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Um, which again, like you said, does put some limits in it. But in this case, it may be important to do because someone might think a mimic is an entirely different thing. And so showing in their case, they talked about, you know, the art which they showed off shows a ton of different types of mimics, right? A sort of room full of things that are all mimics.

Um, which again, like you said, does put some limits in it. But in this case, it may be important to do because someone might think a mimic is an entirely different thing. And so showing in their case, they talked about, you know, the art which they showed off shows a ton of different types of mimics, right? A sort of room full of things that are all mimics.

Yeah, that's a great point. Yeah, I think that's a really interesting, that D&D may kind of need to do this more and more over time to exert what its version of it is, what I thought was super interesting.

Yeah, that's a great point. Yeah, I think that's a really interesting, that D&D may kind of need to do this more and more over time to exert what its version of it is, what I thought was super interesting.

the way that i think for other books like or other companies they show why theirs is a little different than the deed and d1 right so and here you've got to what establish what the core is um something else they brought up uh this is something that came up during monster monsters of the multiverse and apparently has continued on is that in 2024

the way that i think for other books like or other companies they show why theirs is a little different than the deed and d1 right so and here you've got to what establish what the core is um something else they brought up uh this is something that came up during monster monsters of the multiverse and apparently has continued on is that in 2024

Any path you take, so whichever actions you choose for the monster, will reflect the monster's CR, not just the most optimal approach. And there had been a sort of, I thought, terribly worded article a long time ago where Jeremy Crawford kind of said, you know, we've realized DMs make mistakes and don't run our monsters the way they should.

Any path you take, so whichever actions you choose for the monster, will reflect the monster's CR, not just the most optimal approach. And there had been a sort of, I thought, terribly worded article a long time ago where Jeremy Crawford kind of said, you know, we've realized DMs make mistakes and don't run our monsters the way they should.

So that's why Monsters in the Multiverse is going to sort of make this all equated. Here they talked about it in a much nicer way about just saying that, you know, no matter what path you take, you'll arrive at the CR.

So that's why Monsters in the Multiverse is going to sort of make this all equated. Here they talked about it in a much nicer way about just saying that, you know, no matter what path you take, you'll arrive at the CR.

um and i i credit mike shea on this because he had jeremy crawford on uh on a show long ago and asked him why one of the eladrin had such weak options for the weapon attacks and it does four damage and it's a cr10 monster and you know jeremy crawford was like well you know they don't really it's just showing what the monster can do but they wouldn't do that they would use their you know cone of cold or ice storm and what i thought about in the context of 2025's monster manual

um and i i credit mike shea on this because he had jeremy crawford on uh on a show long ago and asked him why one of the eladrin had such weak options for the weapon attacks and it does four damage and it's a cr10 monster and you know jeremy crawford was like well you know they don't really it's just showing what the monster can do but they wouldn't do that they would use their you know cone of cold or ice storm and what i thought about in the context of 2025's monster manual

Whether what they've done, because they didn't quite state what they've done, does it mean that no matter what you do, the math target will be pretty much the same? So if CRX is supposed to be an average of blah, does that mean all paths lead to blah?

Whether what they've done, because they didn't quite state what they've done, does it mean that no matter what you do, the math target will be pretty much the same? So if CRX is supposed to be an average of blah, does that mean all paths lead to blah?

or is the approach more flexible like crx can be between you know a and b levels of damage or maybe we don't care about spikes of damage and as long as most options lead to this then having one that's really high or really low we don't particularly care about you know i'm curious to what extent they've done this so i can't wait to see uh what the monster uh has actually done.

or is the approach more flexible like crx can be between you know a and b levels of damage or maybe we don't care about spikes of damage and as long as most options lead to this then having one that's really high or really low we don't particularly care about you know i'm curious to what extent they've done this so i can't wait to see uh what the monster uh has actually done.

And how do you feel about this, having worked on monsters? How important is it for a monster to kind of have all paths lead to mathematical answer X?

And how do you feel about this, having worked on monsters? How important is it for a monster to kind of have all paths lead to mathematical answer X?

Yeah, you know, this brings up the question of how important it is for monsters to have various actions, because on one hand, depending on kind of who you listen to, a monster should last three or five rounds, and DMs will all have their own opinion of what their average is at their table, and sometimes it'll be eight rounds, right?

Yeah, you know, this brings up the question of how important it is for monsters to have various actions, because on one hand, depending on kind of who you listen to, a monster should last three or five rounds, and DMs will all have their own opinion of what their average is at their table, and sometimes it'll be eight rounds, right?