Driders and centaurs are size large, and have non-human standard 
movement, and have humanoid torsoes. Sounds like good support for mind 
flayers being humanoid-form to me.

On 1/13/02 11:02 PM, John W. Mangrum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote

>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.


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