Indeed I guess we have to agreee to disagree with Hussar. I mean MoP was published within a year of 3E.
I can only assume it's part of a broader agenda, and the anti-Planescape crusade.
Indeed I guess we have to agreee to disagree with Hussar. I mean MoP was published within a year of 3E.
I can only assume it's part of a broader agenda, and the anti-Planescape crusade.
Yup, all supplements, and nothing in core.
Slightly tangential, but the 4e PHB and MM have a lot of setting-specific material and flavour, and the DMG sets out a framework (the "core conceits" of the D&D world) for using this stuff.Given how little setting-specific material or flavor appears in the core of any edition, that doesn't really seem relevant, does it?
I'm gonna put on my nerd hat and say what's been bugging me about the original blog. All of these monsters are just Hulks. Big, brawny, aggressive brutes. None of them actually "hulk out", which is what makes The Incredible Hulk so cool and reference worthy. I mean, imagine you come across a lone kobold, he's hiding in a corner, and you draw your swords to kill him, and suddenly he turns into an Umber Hulk! The whole point of the Hulk and similar heroes and villains was that appearances can be deceiving.
But then deception is something that is very difficult to pull off in D&D, and a LOT of monsters are simply exactly what they look like. It would be nice to see D&D come up with monsters that may not be what you expect at first sight.
Slightly tangential, but the 4e PHB and MM have a lot of setting-specific material and flavour, and the DMG sets out a framework (the "core conceits" of the D&D world) for using this stuff.
It's one of the things I like about 4e.
Given how little setting-specific material or flavor appears in the core of any edition, that doesn't really seem relevant, does it?
Let us think about the logic for a moment - You say that 3e didn't have this setting material in its core, so it wasn't "in the edition"? But then, that setting material appeared largely in supplements of 2e, not in the core. So, by your measure it wasn't really "in the edition" of 2e to eject in the first place!
Consistency matters. Either supplements count, or they don't - you can't cherrypick supplements count in one edition, but not the next.
I don't understand - are you shuddering because another poster likes something about 4e?Ugh, could you be more transparent with that last sentence...*shudders*