> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Russ Taylor > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] If Thoughts Could Kill - Illithid reference > violation? > > > You're in an especially bad situation with regard to your image of > > Mind-Flayers, because d20 has a >defined term< meaning "generally > > human-like in appearance" (Humanoid) and a >defined term< meaning alien > > or monsterous in appearance (Abberation). As the game is strongly > > typed, you'd have a tough time making the argument that an Aberration > > should look like a Humanoid (or vice versa) >without< drawing on a 3rd > > party reference. > > You would? > > What about lycanthropers? (type shapechanger)
Lycanthrope is a template applied to a humanoid creature. The result, though type shapechanger for simplicity, is still fundamentally a humanoid. > What about D&D's "angels" by another name? (type outsider) Barghest are outsiders. Hound Archons are outsiders. Where in the SRD do you find that outsiders are humanoid shaped? > What about golems? (type construct) As constructs, these can take any shape their creators wish. Humanoid is just a common shape. And again, where in the SRD do you find that golems are humanoid shaped? > >You'd be subjected to the "reasonable person" test: > > Would a "reasonable person" spontaneously generate an image of an > > aberration with tentacles around its mouth that looked like an > > octopus-headed human, or would a "reasonable person" spontaneously > > generate some other image? > > A "reasonable person" would assume that a creature that advances by > character type is similar to a humanoid, yes, since there's no exceptions. A person who wanted to reach that conclusion would reach that conclusion, even in the face of known exceptions. No surprise there. But the reasonable person test does not assume game expertise. Martin L. Shoemaker Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com http://www.UMLBootCamp.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
