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<blockquote data-quote="ax0n" data-source="post: 774095" data-attributes="member: 1360"><p>Hi Moonsword</p><p></p><p>First of all, well done on the excellent Shadow template. It looks really good. A bit more flavor text might be in order: what does a 'shadowfied' creature look like? How does it interract with the material plane?</p><p></p><p>I agree with Khorod: a touch attack might be better than shadow blast. Also, could a shadow creature spawn other shadow creatures or is that jus the undead shadow creature? How do shadow creatures relate to the undead version? Also, wouldn't <em>shadow walk</em> be more succinct and appropriate as a spell-like ability, rather than <em>plane shift</em>.</p><p></p><p>On the subject of OGC: might it be an idea to attach a copy of the OGL with the NboPl standard copyrigth notice (including additional authors names) with the message?</p><p></p><p><strong>Lawful/Chaotic Energies</strong>: I'm dubious about assigning elements/energies to Law/Chaos. From a purely scientific view, its a meaningless association: energies are neither ordered or chaotic. I can see how Cold might correspond with Order, and how fire/entropy might correspond with Chaos, but the association seems somewhat flimsy. Also, how is electricity a chaotic energu? We use it to power our ordered machines in the 20th century?</p><p></p><p>In the NboPl we strive for cosmological-agnostic rules - that is rules that say as little about the type of planes or comsology the GM/cosmologist is trying to create. Thsi is why I tend to shy away from defining things like 'associated' energy types. I could be wrong here, tho. Ideas?</p><p></p><p><strong>Lawful/Chaotic Creature Names</strong>: A quick look at a <a href="http://thesaurus.com" target="_blank">thesaurus</a> often assists in these occasions:</p><p></p><p><u>Order</u></p><p>Pattern Creatures</p><p>Symmetrions</p><p>Symmetric Creatures</p><p>Uniform Creatures</p><p>Harmonites</p><p></p><p><u>Chaos</u></p><p>Ataxians</p><p>Discordians</p><p>Jumbles</p><p></p><p>Finally, did you check out the Basic Planes section from Plane Descriptions 1.8? It already contains a proto-type of a NboPl Shadow Plane description which you might like to use in your version?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ax0n, post: 774095, member: 1360"] Hi Moonsword First of all, well done on the excellent Shadow template. It looks really good. A bit more flavor text might be in order: what does a 'shadowfied' creature look like? How does it interract with the material plane? I agree with Khorod: a touch attack might be better than shadow blast. Also, could a shadow creature spawn other shadow creatures or is that jus the undead shadow creature? How do shadow creatures relate to the undead version? Also, wouldn't [i]shadow walk[/i] be more succinct and appropriate as a spell-like ability, rather than [i]plane shift[/i]. On the subject of OGC: might it be an idea to attach a copy of the OGL with the NboPl standard copyrigth notice (including additional authors names) with the message? [b]Lawful/Chaotic Energies[/b]: I'm dubious about assigning elements/energies to Law/Chaos. From a purely scientific view, its a meaningless association: energies are neither ordered or chaotic. I can see how Cold might correspond with Order, and how fire/entropy might correspond with Chaos, but the association seems somewhat flimsy. Also, how is electricity a chaotic energu? We use it to power our ordered machines in the 20th century? In the NboPl we strive for cosmological-agnostic rules - that is rules that say as little about the type of planes or comsology the GM/cosmologist is trying to create. Thsi is why I tend to shy away from defining things like 'associated' energy types. I could be wrong here, tho. Ideas? [b]Lawful/Chaotic Creature Names[/b]: A quick look at a [url=http://thesaurus.com]thesaurus[/url] often assists in these occasions: [u]Order[/u] Pattern Creatures Symmetrions Symmetric Creatures Uniform Creatures Harmonites [u]Chaos[/u] Ataxians Discordians Jumbles Finally, did you check out the Basic Planes section from Plane Descriptions 1.8? It already contains a proto-type of a NboPl Shadow Plane description which you might like to use in your version? [/QUOTE]
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