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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 367797" data-attributes="member: 363"><p>Just because you don't like something doesn't make it useless. Maybe to you, but certainly not in general. </p><p></p><p>Most of the monsters you deem worthless from the MM seem pretty useful to me. Some of the ones you deem mainstays or basics - such as Mongrelmen - are kind of lame in my eyes.</p><p></p><p>Deities & Demigods is nowhere near 100% useless. Personally, I liked it. There were aspects of it I didn't particularly care for (I would've liked more pantheons or more detail to the ones they had), but I still find it generally useful. It gives me enough to construct a pantheon of my own, or adjust one that I've used for a while.</p><p></p><p>The Book of Challenges is a great book. Very, very useful. I'd love to see more of its kind. Boring it isn't. It fills a very specific niche, and does it very well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The problem is, you give no specific reasons as to why you think any of these are so bad, besides broad generalizations. How could you immediately tell Deities & Demigods was completely useless? Why was Book of Challenges pretty dull (what were you expecting, specifically)? Now, you could simply say that these are your opinions, and you don't want to detail them, but it's hard to discuss the matter on such terms.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe, but he wasn't posting at those places. He happens to be a moderator here, not there. And this place is definitely more polite than those other places. Being combative right out of the box is a good way to be placed on a lot of "ignore" lists.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I disagree. This is my opinion, as that was yours. Neither is objectively provable. A lot of that earlier content was lousy - in my opinion, of course. </p><p></p><p>Choker, Cloaker, Digester, Breath Drinker, Dark Clutcher, Deathbringer - All these names seem much more evocative than any of these: Aerial Servant, Brownie, Hippocampus, Kelpie, Leprechaun, Mongrelman, Nereid, Spriggan, Yeti.</p><p></p><p>Grazzt - I believe the Cloaker first appeared in A2 - Secret of the Slavers Stockade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 367797, member: 363"] Just because you don't like something doesn't make it useless. Maybe to you, but certainly not in general. Most of the monsters you deem worthless from the MM seem pretty useful to me. Some of the ones you deem mainstays or basics - such as Mongrelmen - are kind of lame in my eyes. Deities & Demigods is nowhere near 100% useless. Personally, I liked it. There were aspects of it I didn't particularly care for (I would've liked more pantheons or more detail to the ones they had), but I still find it generally useful. It gives me enough to construct a pantheon of my own, or adjust one that I've used for a while. The Book of Challenges is a great book. Very, very useful. I'd love to see more of its kind. Boring it isn't. It fills a very specific niche, and does it very well. The problem is, you give no specific reasons as to why you think any of these are so bad, besides broad generalizations. How could you immediately tell Deities & Demigods was completely useless? Why was Book of Challenges pretty dull (what were you expecting, specifically)? Now, you could simply say that these are your opinions, and you don't want to detail them, but it's hard to discuss the matter on such terms. Maybe, but he wasn't posting at those places. He happens to be a moderator here, not there. And this place is definitely more polite than those other places. Being combative right out of the box is a good way to be placed on a lot of "ignore" lists. I disagree. This is my opinion, as that was yours. Neither is objectively provable. A lot of that earlier content was lousy - in my opinion, of course. Choker, Cloaker, Digester, Breath Drinker, Dark Clutcher, Deathbringer - All these names seem much more evocative than any of these: Aerial Servant, Brownie, Hippocampus, Kelpie, Leprechaun, Mongrelman, Nereid, Spriggan, Yeti. Grazzt - I believe the Cloaker first appeared in A2 - Secret of the Slavers Stockade. [/QUOTE]
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