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This seems to be one of the design decisions that is a cusp. If you're lucky (?), you see it as a bit of interesting oddity that makes a creature seem alien. If you're like me, you LOL at the potential for absurdity. Of course, I do that with a lot of things... Plane Sailing, I was thinking...

Honestly, I don't have a problem with most of the 4th edition changes to creatures like the barghest, the sphinx, or the metallic dragons. The residium mechanic for the rust monster on first glance doesn't feel right, but I understand why it was done that way. The quills are just funny to me...

No, no...they had the generic "enlarge and turn invisible" abilities. Now, those are used only by certain flavors of duergar. They ALL shoot quills, now. Perhaps the pen is mightier than the sword (even when wielded by a giant evil dwarf)?

Well, according to the new MM2, duergar are still evil dwarves who frolic with demons. Now, however, they have...quills. They are the porcupines of the evil humanoid ranks. This is an interesting approach to monster design that I've never considered -- merging characteristics with small...

The contract clearly gives the 3 evils something. They come right out in #656 and say, "If the elf dies here, this whole thing was a huge waste of time." Since these evil guys are clearly the same 3 evil guys from #380, whom Sabine talked to right after learning about the Snarl and the gates...

Actually, since you live in Columbus, if you REALLY wanted something, give Warzone Matrix a call and see if they have a copy. It should be about a 2 or 2.5 hour drive, or stop by if you happen to be in the Cleveland area for some reason.

It used to be the easiest way was to get the PDF from DriveThruRPG, but that is apparently closed off now (though only for Wizards of the Coast). I spent a fair amount of time trying to track down all of the old 3rd edition GURPS books (including some harder-to-find ones like Bunnies and...

My campaign world is called Dirt. Dirt has two dungeons: the lair of the orc with pie, and the lair of the goblin at the end of the 50' corridor filled with green slime. The city of The City has an armor shop, a weapons shop, a tavern that will only serve adventurers or mysterious patrons, a...

To be more succinct, I take this overlong essay to mean that older forms of fantasy had deep intrinsic meaning to the individual, whereas the modern genre of fantasy entertainment is lacking. The theory is that we lack the aspects of struggle that historically drove great tales. Pish. Don't...

How many responses do we need to assume a reasonably accurate picture of the population?

Enough for what? Seriously, I think it is completely subjective. If I can't find an archetype that I want to play, then I don't play the game.

Difference between mano-a-mana (spelling intentional) and team play.

You mean they didn't? Why else is there so much rice in Latin American cuisine? :p

Probably the only lawsuit to ever include P. Diddy, The Vatican, Dick Cheney and Marco Polo on the defendent list...

If that's the case, then it may be a cultural shift in progress. I can tell you from personal experience that there is a great deal of academic research that uses the term "transgendered." Frankly, I made sure to avoid any mention of race, ethnicity, religion or politics both because of forum...

I used years just to get a rough feel. Even in the U.S., you don't get consistency. Some folks skip grades, dual major or take night classes, etc. I'm well aware that foreign educational plans don't necessarily map well to U.S. standard durations. I'm actually surprised at how few 18 and...

Apologies to Kiwis. If I could edit the poll, then I would change Australia to Oceania. I didn't forget the "I am female option." I assumed that anybody who didn't check, "I am male," is female. Those two options will cover the VAST majority of people. If you are a transgendered resident of...

...anonymously. :) What does the population on ENWorld look like?

Seconded. Also, what about Terry Goodkind? Holly Lisle? T.H. White? I even think Stephen King and Anne Rice merit a place.

I have to wonder if both ErfWorld and OotS involve a change of sides based upon an epiphany?