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<blockquote data-quote="Ed Cha" data-source="post: 2303543" data-attributes="member: 10972"><p><strong>Less cool:</strong> </p><p></p><p><strong>Drow-</strong> They used to be mysterious, totally evil badasses who could kick your ass. Now they're overexposed, mentally conflicted (should I be a good drow?), and just plain lame. </p><p></p><p><strong>Mindflayers-</strong> Ditto.</p><p></p><p><strong>Halflings-</strong> What the hell happened to them? They have been the most "experimented with". Leave them be!</p><p></p><p><strong>Elves-</strong> Totally lost their flavor. </p><p></p><p><strong>Demons-</strong> They're everywhere and they've become just big CR monsters to kill. They're supposed to be supernatural forces of chaos and destruction that bring terror to everyone, not just more things on the way to adventure.</p><p></p><p><strong>Kobolds-</strong> These are not kobolds. They're baby lizardmen.</p><p></p><p><strong>Dragons-</strong> It's the illustrations that killed me on these. I can never use them again.</p><p></p><p><strong>Orcs-</strong> Warhammer.</p><p></p><p><strong>Half-anything-</strong> Please stop. </p><p></p><p><strong>Beholders-</strong> That D&D movie ruined them for me. They're not laser beam shooting watch dogs, you know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Cha, post: 2303543, member: 10972"] [B]Less cool:[/B] [B]Drow-[/B] They used to be mysterious, totally evil badasses who could kick your ass. Now they're overexposed, mentally conflicted (should I be a good drow?), and just plain lame. [B]Mindflayers-[/B] Ditto. [B]Halflings-[/B] What the hell happened to them? They have been the most "experimented with". Leave them be! [B]Elves-[/B] Totally lost their flavor. [B]Demons-[/B] They're everywhere and they've become just big CR monsters to kill. They're supposed to be supernatural forces of chaos and destruction that bring terror to everyone, not just more things on the way to adventure. [B]Kobolds-[/B] These are not kobolds. They're baby lizardmen. [B]Dragons-[/B] It's the illustrations that killed me on these. I can never use them again. [B]Orcs-[/B] Warhammer. [B]Half-anything-[/B] Please stop. [B]Beholders-[/B] That D&D movie ruined them for me. They're not laser beam shooting watch dogs, you know. [/QUOTE]
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