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[wherwrthal]

Hey, don't you think hotlinking a 370kb image is kinda pushing it? There are dial up users around here.

Naw, the key to dial up surfing and big pictures is just hoping enough of the frame is in sight so you can get a good idea of what it is while still waiting the three days it's going to download.
('sperience)
And I like the tarresque, lich, and the smoke-thingy (can't remember the name)
Gotta agree with above that keyhole armor doesn't make sense to me either, but I want the hammer.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I never really liked the idea of Vampires dying from a stake through the heart...

I much preferred the original concept, in which running a stake through their heart and into the ground while they were asleep in the coffin means they won't be able to rise from their grave. Because they are stuck.

Yeah, I don't really care one way or the other. Just it is pretty iconic now, so it would be odd for it to not be included anywhere. It is also something that would I think need have more rules applied (especially if it isn't instant death, ie: paralysed, weakened, trapped in the coffin )

If there is a separate section too, with simply a list of general stats/rules for different creatures, Vampires, Oozes, etc. It will be a lot easier to pick and choose. It also wouldn't then take up space in the stat-block.

 

[Spatula]

If there is a separate section too, with simply a list of general stats/rules for different creatures, Vampires, Oozes, etc. It will be a lot easier to pick and choose. It also wouldn't then take up space in the stat-block.

That goes against the stated goal of concentrating all relevant information in one spot, so you don't have to go flipping through books during a fight hunting down some rule.

 

[frankthedm]

I could see various ways it could deal with flying.

Major Reach Attacks: Tail Swipe or Lung (I could see it rearing on its hind-legs and snapping at flying PCs).

Dust Storms or Wind Buffets: The tail is long enough it could create strong wind or dust storms.

Roar: Cause the PCs to become disoriented and crash.

Yeah spell and arrow ranges may not be enough to keep away from the big T. Notably, that tail is insanely long considering you can see the base of the tail on the left of the Illo and the tip far on the other side of the picture.


Hmm... Anyone like these eyes?

 

[Green Knight]

He's not a lich. He only got his face melted off, like the Joker. But he can fight with two swords, so I'll give in to that he's a far better combatant than Mumm-Ra, the Everliving. And he's got that Evil-Lyn chick on his side, so he has a better taste.
I'd rather say Skeletor is a Death Knight.

Not a Lich? I defy you, good sir! Skeletor is most definitely a Lich. Especially since his warrior skills, while impressive, pale in comparison to his Wizardry. And a Lich is far more suitable for a Wizard (even one who's dipped a little into Fighter skills with multiclassing) then a Death Knight.

Incidentally, more happened to him then just his face melting off. Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUXlbF1tsZs

 

[Green Knight]

That goes against the stated goal of concentrating all relevant information in one spot, so you don't have to go flipping through books during a fight hunting down some rule.

The intent there, I think, is for DM's not to have to flip back and forth in order to see the combat stats. So all the combat related info will be there. That doesn't mean, however, that you can't have additional information that isn't combat related (like vampires being kept at bay by garlic and unable to cross running water, for instance).

I much preferred the original concept, in which running a stake through their heart and into the ground while they were asleep in the coffin means they won't be able to rise from their grave. Because they are stuck.

Personally, I don't, because that just sounds silly. They're stuck? Why don't they just pull the stake free, then? They're certainly strong enough. And if the goal is pinning, then why stake them through the heart? Why not through the hands and feet? Or the shoulderblades? Or the forehead? Why the heart? And at the end of the day, why go through all that trouble just to pin them, and not kill them? It seems pretty silly. I can understand being staked putting them in a state of suspended animation (that's how Palladium vampires work. They're reduced to lifeless skeletons, but if the stake is ever pulled free, then they regenerate within moments), but once again, why not just kill them? Nah, better to have stakes kill vampires, plain and simple.

 

[DandD]

Nah, I still maintain that Skeletor is rather a Death Knight. He is able to go toe to toe with the strongest man in the universe, after all.

His "magics" come from using magical items, if at all.

However, I am ready to compromise and say that our dear fellow Skeletor is a Death Knight Fighter/Lich Wizard, making him thus a Solo Encounter Monster.

As for evilness, Mumm-Ra, the Everliving is on equal footing.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Hmm... Anyone like these eyes?

I like the second one, but they need to be higher on the head IMO

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I like the second one, but they need to be higher on the head IMO

I like the original the most, but yeah... If it was there should be higher, it would be getting all sorts of bacteria from the mouth in those eyes.

 

[Hussar]

Well, here are 3 more monster illos that cropped up today, they should fit in here... And speaking of fitting things in, WTF is with depicting female vampires with holes designed into their breastplates? The one spot where armor might be useful for a vampire is instead made a convenient target.

Most definitely not loving those three. We've gotta weird assed centaur cat thingie that's kinda groovy, sorta. We've yet another lich and not one that's really all that great - why do liches always have all their bones? Come on, let's see some deterioriation on that corpse. And what the hell is that vampire chick? That's just goofy.

It's pretty rare for me to not like WOTC art, but, those three are bad.