You're missing the point. Dancey's claim that a "tentacle-headed humanoid" mind flayer infringes on WotC IP is rather questionable, since the SRD itself leads one right to "tentacle-headed humanoid" by the nature of the creature.
On 1/14/02 5:22 AM, Martin L. Shoemaker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote >I'm sorry, but this entire line of reasoning is rationalization, pure and >simple. "Advances by class" and "humanoid" do not mean the same thing, in >any way, shape, or form. No number of examples will prove that, because >that's classic "all swans are white" reasoning. "Advances by class" and >"humanoid" define two sets of creatures that may happen to overlap quite a >bit, but they're not the same. Do golems advance by class? Do zombies? >Skeletons? > >"Advances by class" has no visual representation. It's a game mechanic. >"Humanoid" IS a visual representation, expressed verbally. -- Russ Taylor (http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/) "He hates the cans! Stay away from the cans!" -- Navin Johnson _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
