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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 4816395" data-attributes="member: 2067">Yes, yes, we can all run into the hyperbolic slippery slope refuge of "but if we did X to some ridiculous extreme, it would mean Y! Y is bad!", but if WotC doesn't know that "Fell Taint" is going to elict teenage giggles, then they don't know much about their intended target audience of teenagers and young adults (especially males).Bottom line being, it's probably something they want to avoid going forward, and it wouldn't hurt to think a bit harder about what they're naming things, since they're in this habit of giving dumb names to things. This ain't the first, it probably won't be the last, but it may be the most egregious, and it's really something they should get a handle on. As Prof C pointed out, it's not even dumb just because of the slang. It's name is "Bad Badness," basically. Thankfully, that's only amusing -- it doesn't affect the actual play of the critters themselves, which look like a cool excuse for some 3D D&D neatness: non-euclidean geometry indeed. Overall, I'm really happy with 4e's tendency to bring the Far Realms a little more lovin', and the Dagon illo from MM2 is one of 4e's best so far. Mmmm, chocolate in my peanut butter.</blockquote>