Quote Originally Posted by moritheil View Post
This is comprehensive, and I applaud it. My only concern is that the reason inexperienced DMs and players do not understand nuanced rules is usually that they cannot be bothered to read. I hope this will encourage some to actually learn the rules.
That's not entirely fair given how poorly organized and sloppily written Wotco's rules material often was. I spent a long time reading the monster entries in the Monster Manual and never once guessing that absolutely necessary information on how some monster abilities work was tucked away in the Glossary, which I had never read, and not referenced in the section of every monster entry which said how the ability in question worked.

The flip side of this is, as a DM, I now frequently look into advancing monsters to the next size category rather than adding class levels to them. It's more CR-efficient.
There are certain disadvantages to being larger, though, especially in a claustrophobic environment such as many dungeons.