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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 8515896" data-attributes="member: 6855114">And well you did Sir.When shown with hard fact and historical context of the game it went down to &quot;Because I prefer it that way&quot;. And for the Death Knight. Former Paladins that became undead. They no longer qualify for humanoid. Thus they became monsters just as the Lich, a former M-U becomes an undead monster with powers beyond a M-U.And even then... The Anti-Paladin was a thing in 1ed. It even appeared in the Best of Dragon IV.The Half-Ogre was in there too. And strangely, even in the age of 1ed, that thing followed the rules...In some cases, probably. In mine? Nope. Player or DM it does not matter. I want to be able to decipher what allowed this NPC to be able to do things he did. Even if it is from wishes or simple demonic powers, I want to know. This way I can prevent it or try to prevent it from happening again or if evil, to do it myself! And just to be clear, I am a DM. Last time I was a player was in 1994.And strangely, whenever something weird happens at the table with a monster, I get no questions. But with a playable race? Tons of questions, divinations, inquireries and research are conducted to know how it was done.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 8515896, member: 6855114"] And well you did Sir. When shown with hard fact and historical context of the game it went down to "Because I prefer it that way". And for the Death Knight. Former Paladins that became undead. They no longer qualify for humanoid. Thus they became monsters just as the Lich, a former M-U becomes an undead monster with powers beyond a M-U. And even then... The Anti-Paladin was a thing in 1ed. It even appeared in the Best of Dragon IV. The Half-Ogre was in there too. And strangely, even in the age of 1ed, that thing followed the rules... In some cases, probably. In mine? Nope. Player or DM it does not matter. I want to be able to decipher what allowed this NPC to be able to do things he did. Even if it is from wishes or simple demonic powers, I want to know. This way I can prevent it or try to prevent it from happening again or if evil, to do it myself! And just to be clear, I am a DM. Last time I was a player was in 1994. And strangely, whenever something weird happens at the table with a monster, I get no questions. But with a playable race? Tons of questions, divinations, inquireries and research are conducted to know how it was done. [/QUOTE]

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