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<blockquote data-quote="Garnfellow" data-source="post: 3891923" data-attributes="member: 1223"><p>I thought one of the new design paradigms was to try to get monsters back to their "real" mythological roots? I seem to remember a couple of monster redesigns where familiar in-game abilities were being jettisoned in order to bring the monster more in line with their "traditional" depictions.</p><p></p><p>So, if these things are true, maybe someone could explain just how a barky plant elemental things more closely resembles the dryad of classical myth than, say, the 3e dryad?</p><p></p><p>(Now, personally, I have grave doubts about the wisdom of trying to go back to "more mythological" roots. Given the weird and wonderful farrago that is D&D, what's the point? It sounds more like a designer pet peeve than a serious problem that needs addressing. Bring on the plant elemental dryads, say I. I'd rather see interesting changes than uninteresting revisions just so that a monster better fits a description given by Bulfinch.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garnfellow, post: 3891923, member: 1223"] I thought one of the new design paradigms was to try to get monsters back to their "real" mythological roots? I seem to remember a couple of monster redesigns where familiar in-game abilities were being jettisoned in order to bring the monster more in line with their "traditional" depictions. So, if these things are true, maybe someone could explain just how a barky plant elemental things more closely resembles the dryad of classical myth than, say, the 3e dryad? (Now, personally, I have grave doubts about the wisdom of trying to go back to "more mythological" roots. Given the weird and wonderful farrago that is D&D, what's the point? It sounds more like a designer pet peeve than a serious problem that needs addressing. Bring on the plant elemental dryads, say I. I'd rather see interesting changes than uninteresting revisions just so that a monster better fits a description given by Bulfinch.) [/QUOTE]
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