Originally Posted by mrfuji3
Originally Posted by Eugerome
I am saying that as a DM I can scale trolls whichever way I like in a 5e game, and I don't see why Larian shouldn't do so in BG3.

In your games, do you include trolls that you've adjusted to be CR 1 and trolls that you've adjusted to be CR 10 in your game, without changing how you describe such a troll to your players?

As a player at very least I'd want a different description: "This troll is much larger than you faced, standing 3 feet taller, has bigger muscles, and better armor compared to past trolls you've faced." Else I would be very surprised when a troll that once did 1d8+7 damage is now doing 3d8+15

Similarly, if Larian wants to include red dragons for us to face at party levels 4 and 10, they should distinguish them by more than just HP.


Yes, I do describe them differently, but for me this comes at no extra cost. If I had to spend money to create new textures/models for each monster I mod I would resort to levelling monsters, which is exactly what we see.