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<blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 2986013" data-attributes="member: 545">Yup.&nbsp; From even my limited amount of alternative FRP material, the number of slaps against D&amp;D by disgruntled players or former players, some now game designers, is not small.&nbsp; Disregarding the mythology source (the flavor) for no apparent advantage drew sharp criticism way back then.&nbsp; But such talk did not filter into the Dragon.There is an entire chapter in the Chivalry &amp; Sorcery Sourcebook (circa 1980) on designing the monster mechanics from the flavor of the original source material.&nbsp; It lambasts D&amp;D for making the Hydra a multiheaded dinosaur instead of the actual foe of Hercules as the starting point.&nbsp; It mocks the weird treatment of trolls, instead of the more impressive beasts that made Beowulf legend.&nbsp; It also spends time to make a &quot;superior&quot; version of the Umber Hulk and Giant Slug as examples of good D&amp;D ideas that could be done better.Criticism of D&amp;D monsters as lacking flavor is older than the topsoil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ridley's Cohort, post: 2986013, member: 545"] Yup. From even my limited amount of alternative FRP material, the number of slaps against D&D by disgruntled players or former players, some now game designers, is not small. Disregarding the mythology source (the flavor) for no apparent advantage drew sharp criticism way back then. But such talk did not filter into the Dragon. There is an entire chapter in the [i]Chivalry & Sorcery Sourcebook[/i] (circa 1980) on designing the monster mechanics from the flavor of the original source material. It lambasts D&D for making the Hydra a multiheaded dinosaur instead of the actual foe of Hercules as the starting point. It mocks the weird treatment of trolls, instead of the more impressive beasts that made Beowulf legend. It also spends time to make a "superior" version of the Umber Hulk and Giant Slug as examples of good D&D ideas that could be done better. Criticism of D&D monsters as lacking flavor is older than the topsoil. [/QUOTE]

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