Russ Taylor wrote: > > As for a mind flayer as humanoid with tentacles infringing. From the > "testbed" SRD we know: > > * mind flayers have four tentacles ringing their mouth > * mind flayers have 30 foot movement (human standard) > * mind flayers are medium sized (human standard) > * mind flayers advance by character class > > These four together seem enough to declare it a humanoform creatures > with tentacles on the head, as I can't think of any non-humanoid form > creatures that advance by character class alone.
I think this is a real stretch. From this description, we can tell that a) it's intelligent, b) it has a vaguely octopoid head, c) it's the same *size* as a man. It's also an aberration, a creature type defined by their "bizarre anatomies, strange abilities, alien mindsets, or any combination of the three." Taking inspiration from Lovecraft's tentacled horrors certainly doesn't *support* the case that the mind flayer is automatically humanoid. As someone else has pointed out, the MM's drider advances by character class alone. It isn't humanoid. John W. Mangrum _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
