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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7644252" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>That does seem to be important. I was looking at the 3e.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now it is my turn to ask where that come from? Being intelligent in no way implies that they see the value of working with lesser races. Typically D&D has always asserted that giants either want to be left alone or else only want to rule over and receive tribute from the smaller races. I know giants have been though all sorts of lore revisions over the years, but when did their lore suggest that they see the value in working with smaller races? </p><p></p><p>I know there are have been a lot of lore changes over the years but Thrym and Surtr's peoples are known more for wanting to annihilate all lesser races and rule over the world in their place than cordial relationships with humans.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yeah, but you can recreate refrigeration with something like 'chill metal' or any other similar cold magic. Simply chilling things can be done with Prestidigitation based effects. Brown mold doesn't just chill the air - it magically siphons heat out of living creatures. Getting near brown mold knocks most people unconscious more or less instantly and unless rescued (difficult to do unless you also get in range) those people will die. And unlike asbestos, brown mold is alive. It spreads. It produces spores. And it can get a hold near a fire, it can expand to enormous size very very quickly. It has an exponential growth rate in the presence of fire. Brown mold is nasty stuff. It seems to me that a brown mold base refrigeration system is just as likely to apocalyptically destroy a town as provide a valuable economic resource.</p><p></p><p>Lead and asbestos are not remotely good comparisons.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 7644252, member: 4937"] That does seem to be important. I was looking at the 3e. Now it is my turn to ask where that come from? Being intelligent in no way implies that they see the value of working with lesser races. Typically D&D has always asserted that giants either want to be left alone or else only want to rule over and receive tribute from the smaller races. I know giants have been though all sorts of lore revisions over the years, but when did their lore suggest that they see the value in working with smaller races? I know there are have been a lot of lore changes over the years but Thrym and Surtr's peoples are known more for wanting to annihilate all lesser races and rule over the world in their place than cordial relationships with humans. Yeah, but you can recreate refrigeration with something like 'chill metal' or any other similar cold magic. Simply chilling things can be done with Prestidigitation based effects. Brown mold doesn't just chill the air - it magically siphons heat out of living creatures. Getting near brown mold knocks most people unconscious more or less instantly and unless rescued (difficult to do unless you also get in range) those people will die. And unlike asbestos, brown mold is alive. It spreads. It produces spores. And it can get a hold near a fire, it can expand to enormous size very very quickly. It has an exponential growth rate in the presence of fire. Brown mold is nasty stuff. It seems to me that a brown mold base refrigeration system is just as likely to apocalyptically destroy a town as provide a valuable economic resource. Lead and asbestos are not remotely good comparisons. [/QUOTE]
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