Update SRD - Critters

[linnorm]

Oh goodie! One more thing to *$%& up my campaign. I'm just glad I'm not publishing anything, these "updates" to the SRD would have destroyed my buisiness by now.

 

[tensen]

I wouldn't go running around acting like the sky is falling.
A similar instance of things vanishing occured when they started to revamp the spells.

Mind Flayer is the one that was most commonly misused due to the Illithid issue. I would imagine they are taking care to correct the issues with that creature so the problems don't continue.

 

[Bendris Noulg]

A similar instance of things vanishing occured when they started to revamp the spells.

Except the spells only changed names. This isn't the case; These critters aren't there.

Otherwise I'm in the same boat as linnorm; One of the central races for my setting are eliminated. While a Fan Project, I'm still held to OGL compliance. Now that's all fubar.

 

[linnorm]

Except the spells only changed names. This isn't the case; These critters aren't there.

Otherwise I'm in the same boat as linnorm; One of the central races for my setting are eliminated. While a Fan Project, I'm still held to OGL compliance. Now that's all fubar.

Exactly, I'm going to be hard pressed to come up with a reasonable explination as to why a dominate force in the campaign suddenly vanished. "Sir, our sources tell us that the <censored> have all been eliminated by a powerful wizard from the coast casting an 'SRD' spell."

 

[EarthsShadow]

does this mean the upcoming slayers guide to yuan-ti is now axed from production?

 

[Mindcrime]

Well, I'm not Mongoose, but from everything Matt's said it should already be in stores. But, this probably means it won't ever get reprinted. (I don't think it would anyway - I don't think mongoose has reprinted any of their previous slayer's guides. They just sent them straight to RPGNow and PDF format, I believe.)

Chris

 

[Ashy]

It could be that they just have not updated something yet... (shrugs, but is being hopeful...)

 

[Legion]

Well, I just went to my FLGS and saw a few copies of the Slayer's Gude to the Yuan-Ti.

I'd snatch 'em up in a hurry if you really want one. Just in case.

 

[Frilf]

::flicks on rant-o-matic::

To me, I just don't "get" this. Yuan-Ti I can *maybe* understand because they have an unnecessarily fanciful and pompous name that WotC might want to protect - but beholders, carrion crawlers, and mind flayers? Gimme a break! These creature's names are all common English words that anyone could slap together, hardly anything to make the exclusive intellectual property of whomever. Not to mention that beholders and mind flayers are some of the best "boss monsters" in the game.

Let's hope they're just updating things for 3.5e and that this sort of silliness isn't going to continue. Grrr. What's next: mephits, azers, and remorhazes?? Or maybe blink dogs? Yeah. There's a name worth clinging to.

::kicks off rant-o-matic::

 

[kingpaul]

Well, I just went to my FLGS and saw a few copies of the Slayer's Gude to the Yuan-Ti.

I'd snatch 'em up in a hurry if you really want one. Just in case.

Score!! Just called my FLGS. They *just* got the book in, and I had them put it in my file. Will I use? Probably not, but it'll be a bit of a collectible...at least in our circles.