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<blockquote data-quote="DnDChick" data-source="post: 13306" data-attributes="member: 54"><p>Maybe a little of both! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> A skull scooting around in jointed spider legs is a chilling thought! And in the 27 year history of DnD, its only naturaly that some overlap of ideas would happen eventually.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The story behind the Sea Drake is kinda funny. Scott did that one. It is based on what he called the Salt Drake, which he made up long before Mongoose contacted us to do monsters for SoB. We were working on making up the critters for the book, and I was looking thru my files and saw "salt drake" and thought...hey...salt...ocean...salt water! So I shot it off to Mongoose without really looking at it.</p><p></p><p>Turns out that Scotts original Salt Drake was a desert creature, that stored alkili salts in its throat for its breath weapon. I didnt read the monster and wound up sending something to Mongoose that was way out of its element (literally!) for an ocean-based supplement. Matt Sprange sent back a kindly-worded letter saying that although the salt drake was a great monster, it didnt really suit the purpose of the book. LOL</p><p></p><p>So I told Scott what I had done and he re-worked the salt drake into the SEA drake, and we sent it back. We still have the salt drake on file, and you never know when or where it might turn up! Since it was sent to Mongoose, they might decide to use it anyway in a future book. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DnDChick, post: 13306, member: 54"] Maybe a little of both! ;) A skull scooting around in jointed spider legs is a chilling thought! And in the 27 year history of DnD, its only naturaly that some overlap of ideas would happen eventually. [b][/B] The story behind the Sea Drake is kinda funny. Scott did that one. It is based on what he called the Salt Drake, which he made up long before Mongoose contacted us to do monsters for SoB. We were working on making up the critters for the book, and I was looking thru my files and saw "salt drake" and thought...hey...salt...ocean...salt water! So I shot it off to Mongoose without really looking at it. Turns out that Scotts original Salt Drake was a desert creature, that stored alkili salts in its throat for its breath weapon. I didnt read the monster and wound up sending something to Mongoose that was way out of its element (literally!) for an ocean-based supplement. Matt Sprange sent back a kindly-worded letter saying that although the salt drake was a great monster, it didnt really suit the purpose of the book. LOL So I told Scott what I had done and he re-worked the salt drake into the SEA drake, and we sent it back. We still have the salt drake on file, and you never know when or where it might turn up! Since it was sent to Mongoose, they might decide to use it anyway in a future book. :) [/QUOTE]
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