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<blockquote data-quote="AuldDragon" data-source="post: 9102752" data-attributes="member: 6670628"><p>There are actually three monsters that never got fully updated from MC08: The Adamantite Dragon (it got referenced in Planescape, but became a single individual and never had an updated MC sheet), the Air Sentinel (of Shurrock), and the Celestial Lammasu. Besides the adamantite dragon, they probably got mentioned but I don't recall offhand. It never really sat well with me, changing the adamantite dragons that way.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the Cat Lord, it wouldn't surprise me if the change between male and female was a direct response to DiTerlizzi's artwork. I should ask him sometime on Twitter and see if he remembers.</p><p></p><p>Eladrin and Guardinals definitely didn't exist before Planescape, and in fact, I don't think they even existed at the very beginning of the setting. They probably were created when they decided to expand the various planes with the "Planes Of..." boxed sets.</p><p></p><p>I've always wanted to talk to whoever set the XP amounts in MC08, and find out what they were thinking and how they arrived at the numbers, considering they don't match the 2e DMG calculation charts. If not for the ones that occasionally end in a 500 amount rather than even 1000s, I would think they were giving a hit die for every single spell-like power.</p><p></p><p>Jeff</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AuldDragon, post: 9102752, member: 6670628"] There are actually three monsters that never got fully updated from MC08: The Adamantite Dragon (it got referenced in Planescape, but became a single individual and never had an updated MC sheet), the Air Sentinel (of Shurrock), and the Celestial Lammasu. Besides the adamantite dragon, they probably got mentioned but I don't recall offhand. It never really sat well with me, changing the adamantite dragons that way. Regarding the Cat Lord, it wouldn't surprise me if the change between male and female was a direct response to DiTerlizzi's artwork. I should ask him sometime on Twitter and see if he remembers. Eladrin and Guardinals definitely didn't exist before Planescape, and in fact, I don't think they even existed at the very beginning of the setting. They probably were created when they decided to expand the various planes with the "Planes Of..." boxed sets. I've always wanted to talk to whoever set the XP amounts in MC08, and find out what they were thinking and how they arrived at the numbers, considering they don't match the 2e DMG calculation charts. If not for the ones that occasionally end in a 500 amount rather than even 1000s, I would think they were giving a hit die for every single spell-like power. Jeff [/QUOTE]
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