereas a lot of monsters don't have those kinds of obvious flaws.

it's your choice the the the logic is here and you can decide whether you want to play up to it and it sort of creates that argonaut scenario where if you can get away from it Now it can't do a whole lot to you, right? And so you can play with that if you want, whereas a lot of monsters don't have those kinds of obvious flaws.

To me, this was a good example of a monster with an obvious flaw that if you want to, you can play up. You can, of course, just have it be like the big thing that's going to smash you with a club. But to me, it had that.

To me, this was a good example of a monster with an obvious flaw that if you want to, you can play up. You can, of course, just have it be like the big thing that's going to smash you with a club. But to me, it had that.

So a possibility here, Sean, is that what the designers did, maybe even after a review, is conclude that the 2014 Cyclops kind of says, if you have one eye, you're dumb. Mm-hmm.

So a possibility here, Sean, is that what the designers did, maybe even after a review, is conclude that the 2014 Cyclops kind of says, if you have one eye, you're dumb. Mm-hmm.

and i think there's a fine line between that and the problems that involves and saying look if we have two working eyes we probably don't want to lose one right or if we have one we don't want to lose it which is logical right and and maybe they've gone a little far here trying to I think it's okay to have monsters that have limits, and they don't always have to have real world.

and i think there's a fine line between that and the problems that involves and saying look if we have two working eyes we probably don't want to lose one right or if we have one we don't want to lose it which is logical right and and maybe they've gone a little far here trying to I think it's okay to have monsters that have limits, and they don't always have to have real world.

I can see why they... If that was the reason, I can understand the motive and even applaud it to some extent. But I think that in this case, sometimes a creature has a weakness, right? And it isn't always going to link back to our real world. I thought with a Cyclops in general, it worked. But, you know, there have been moves around vision and, you know...

I can see why they... If that was the reason, I can understand the motive and even applaud it to some extent. But I think that in this case, sometimes a creature has a weakness, right? And it isn't always going to link back to our real world. I thought with a Cyclops in general, it worked. But, you know, there have been moves around vision and, you know...

loss of auditory capability where there's an attempt to clean that up. And so maybe this is another of these cases.

loss of auditory capability where there's an attempt to clean that up. And so maybe this is another of these cases.