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#1 Undrhil Sep 19, 2014 23:12:40	I know there has been lots of talk of Druids and Rangers getting an upgrade with the release of the Monster Manual; however, as far as I can tell, the Monster Manual is not a legal rules source for this season of Adventurer's League.  Is this an oversight or on purpose?
#2 RCanine Sep 20, 2014 8:52:57	It doesn't matter. Rangers and Druids were collectively very disappointed in the Monster Manual. I could find zero new options for them.   The monstrosity keyword is applied to all new mm monsters that seem like beasts, even ones that were natural beasts in 4e.
(Reply to #2) Undrhil	RCanine wrote:
#4 RCanine Sep 21, 2014 0:25:30	Undrhil wrote:
#5 Pauper Sep 24, 2014 10:15:18	See the hippogriff in the DM's Basic Rules -- similar monsters that would have been considered 'magical beasts' in Third Edition are mainly 'monstrosities' in Fifth. (The biggest exception appears to be the unicorn, which is a celestial and has rules for being run as a legendary creature.)   -- Pauper
#6 Thurazor Sep 24, 2014 12:13:32	To my understanding its the Dungeon Master's Guide that is supposed to offer new options for those two classes, not the Monster's Manual. Of course, that might just be the Ranger Variant I've been hearing. As well, look in the back of the book, because there are a lot of new 'Beast' creatures back after the actual creatures, but before the NPCs. In truth, I surprised a DM on Saturday when my Druid (Drow Druid, Circle of the Land <Underdark>)  had turned into a Giant Wolf Spider and scouted the room that held our biggest threat and got out with a decent set of stealth rolls that were aided by the fact that the enemy was looking for Medium-sized creatures on the ground and the ceiling was 40' tall. I even got into another spot I wouldn't have if I were on the ground, because nobody was looking up and the party was the distraction to draw more attention out of the objective area (naming them as such to keep from spoiling). Giant Lizard is /also/ a great choice that I used to my advantage on guard drakes (due to their training to not attack other beasts of burden the Kobolds use). So, there are plenty of options for people whether they take the Circle of the Land or Circle of the Moon, or just happen to be a Ranger who took Beast Master.
#7 RCanine Sep 24, 2014 21:28:27	Thurazor wrote:
(Reply to #6) CFreke	Thurazor wrote:
#9 Kalani Oct 16, 2014 1:36:08	RCanine wrote: