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Well, Garnfellow, you are clearly a monster-junky after my own heart. I would also be considered a 'classicist', by your accounting. I hadn't expected nearly such a thorough reply. For myself, I am very much a 'flavor' person when it comes to stats. I want the statistics to reflect the feel of...

I really like that one. A question for Garnfellow: in converting these, would you say that the mechanics you have chosen to replicate the original mechanics for the critter keep the same sort of comparative balance between incarnations of DnD? I've frequently noticed a distinctly different...

Garnfellow, thank you. This is great. I also agree with you about the early White Dwarf material. I LIKE the particularly weird stuff. I felt like they were thinking in new directions, and I find that sort of thing very inspiring. The 'bottom of the barrel' stuff can still be something to...

Thank you, Boz. I see you haven't been idle in my absence, either, for which I am very pleased. You gave me a lot to catch up on.

Yes, they are way too new. Most of the Fiend Factories were issues 100 or lower, as I recall... but thank you for pointing me in a new direction!

Yes, I stat monsters. Yes, I avidly create them as well as convert them. But I am also a collector, and I have found very little in the way of original White Dwarf Fiend Factory critters that didn't make it into the 1ed Fiend Folio. Well, I'd like to get my hands on them, one way or the other...

In Germanic myth, there were light and dark elves. Some stories portray dark elves as being dusky-skinned, as well. There IS some mythological precedent for drow in that way; the svart alfar. As for drow in fiction... well, it's been said before; overplayed, overplayed, overplayed. The drow...

Sure. The setting is called Reign of Ashes. It has a few things in common with Eberron, actually (huge war, aftermath, lots of ruins, presence of magical technology), but one of the big sticking points in the setting is that permanent magic items are extraordinarily hard to make; in simplicity...

I'd be very curious to see what the two finalists were also, but that material of theirs now belongs to WotC, so who knows when we'll see it. I'm one of the 11; I have some plans to use the setting I submitted, but I haven't pushed it yet.... been working on unrelated projects for the...

I'm an avid worldbuilder. My primary campaign setting has multiple continents, and certainly embraces several different campaign 'feels' depending on location. Now, most games I've run rarely leave the 'primary' continent, and I've not completely fleshed out the rest of the world, but I've found...

Hey there For the record, I'm waiting to get a look at Eberron before I decide whether or not I like it. More than likely, it will be just another sourcebook to plunder for ideas and the like. But I wanted to mention something about the setting competition... I was a semi-finalist, and there...

Most people have covered a lot of what I'd say here, but I have a couple of other bits to offer. First off, yes, I am a supporter of the idea that the players need to know that their characters are at risk. I don't have qualms about seeing a PC get dead... and players should understand that PCs...

Ouch, Khisanth. Ouch. -MsM

Cluniac or Flamboyant? I'm with you on that, Otu... the imagery is too strong in my head to get rid of. Even if the other concept wins, I think I'll be doing stats for a cathedral golem. -MsM

Displaced Half-Machine Heightened Quickened Corrupted Psionic Caterwaul! I'd like to see the Half-Machine variant too... it's my weakness for things clockwork showing again. Do you often use templates on critters in games, by the way, or is it more of a theoretical 'let's see what I can come up...

Very pretty, Devon. Being a fellow Caterwaul fan, I applaud you. I'll have to see if I can dig up my old stats for a hybrid Caterwaul/Displacer Beast... imagine the fun if the Caterwaul half was one of your variants. -MsM ps Kudos for using the Corrupted template. I've got an irrational...

That's the right Emperor, 'wolf. The sun hasn't baked you senseless yet. ;) -MsM

Devon: Hm, I guess I do, don't I? Thanks for the note... I never noticed that before, and I'll see what I can do in the future about it... also, I'm glad you enjoyed them. I'd like to point out that the Bleebs and Flacks are not entirely original. Inspiration for them came out of the old...

Tolling the Bell I'm right with you, Emu, and I like the description. Interesting idea... consider combining the bell with a censer somehow? The incense smoke could have some kind of magical ability. Maybe something that penalizes clerical magic from deities other than its own. -MsM

Ringing your bell Actually, the idea of a golem-something that is essentially a great walking gothic stone construction that serves as a mobile small temple is a nifty idea. It could wield as a weapon a great bell on a long chain. -MsM