D&D 5E Rename the Monster Manual

[Sadras]

Yes you forgot the worst one, Ogre Magi

I missed the details of that in the threads. What were the issues with Ogre Magi?
Cultural Appropriation?

 

[R_J_K75]

I missed the details of that in the threads. What were the issues with Ogre Magi?
Cultural Appropriation?

I missed the details of that in the threads. What were the issues with Ogre Magi?
Cultural Appropriation?

You can form your own opion

 

[Doug McCrae]

Everything is subject to criticism and change. That's how life works. There's no point where we stop and say "OK everything is fine now, no need for further change".

That has been true of D&D in the past and it will continue to be true in the future.

Race level limits, alignment languages, lack of class options, homogenous monster alignments, "Fighting Man", lower strength maximums for women, no pictures of BIPOC in the PHB, "mongrel" half-orcs - all of these were criticised and, as a consequence, changed.

Absolutely everything in D&D has been criticised. Lots of it has changed. Any aspect of it may change in the future.

 

[WayOfTheFourElements]

From Mordenkainen's Manual of the Maltreated and Morally Misunderstood

Mind Flayer
Mind Flayers are creatures most deserving of pity. They were unlucky enough to be born (against their will and subject to the cruel lottery of birth) in the Far Realm. They were inculcated with disturbing values, including the Doctrine of Brain-Mastication and More Unholy Tentacles are Better than One. Though vile and hideous, these tortured souls deserve the respect of all murderhoboing adventurers. Mind flayers are victims of systemic oppression and unequal education. To slay a mind flayer - or worse yet a mind flayer baby - is a undeserved act of outrageous evil. All Monster Lives Matter! Mind Flayer Lives Matter!

 

[Mercurius]

Mark the label on the bourbon, fill it up with water and come back to it next weekend.

Funny, I almost wrote that. I remember doing that oh-so-many years ago.

 

[R_J_K75]

From Mordenkainen's Manual of the Maltreated and Morally Misunderstood

Mind Flayer
Mind Flayers are creatures most deserving of pity. They were unlucky enough to be born (against their will and subject to the cruel lottery of birth) in the Far Realm. They were inculcated with disturbing values, including the Doctrine of Brain-Mastication and More Unholy Tentacles are Better than One. Though vile and hideous, these tortured souls deserve the respect of all murderhoboing adventurers. Mind flayer are victims of systemic oppression and unequal education. To slay a mind flayer - or worse yet a mind flayer baby - is a undeserved act of outrageous evil. All Monster Lives Matter! Mind Flayer Lives Matter!

I hear WotC is hiring.

 

[Mercurius]

Githyanki too then, right?
Also, dragons? Color coded morality? Hello?

my only question is, and it has been one that's been bugging me for almost 40 years, is what the Nine Hells are those bags of sand oozing out of their elbows?!

 

[Olrox17]

From Mordenkainen's Manual of the Maltreated and Morally Misunderstood

Mind Flayer
Mind Flayers are creatures most deserving of pity. They were unlucky enough to be born (against their will and subject to the cruel lottery of birth) in the Far Realm. They were inculcated with disturbing values, including the Doctrine of Brain-Mastication and More Unholy Tentacles are Better than One. Though vile and hideous, these tortured souls deserve the respect of all murderhoboing adventurers. Mind flayer are victims of systemic oppression and unequal education. To slay a mind flayer - or worse yet a mind flayer baby - is a undeserved act of outrageous evil. All Monster Lives Matter! Mind Flayer Lives Matter!

Darn, Mordenkainen finally lost his marbles.

 

[commandercrud]

Dungeon Master is fine. Monster Manual is fine. It's a damn game.

 

[R_J_K75]

Funny, I almost wrote that. I remember doing that oh-so-many years ago.

Ah yes to be young again. We werent slick though they knew.