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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5709898" data-attributes="member: 22779">I have to admit, this is the first one that kinda leaves me cold.&nbsp; Sure, there's TONS of great stuff from back in the day.&nbsp; I know that.&nbsp; But, there's a reason a lot of stuff fell by the wayside - a lot of it wasn't very good.&nbsp; Sturgeon's Law applies to monsters as much as anything else.Yes, I realize that someone, somewhere may be using the C.I.F.A.L. as a lynchpin of their campaign, but, just because someone is using it doesn't make it good.There's a reason some things get changed.&nbsp; Take the &quot;trap monsters&quot; from AD&amp;D as an example.&nbsp; By 3e, these had either largely disappeared or been changed quite a lot (Green Slime being a prime example - it goes from being a monster to being a trap.&nbsp; And the Piercer-&gt;Darkmantle evolution for another.)Just because someone, somewhere, at some point in time thought something was a good idea doesn't necessarily make it so.&nbsp; There is a danger of wearing nostalgia glasses when looking at past stuff and not judging it with an objective point of view.&nbsp; Not that this will necessarily happen, but, honestly, I wouldn't really care if Thouls (for an example) never made it into another edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5709898, member: 22779"] I have to admit, this is the first one that kinda leaves me cold. Sure, there's TONS of great stuff from back in the day. I know that. But, there's a reason a lot of stuff fell by the wayside - a lot of it wasn't very good. Sturgeon's Law applies to monsters as much as anything else. Yes, I realize that someone, somewhere may be using the C.I.F.A.L. as a lynchpin of their campaign, but, just because someone is using it doesn't make it good. There's a reason some things get changed. Take the "trap monsters" from AD&D as an example. By 3e, these had either largely disappeared or been changed quite a lot (Green Slime being a prime example - it goes from being a monster to being a trap. And the Piercer->Darkmantle evolution for another.) Just because someone, somewhere, at some point in time thought something was a good idea doesn't necessarily make it so. There is a danger of wearing nostalgia glasses when looking at past stuff and not judging it with an objective point of view. Not that this will necessarily happen, but, honestly, I wouldn't really care if Thouls (for an example) never made it into another edition. [/QUOTE]

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