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<blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 8614616" data-attributes="member: 508"><p>When 3E was still in the development stage, I was asked to write up an "Ecology" article for <em>Dragon</em> focusing on one of the new creatures that would be debuting in the 3E <em>Monster Manual</em>. (I was part of the NDA group and had been sent draft copies of the three core books at the time.) At that point there wasn't a whole lot to choose from so I picked the "darcmantle" (that was its original spelling; I convinced them to spell it normally) specifically because it was apparent - to me, at least - that this was an upgraded version of a piercer, and as "The Ecology of the Piercer" had been the very first article that spawned the whole "Ecology" series (back in <em>Dragon</em> #72) I felt that made the darkmantle especially appropriate. I had planned on the entire darkmantle race having been derived from a group of piercers whose bodies had been warped by the energies of the Demiplane of Shadows, but that wasn't allowed because at the time the designers hadn't yet worked out whether there was even going to be a Demiplane of Shadows (or if it was going to be upgraded to a full plane or possibly even done away with). So I didn't get to use that origin, but "The Ecology of the Darkmantle" did get published in <em>Dragon</em> #275, the first to use the 3E rules.</p><p></p><p>At the time, there was no link between piercers and ropers - that must have started with 5E.</p><p></p><p>Johnathan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Richards, post: 8614616, member: 508"] When 3E was still in the development stage, I was asked to write up an "Ecology" article for [i]Dragon[/i] focusing on one of the new creatures that would be debuting in the 3E [i]Monster Manual[/i]. (I was part of the NDA group and had been sent draft copies of the three core books at the time.) At that point there wasn't a whole lot to choose from so I picked the "darcmantle" (that was its original spelling; I convinced them to spell it normally) specifically because it was apparent - to me, at least - that this was an upgraded version of a piercer, and as "The Ecology of the Piercer" had been the very first article that spawned the whole "Ecology" series (back in [i]Dragon[/i] #72) I felt that made the darkmantle especially appropriate. I had planned on the entire darkmantle race having been derived from a group of piercers whose bodies had been warped by the energies of the Demiplane of Shadows, but that wasn't allowed because at the time the designers hadn't yet worked out whether there was even going to be a Demiplane of Shadows (or if it was going to be upgraded to a full plane or possibly even done away with). So I didn't get to use that origin, but "The Ecology of the Darkmantle" did get published in [i]Dragon[/i] #275, the first to use the 3E rules. At the time, there was no link between piercers and ropers - that must have started with 5E. Johnathan [/QUOTE]
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