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<blockquote data-quote="Knight Otu" data-source="post: 3813324" data-attributes="member: 192"><p>If they mean what this sounds like, then blarg. As I mentioned in the "What monsters deserve the axe" thread, there is really only one monster that needs to be shot in the (nonexisting) head, and that's the shrieker. If they hadn't already mentioned slaads, I'd be pretty concerned about the fate of the remaining partially-neutral outsider families (yugoloth, slaad, and whichever of modron, formian, or inevitable). I mean, I can understand the removal/reimagination of the scalable elementals (though ironically the scalability was one of the teasers for the 3.0 MM in the 3.0 PHB), but getting rid of the guardinals I don't understand especially in light of the reimagination of the devils and demons - the guardinals already have their "thing." Hopefully they reconsider the guardinals for MM 2+. If not.... well, I guess then I'll have to recreate them myself when I want to use them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Dao and Marid, anyone? There have been similar instances in the past. That said, Frost Giants not being in yet doesn't faze me as much, perhaps because I'm hoping for at least one of the following things:</p><p>1 - there are good monster design guidelines in one of the first three books. This has been strongly hinted at, and frost giants can probably be very easily created from those, unlike more complex outsiders.</p><p>2 - The "All MMs are core" bit comes into play here. With the knowledge that psionics will enter the SRD and that psionics will be in a Players Handbook, hopefully all the books that are considered core will enter the SRD with little delay.</p><p>If either one happens, I'll be happy enough, though both would of couse be the ideal scenario.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I rather doubt that, honestly. People usually don't pick up a Part 2 of anything before picking up Part 1 (excluding prequels). Wizards may want to change how we look at the game, but I doubt they'll manage to change buying habits to that extreme. Not to mention that many people would be pissed off picking up the exactly same rules year and year again.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought it was pretty clear from the Elves article that Elves, Eladrin, and Drow are all feykin to a varying degree, the Eladrin and Drow more so than the Elves, and at different ends of the Seelie-Unseelie spectrum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knight Otu, post: 3813324, member: 192"] If they mean what this sounds like, then blarg. As I mentioned in the "What monsters deserve the axe" thread, there is really only one monster that needs to be shot in the (nonexisting) head, and that's the shrieker. If they hadn't already mentioned slaads, I'd be pretty concerned about the fate of the remaining partially-neutral outsider families (yugoloth, slaad, and whichever of modron, formian, or inevitable). I mean, I can understand the removal/reimagination of the scalable elementals (though ironically the scalability was one of the teasers for the 3.0 MM in the 3.0 PHB), but getting rid of the guardinals I don't understand especially in light of the reimagination of the devils and demons - the guardinals already have their "thing." Hopefully they reconsider the guardinals for MM 2+. If not.... well, I guess then I'll have to recreate them myself when I want to use them. Dao and Marid, anyone? There have been similar instances in the past. That said, Frost Giants not being in yet doesn't faze me as much, perhaps because I'm hoping for at least one of the following things: 1 - there are good monster design guidelines in one of the first three books. This has been strongly hinted at, and frost giants can probably be very easily created from those, unlike more complex outsiders. 2 - The "All MMs are core" bit comes into play here. With the knowledge that psionics will enter the SRD and that psionics will be in a Players Handbook, hopefully all the books that are considered core will enter the SRD with little delay. If either one happens, I'll be happy enough, though both would of couse be the ideal scenario. I rather doubt that, honestly. People usually don't pick up a Part 2 of anything before picking up Part 1 (excluding prequels). Wizards may want to change how we look at the game, but I doubt they'll manage to change buying habits to that extreme. Not to mention that many people would be pissed off picking up the exactly same rules year and year again. I thought it was pretty clear from the Elves article that Elves, Eladrin, and Drow are all feykin to a varying degree, the Eladrin and Drow more so than the Elves, and at different ends of the Seelie-Unseelie spectrum. [/QUOTE]
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