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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 4894993" data-attributes="member: 27780">Dragon Magazine Issue 138: October 1988part 2/5Sage advice gets in with the theme, as it so often does:Are undead affected by web (If they only have a body)Can you talk to undead (yes, but they still instinctively loathe everything living and want to kill you, eat you or turn you into one of them, probably not in that order. Squick prejudice cuts both ways. )What creatures become undead. (Anything with a suitable body or soul. Lets keep it on the down low for now, but you'll be seeing lots of weird undead in later books. ) What happens to the connection to the negative plane when an undead is shifted to an outer plane. (Nothing. They're now off being an abomination against life somewhere else. Annoyed outsiders may come knocking on your door to bring back the trash if you make a habit of this. ) Can undead be affected by psionic attack (probably, as long as they have minds )Can undead be psionic (sure, why not.)Are undead affected by blasty spells (Mostly. Anything not forbidden is allowed.)How do skeletons see without any eyes. (This is a mystery man was not meant to know. However they do it, they manage perfectly well. )Can paladins keep ghouls at bay with their holier than thou aura. (yup) What does powerless in sunlight really mean. (they can't attack, move things, or do anything other than cower or float away. Poor ghosty creatures. ) Can you turn a banshee (you can in BD&D, but not in AD&D, weirdly enough. )What is a lesser vampire ( The enslaved minion that you'll become if you don't watch out. ) Can a staked vampire drain levels (No. Be thankful for this.)  The GDQ modules and the monster manual contradict each other on the subject of holy symbols and vampires (No they don't. This is what happens when vampires break their own rules. There is a reason they normally recoil from holy symbols )How do spells affect nilbogs (opposite world is upsideown. No saves, no limits. Be very afraid)Where are the stats for amphisbaena ( Snake! Snake!)Can you get lycanthropy from being clawed (No. )Isn't 2+2 a bit much for small Scorpions (They're still 3-4 foot long and toughly armoured. How's that for nightmare fuel. ) How much bigger are higher HD green slimes (3 square foot per HD. Better bring the toilet duck along )Are spell attacks delivered by touch normal weapons (Hell no! What is your DM smoking. Skip says don't do drugs, kids! Or you'll end up like this poor guy, unable to make the most elementary logic work.) How good is succubi and alu-fiends shapechanging (pretty good. And by good, we of course mean Totally Hawt. Skip would say no, but that is because Skip is totally awesome and can have any woman he wants anyway. Hey kids, become a sage and you can be totally awesome too. Learn the Elminster patented dirty old man seduction method(tm). Guaranted to work on all women from barmaids to greater godesses or your money back.) Can I bribe a time elemental to take me back to kill my enemies before they're old enough to be a threat ( With what? What could you possibly offer them that they couldn't travel back and take before you found it if they wanted it. Even if you do convince them, Skip does not reccommend letting it be that easy. Remember, the universe is a big place, and even a well intentioned time elemental may struggle to find the right place and time.) Need more info on barghests. Description insufficient ( Question recieved. Processing information. Delivering information. Another satisfied customer. Backup answertron for when skip has bunked off early deactivating itself. ) The black book and the hunters: Call of cthulhu gets another article full of forbidden mind imperiling lore. Shub-Niggurath has a lot of offspring, and summoning them is as viable as dealing with any other monstrosity from another realm. Like pages from the mages, this follows the formula of presenting an IC grimoire, which is also described IC by a character, and then giving us the stats for the new spells contained within. Which is still a pretty entertaining way of doing things, especially when the narrator hasn't completely mastered the powers on offer, and isn't sure if they really want too either. They can sell us a few more of these in my reckoning.</blockquote>

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