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Everything cannot be tested. DDN must be on some internal deadline. The parent company expects some product out by that deadline and that means at some point whether playtesting is enough or not, they'll need to stop and get the product ready for print.

Well we do have a few creatures who hulk out. Duergar are great at this (nothing like facing a charge of enlarged grey dwarfs) and the spriggans change to hulks as well.

Well just modifying the worm that walks concept into a ritual that can result in any kind of vermin swarm monster wouldn't be that much of a stretch.

Another point I'd make is that there is a different between the word epic (as in epic level) and epic (as in epic fantasy). You can have epic fantasy from level 1 if you want. It's all about storytelling. But epic level is something that has been around in D&D in some way or another in every...

I don't think any of us do either. But the ability to destroy anyone who is of lower level, handle scores of high level creatures and be on par with the big names of D&D is what most consider epic. And you won't be able to handle the pit fiend patrols of Nessus unless you are there

Or a flight of dragons could be a legendary encounter of it own, designed for very high to epic levels with it's own exception-based design decisions.

Well a flight of dragons will not have the lair abilities. Also if a flight of dragons is level appropriate, I'd argue that you are high enough in level that the individual dragons no longer count as legendary and you could use some watered down version (of appropriately high level). Buff the...

There is an easy solution ofc, but it is not for everyone. WotC can decide to use Web Enhancements to give you stats for all ages and dragons and just have samples in the MM.

I do wonder if we will get something like templates in general (with one of them being the "upgrade to legendary" kind). E.g. I can see your average Medusa be a reasonably common monster. But there should be a legendary version; the Queen of Stone in Eberron, the Gorgon of Greek legend etc.

I'd rather not assume and remain perplexed, it's better manners:)

Heck the problem isn't the 15 pages. It's the fact that more than half of them are just rules and in 3.0 there is not a single stat block, just rules for making it. If you wanted any dragon you had to spend a good amount of time building it.

Indeed I guess we have to agreee to disagree with Hussar. I mean MoP was published within a year of 3E.

At the same time, 3E even in Core did not actually change anything. It just went vague. It doesn't say anything specific about archons and guardinals, never says demons and devils are good to put together in an encounter. The additional spells the cleric and druid got access to are almost...

So we are suddenly OK with giving up on a good part of the game because some people don't plan to use it? Epic has been around in some shape or size in every edition and for quite a few of the classic campaigns, epic is a big deal of their lore. But heck, when we don't like something we can...

That's odd. I opened the MoP to be sure before posting it and I found numerous mentions of the Blood War all over the lower planes, plus multiple locations that were added in the "Planes of . . ." boxed set series. Want me to list page numbers? Oh scratch that, don't even have to. It's in the...

The 3rd edition dragon flies 2X200 ft a round right? 2x250 when it gets Gargantuan. Long range is 400 ft+40 ft./level (plus those measly 30 ft per round that you will be moving before casting).

Well, at least in 3rd, your arcane caster would certainly have time to throw a long range spell or even two at a fleeing dragon and your archer would certainly manage a full volley. If the dragon was wounded enough to be fleeing, these could finish him off.

Heh Derren, you remind me of the morale system from the days of old:)

I have to agree and be a bit perplexed; 3E includes the manual of the planes for instance. And it followed Planescape a lot. it only mentions the factions in passing but then again it is post faction-war and focused on the planes themselves, not Sigil (the boxed sets from Planescape dealing with...

What is a paladin anyway? The brand image from D&D is actually fairly limited. He is a LG warrior who casts clerical spells and can smite, lay on hands and summon a mount. This is all of it and it is very specific. A paladin should be entirely replaceable with a fighter/cleric+the feat system...