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From: Russ Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 12:30 PM
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Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] If Thoughts Could Kill -
Illithid reference violatio n?
On 1/14/02 9:09 AM, Lenze, Troy, (DC-Cap)
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>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.
Well, you're fired as a proof-reader :)
"If pressed into melee combat, a mind flayer lashes its
enemies with the
tentacles ringing its mouth." -- right out of the SRD.
--
Russ Taylor (http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/)
In that case, I'd amend my description by putting the mouth
in the center of the chest, in between all the tentacles acting as arms. I
still wouldn't picture something that eats brains as humanoid, probably
because I the idea of brain-eating humanoids is very disturbing to me.
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