Do you miss the piercer?

[mara]

I don't particularly miss them. When I have used them, they generally elicited a "well, what's the point of that?" reaction when they missed.

 

[Sejs]

The "ecology" section hinted that they're tasty like snails. I think that the darkmantle is a poor replacement from an epicurean standpoint.

What, you don't like cavelimari?


Anyway, nah. Don't miss piercers much. Liked 'em in a passive sort of way, would be quite happy to see stats for 'em again, but their absense isn't exactly a gnawing hole at the center of my being. Sort of like how I wouldn't have lost any sleep if Ropers hadn't make it into the MM.

 

[DragonLancer]

The Piercer is in the ToH IIRC so no, I don't miss them at all.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

What, you don't like cavelimari?

It's the eyeballs! Aaaugh!

 

[Mark Hope]

In 3E, the darkmantle replaced the piercer, with flavor text in the Monster Manual alluding that it was the evolution of another death-from-above monster/trap. And, so far, it seems like most people like the darkmantle better.

How about you? Do you miss the piercer? Why or why not?

I'm actually much happier when the piercer misses me.



Did you see what I did there? Did you get it? Clever, clever, eh?

Hmm. OK.

Anyway, like Dragonlancer says, the piercer is in the ToH, so I'm still happily using it. The darkmantle is kinda cool too, though. It was neat seeing them in the second D&D movie.

 

[Crothian]

It's not like it went anywhere it is in Tome of Horrors.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

Actually, I miss the cave fisher. Is that one in ToH?

 

[Lanefan]

I thought the Darkmantle was supposed to replace the Lurker Above...I hadn't noticed that Piercers had also vanished. That said, I use the old-school versions anyway, and about once every few years surprise a high-ish leve group by dropping a few Piercers on their heads...sometimes as a distraction so they don't notice the real threat coming from elsewhere.

Lanefan

 

[Jefe Bergenstein]

Not really. It was a creature in about the same way as a loaded crossbow trap is a creature. One attack then its done. You spot it, its useless. Much like a single rot grub, shriekers, etc it should exist as a hazard rather than statted out creature.

 

[Mark Hope]

Actually, I miss the cave fisher. Is that one in ToH?

Yeah, that one's in there too. Those things are cool.