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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 5294940" data-attributes="member: 87792"><p>Depends what you mean by Slimy the Worm. <em>Tiamat </em>does not belong on a normal wandering monster table - although she's on some of the older school ones. The Gorgon Medusa was a setting level monster who could be made into an artifact one of the Gods wanted so she could significantly increase her power. The King doesn't belong on a random monster table (Elvis on the other hand might be entertaining to put on one in the right sort of game...) They are all named setting level monsters who don't just show up at random - if I'm involving any of them, that's the motivation for the adventure.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>And I'm going to be using ones (chosen by terrain type) in my sandbox 4e campaign. If the PCs are very unlucky I'll roll the adult dragon. (Hint: run or hide until they've gained about a dozen levels). That doesn't mean I'm going to put medusas or even catoblepas on it unless they are <em>stupid</em> enough to wander straight into catoblepas territory (hint: it makes Defiler territory look lush) - and in that case it's not a wandering monster table so much as chance catoplepas turns up table in much the same way I'd be using a chance dragon was home roll if they wanted to find its lair.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 5294940, member: 87792"] Depends what you mean by Slimy the Worm. [I]Tiamat [/I]does not belong on a normal wandering monster table - although she's on some of the older school ones. The Gorgon Medusa was a setting level monster who could be made into an artifact one of the Gods wanted so she could significantly increase her power. The King doesn't belong on a random monster table (Elvis on the other hand might be entertaining to put on one in the right sort of game...) They are all named setting level monsters who don't just show up at random - if I'm involving any of them, that's the motivation for the adventure. And I'm going to be using ones (chosen by terrain type) in my sandbox 4e campaign. If the PCs are very unlucky I'll roll the adult dragon. (Hint: run or hide until they've gained about a dozen levels). That doesn't mean I'm going to put medusas or even catoblepas on it unless they are [I]stupid[/I] enough to wander straight into catoblepas territory (hint: it makes Defiler territory look lush) - and in that case it's not a wandering monster table so much as chance catoplepas turns up table in much the same way I'd be using a chance dragon was home roll if they wanted to find its lair. [/QUOTE]
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