I LOVE it when people create new monsters and enemies and think outside the box.
Good ...
When were we talking about it, please? O_o
Imps that don't sting, turn invisible, fly into the air to avoid melee attacks, and have no resistances are not imps. They're imp-looking creatures, but they aren't imps.
Prooving it again.

Yes, they are ... they just arent the imps you would expect.

And again, my main points are that Larian took legit monsters and nerfed them to the point of creating TRASH MOBS. WHY???????
Funny you ask ... you answered this question about half year ago.

Bcs real thing would rip our asses appart.

It's like saying, "You're fighting a bird," but then you describe the creature as running up to you instead of flying, it bites you instead of pecks, it barks, and it tries to thrash you. Are you really fighting a bird or a dog?
You are fighting a bird.

As long as you dont know what is a dog ...
And you can be quite happy to fight such bird. That combat can be fun, rewarding and you can feel good when it ended, bcs you beaten it.
Until you start reading about it ...
Just as JandK said:
You'd enjoy the game more if you never opened a monster manual.

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The manual is part of the game. Playing the game is what is fun.
Manual is just cookbook ... you can surely follow the recipe step-by-step ... and maaaaaaaaybe, you get exactly the same result.
OR, you can (its said right there on first page) you can switch some ingredients and quite possibly get something else ... it might still be good tho.
