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<blockquote data-quote="MoutonRustique" data-source="post: 6388319" data-attributes="member: 22362"><p>I did not "add all that" - with regards to what you quoted.</p><p></p><p>That was an explicit list of what makes a baby a baby vs. not a baby (though far from perfect or complete) - it was a baseline proposition to state my starting assumptions. Nothing I wrote relates in any way to the monster itself, it relates to the definition of "baby" as the concept.</p><p></p><p>My point was the following : I propose that in a given setting's reference point, <em>fire snakes</em> do not meet the criteria necessary to be termed "babies". They are simply "new" and capable of further growth. They are not innocent, they are not dependent, they are not helpless, they are not defenseless, they are aggressive, they are dangerous, and, in some settings, they are EVIL. The whole of this (in this case, the last one being key) makes them into "not babies" much like much like you, yourself, considered 3 day old urku'hai (or however it is spelled) "not babies".</p><p></p><p>All this said, you are obviously moved and angered by the choice of them being "baby" salamanders, and you needn't explain or apologize for your feelings. I am sorry the choice WotC made has upset you. My hope was in convincing you that, in this case, you needn't feel bad for the critters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoutonRustique, post: 6388319, member: 22362"] I did not "add all that" - with regards to what you quoted. That was an explicit list of what makes a baby a baby vs. not a baby (though far from perfect or complete) - it was a baseline proposition to state my starting assumptions. Nothing I wrote relates in any way to the monster itself, it relates to the definition of "baby" as the concept. My point was the following : I propose that in a given setting's reference point, [I]fire snakes[/I] do not meet the criteria necessary to be termed "babies". They are simply "new" and capable of further growth. They are not innocent, they are not dependent, they are not helpless, they are not defenseless, they are aggressive, they are dangerous, and, in some settings, they are EVIL. The whole of this (in this case, the last one being key) makes them into "not babies" much like much like you, yourself, considered 3 day old urku'hai (or however it is spelled) "not babies". All this said, you are obviously moved and angered by the choice of them being "baby" salamanders, and you needn't explain or apologize for your feelings. I am sorry the choice WotC made has upset you. My hope was in convincing you that, in this case, you needn't feel bad for the critters. [/QUOTE]
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