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07/08/2013 - Legends & Lore Monsters and the World of D&D
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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6154352" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p>VERY cogent and dire warning point. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Excellent and true. </p><p></p><p>Particularly with the dire corbie/pazuzu connect...or, rather, <em>dis</em>connect. Pazuzu is the demon lord of AIR! Dire Corbies <em>look </em>like birds but don't FLY! ...or even GLIDE! WHY in hells would Pazuzu want to be connected to or give two coppers about dire corbies?</p><p></p><p>Do Dire Corbies<em> revere</em> Pazuzu...You could work that angle...if they're evolved/sentient enough to be societal, I could see a case that says they do...maybe Dire Corbie shaman/witch-doctors [do they<em> have </em>shamans/witch-doctors?!] are granted flight and so, all Dire Corbies pay reverence to Pazuzu in hope of being gifted with flight. But Pazuzu to WANT them/have CREATED them as minions?!?! No way! They don't partake of the very element over which he/it holds sway! At best they are some failed disappointment/experiment.</p><p></p><p>The developers need to, to use an over-used 90's trite-ism, "Check themselves before they wreck themselves." Simply because you are in the position to MAKE the decisions, does not make your wandering whims <em>good/uber-kewz </em>ones. Step back and think for a second before trying to present "this is how [we're thinking] it is." The game does not require that. I don't need you to tell me where/how Dire Corbies come from/were created...</p><p></p><p>...or how/what Ettercaps do in their free time...Trading with hags?! They're low intelligence monstrous eaters of all things, sentient or not? Fine. They don't have a language..but "express themselves"? Fine. Why/where did they become interested or trained in commerce?! Not fine.</p><p></p><p>Again, adding weirdness for weirdness' sake. And for as odd and off-the-wall as some of D&D's classic creatures are, and the charm thereof, that's not necessary for every-fraggin'-thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6154352, member: 92511"] VERY cogent and dire warning point. Agreed. Excellent and true. Particularly with the dire corbie/pazuzu connect...or, rather, [I]dis[/I]connect. Pazuzu is the demon lord of AIR! Dire Corbies [I]look [/I]like birds but don't FLY! ...or even GLIDE! WHY in hells would Pazuzu want to be connected to or give two coppers about dire corbies? Do Dire Corbies[I] revere[/I] Pazuzu...You could work that angle...if they're evolved/sentient enough to be societal, I could see a case that says they do...maybe Dire Corbie shaman/witch-doctors [do they[I] have [/I]shamans/witch-doctors?!] are granted flight and so, all Dire Corbies pay reverence to Pazuzu in hope of being gifted with flight. But Pazuzu to WANT them/have CREATED them as minions?!?! No way! They don't partake of the very element over which he/it holds sway! At best they are some failed disappointment/experiment. The developers need to, to use an over-used 90's trite-ism, "Check themselves before they wreck themselves." Simply because you are in the position to MAKE the decisions, does not make your wandering whims [I]good/uber-kewz [/I]ones. Step back and think for a second before trying to present "this is how [we're thinking] it is." The game does not require that. I don't need you to tell me where/how Dire Corbies come from/were created... ...or how/what Ettercaps do in their free time...Trading with hags?! They're low intelligence monstrous eaters of all things, sentient or not? Fine. They don't have a language..but "express themselves"? Fine. Why/where did they become interested or trained in commerce?! Not fine. Again, adding weirdness for weirdness' sake. And for as odd and off-the-wall as some of D&D's classic creatures are, and the charm thereof, that's not necessary for every-fraggin'-thing. [/QUOTE]
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