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<blockquote data-quote="Eldritch_Lord" data-source="post: 4342738" data-attributes="member: 52073">I don't know about that.&nbsp; The 3e lamia wasn't half-serpent, but it was at least half-human/half-something; the 4e lamia has the whole &quot;eats people&quot; thing going on.&nbsp; Both have some aspects of the myth, but the 4e one also has the beetle swarm and the impersonation thing, and it loses the half-human part.&nbsp; So while I don't ask that any monster be completely accurate to mythology (as none of them really could be, and the 3e lamia wasn't completely accurate either), I'd prefer if subsequent versions moved towards improved accuracy, rather than changing them just to sell things.Like I said, the monster itself is a great idea, I just would rather have a different name attached to it.&nbsp; WotC could sell the same number of miniatures--since people will buy an eladrin-eating beetle swarm regardless of the name--but the lamia would be closer to its origins for those of us who like those things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eldritch_Lord, post: 4342738, member: 52073"] I don't know about that. The 3e lamia wasn't half-serpent, but it was at least half-human/half-something; the 4e lamia has the whole "eats people" thing going on. Both have some aspects of the myth, but the 4e one also has the beetle swarm and the impersonation thing, and it loses the half-human part. So while I don't ask that any monster be [I]completely[/I] accurate to mythology (as none of them really could be, and the 3e lamia wasn't completely accurate either), I'd prefer if subsequent versions moved towards [I]improved[/I] accuracy, rather than changing them just to sell things. Like I said, the monster itself is a great idea, I just would rather have a different name attached to it. WotC could sell the same number of miniatures--since people will buy an eladrin-eating beetle swarm regardless of the name--but the lamia would be closer to its origins for those of us who like those things. [/QUOTE]

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