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Should D&D feature fearsome critters and other Americana?
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<blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 9302516" data-attributes="member: 6914290"><p>Are the mystery creatures below..more..or less American? Why or why not?</p><p></p><p><em>1. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, occasionally depicted with dragon's wings, and a tail that might end with a snake's head.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>2. Creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>3. This creature has been depicted as a serpent, a lizard, and hybrid creatures generally composed of the head of a rooster, tail of a serpent, and sometimes wings of a dragon, though its appearance changes depending on the source.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>4. They have the head of a dragon, the body of a lion, and historically sport on their heads either one antler (male) or two antlers (female).</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>5. Monster with the head of a rabbit, arms like a badger, legs like a bear, a skeletal middle and human ears. It is greedy for fragile human living creatures and sings a resonating tune to itself as it feasts.</em></p><p></p><p>Edit<em>:</em> the point being, I don't think its that easy for most people to discern a difference between different monsters' provenance based on the monsters' descriptions. As such, I'm not that worried about using monsters from outside a medieval context within a pseudo-medieval context.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gammadoodler, post: 9302516, member: 6914290"] Are the mystery creatures below..more..or less American? Why or why not? [I]1. It is usually depicted as a lion, with the head of a goat protruding from its back, occasionally depicted with dragon's wings, and a tail that might end with a snake's head. 2. Creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle 3. This creature has been depicted as a serpent, a lizard, and hybrid creatures generally composed of the head of a rooster, tail of a serpent, and sometimes wings of a dragon, though its appearance changes depending on the source. 4. They have the head of a dragon, the body of a lion, and historically sport on their heads either one antler (male) or two antlers (female). 5. Monster with the head of a rabbit, arms like a badger, legs like a bear, a skeletal middle and human ears. It is greedy for fragile human living creatures and sings a resonating tune to itself as it feasts.[/I] Edit[I]:[/I] the point being, I don't think its that easy for most people to discern a difference between different monsters' provenance based on the monsters' descriptions. As such, I'm not that worried about using monsters from outside a medieval context within a pseudo-medieval context. [/QUOTE]
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