Mike Mearls' monster redesign seminar

[Dave Turner]

By the way, did Mr. Mearls hint at what other monsters might be revisited in the near future?

When I spoke to him at GenCon, he said that he would tackle the flumph after the beholder.

 

[Henry]

When I spoke to him at GenCon, he said that he would tackle the flumph after the beholder.

YEAH! THE FLYING FARTER FINALLY FINAGLES A FIRST-RATE FIX!

 

[BOZ]

LOL! does he actually want to make it useful somehow?

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

Eegad man, is there any D&D staple he doesn't want to tweak?

I wonder how big the revolt will be when he tries to touch dragons.

As the historical record indicates every designer under the sun tweaks dragons when given the slimmest excuse, I am not sure in what fashion Mearls would be uniquely unqualified to do the same.

The bottom line is there is no way to do dragons that will truly satisfy more than 49% the D&D community in a 6-12 page section in a Monster Manual. It is too emotionally big a topic. There are at least several distinct approaches, each of which could justify its own book.

As a practical matter, we do need a painfully slim treatment for inclusion in the Core books. IMNSHO the 3.5 treatment is overall the best written so far, even if it has its flaws.

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

When I spoke to him at GenCon, he said that he would tackle the flumph after the beholder.

What is a Flumph? I have never met one.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

What is a Flumph? I have never met one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flumph

 

[The_Gneech]

Flumph already got updated in Dungeon #118 ... an awesome little adventure called (appropirately enough) "Box of Flumph".

Personally, I'm hoping for the Flail Snail.

-The Gneech