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From: Russ Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 11:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] If Thoughts Could Kill -
Illithid reference violation?
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.
Actually, looking at the SRD entry for Mind Flayer, and forgetting what I
know about it, I'd assume that the Mind Flayer was some kind of humanoid
monster with four tentacles for arms, and probably green and slimy with a
big lamprey-type mouth. Nowhere in the description does it say they are
humanoid or where on their bodies the tentacles are located. So, I'd say
that WotC at least has a chance of claiming the "tentacle-headed humanoid"
version of the mind flayer as IP.
As an aside, the way I came up with the above description for my mind flayer
was the fact that the only attacks they have are tentacles, and they don't
have slams, which is what most humanoid monsters with arms have, so that's
why I put the tentacles as arms. I made the mouth lamprey-like because they
don't have a bite, so they must not have very good or no jaws at all, yet
they can chew through a skull to get to the brain. I said they are green
and slimy, because that's just kind of gross to me, and they seemed like
they should be gross, since they eat brains. :-)
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