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They are green. Object mimics are level 8 ;) It's possible whoever told you they were blue was looking at a mimic imitating the book. You should be very careful around this person. It may be an impersonator mimic. In fact, I'm certain of it.

I'm beyond happy the op likes the art for the catoblepas and nymphs--to say they're both very special to me would be a massive understatement. The whole nymph concept evolved like a dream; at one point in that evolution I realized they connected ideally with some photos I'd taken the previous...

It grew. It grew to enormous proportions. It wanted more and more of that delicious glowy metal, and it certainly recognized who had provided it. The thing pursued the PCs through the woods, growing larger and larger as it went, knocking down trees and squishing playful forest fey as the heroes...

I say go with it and see where it takes you (it sounds really fun). When you look back on games of the past, this is the kind of thing you will remember most. During a 2e game in the early '90s, my players decided to feed an artifact to a rust monster to see what would happen. None of us are...

I considered this when designing them, but decided their functions didn't overlap. Dopplegangers might deceive you for a number of complicated (often intrigue-based) reasons. Mimics want to eat you.

I can't wait to find out how you're going to off me for Demonomicon. Can't use the face thing twice, hear? Not in the face! Not in the face! Alas, my work is but small when standing in The Conqueror's Shadow (that's you, man). ;)

Amongst the creatures I designed for this book, the nymphs have a special place in my heart. I'm humbled before the artist, whose illustration is completely blowing my mind.

I am more than totally enthused.

My first 4e campaign (and current favorite of all games I've ever run) is this kind. The PCs are members of the the watch, and naturally this gives them similar goals and interests, even if the PCs themselves are pretty different. For me, I think the key to success was writing thumbnails of...

This is true.

DMG2 is my favorite D&D book of all time, finally replacing 2e's Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide for that slot. The group storytelling bit is one of my favorite things about it. I think the key to group storytelling is to have the players fill in the blanks when you need them to. I was rather...

My experience resembled Delgar's wife's on the first stuff I wrote, and mirrors Tav's on the more recent stuff. Unfortunately I can't be of more help; I'm still awaiting a response to my last query.

I love when creatures are reworked and improved, given a concrete place in the game and the world. For instance, in the '80s and '90s I didn't really understand the distinction between demons and devils. The two 3.5 books were a big step forward in determining those differences, but imo 4e truly...

Loved the second Monster Manual, can't wait for the third!

Raising a glass to everyone's glorious achievements while at WotC. All of you have touched my life and my many, many games with your talent. And one extra toast to Rob for his work on the D&D Miniatures game. You're a heck of a guy, a hell of a designer, and I loved interviewing you at Gen...

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I picked a deck up at Gen Con and I've used it a couple of times in order to generate ideas for quick adventures, which (imo) is one of the principal attractions of the deck. Last Saturday, I had a player over to convert his old 3.5 character to 4e. After explaining the system to him and...

I don't think Virtue's Touch is anything to sneeze at. I think it's pretty dang awesome.

I'm looking forward to seeing what's in the ardent build. As a paladin I do want to protect my mates, but just as well I want to be running around in full plate kicking butt and shouting, "I say thee nay!" I usually DM, but have been getting my hands dirty as a player lately and trying out the...

Love 'em. Found Mearls' articles in DDI extremely useful for rationalizing and developing them. Strangely, I seem to find that skill challenges essentially just formalize what we've always been doing with the game. If anything, they sort of give an actual framework of how to avoid role-playing...