Who's on first? (Forked Thread: [WotC_Logan] Why is Tiamat Huge?)

[justanobody]

Forked from: [WotC_Logan] Why is Tiamat Huge?

It saddens me quite a bit to see the in game rules being mandated by what once were out of game minis

So which should be more important?

The minis made to suit the game

or

The game rules made to suit the minis

???

Pick the one you feel is most important to design first, or both if you don't care which is designed first.

 

[Remathilis]

Compromise.

While I agree Tiamat should've been larger than huge, I accept the fact that their was already two Legends DDM figures pulled (Orcus & Dracolich) and the cost:benefit ratio for something like Tiamat (really, spending $45 for a fight your probably going to have once?) isn't worth it.

So I accept that the best thing for WotC is to use the already made huge Tiamat, and the best thing for us is have WotC make a Tiamat figure we can use (well, by randomness anyway. The eBay cost on that thing...)

That said, I think there will be a dearth from this point forward of "larger than huge" monsters; its unprofitable to make mini's for them, and they really do stretch the boundaries of believability. (Really, how much land does a Colossal dragon NEED to live?)

 

[avin]

Tiamat should be BIG, gargantuan, colossal.

Wotc can do another mini.

 

[avin]

(Really, how much land does a Colossal dragon NEED to live?)

She's a godess and should have her own demiplane. Size never should be a matter.

 

[Treebore]

Tiamat should be bigger than the Colossal Red Dragon. So whichever vote supports that.

 

[ferratus]

I think the fact that minis aren't going to be gargantuan very often means that the D&D icon minis really lost WotC a lot of money.

That's a shame, because they were good show pieces as well as miniatures.

 

[jensun]

If you dont use minis you can make her whatever size you damn well want.

If you do use minis and you want to use her then you want that mini to be accessible.

I fail to see your problem.

 

[ferratus]

If you dont use minis you can make her whatever size you damn well want.

If you do use minis and you want to use her then you want that mini to be accessible.

I fail to see your problem.

Oh, it isn't a problem. It is an excuse for people to take a small complaint from a game they don't even play and blow it up into a huge issue so they can complain for the next week about it.

 

[darjr]

It's not to scale! IT'S NOT TO SCALE!!!

 

[I'm A Banana]

It's a philosophy question, not a specific instance question.

Minis have never improved my games, ever.

Therefore, my perspective should be obvious.

That said, I think monsters of that size work better as setpieces than as discrete monsters, anyway. Anything you can climb on the back of demands an EPIC multi-tiered challenge, not just "roll...hit...damage...repeat"