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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kai Lord" data-source="post: 805189" data-attributes="member: 3570">On one hand, I agree.  For instance I never like it when a character pioneered by one actor is played by another in the same series.  The only time this is really acceptable for me is when the character ages substantially, such as in story arcs that take a character from childhood to adulthood (the recent Daredevil, Forrest Gump, a couple of recent movies trying to pass themselves off as Star Wars flicks<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, and countless others.I consider it the real question because in a fantasy setting there are a million and one reasons why a "demon lord" would change or metamorphosize its look.  Perhaps Demogorgon was killed and reborn in a much more lethal version like something out of Princess Mononoke or dozens of other fantasy stories.  Or maybe its technically the "son of Demogorgon" and took the name after cannibalizing its father and its father's knowledge to the point where its essentially the same character, but deadlier.  Maybe it just got tired of the monkey heads.  Who knows.Exactly.  Giant siamese Baboon twins that can't even open a can of pop look ridiculous, and may hurt the verisimilitude of a campaign world its terrorizing if its actually supposed to be scary.  Hideous slimy siamese Hyena twins that can't open pop are much more credible.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />That's fine.  I've never even played in or ran a campaign where Demobaboon ever showed up, and probably never will (and that includes Demohyena as well.)  I just thought I'd offer up my two cents.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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