On 1/15/02 1:33 AM, John W. Mangrum ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote > >Cloaker lords have no arms. They have little batlike claws in their >illustration, which don't warrant a mention in the accompanying text. A >cloaker lord doesn't *have* a distinct head, much less a humanoid one. >Apparently now you're claiming that "two eyes and a mouth = humanoid." A >cloaker lord has as many "humanoid" qualities as a manta ray.
Ever seen the original cloaker? That's why I referred to owning A2 when it came out. Stylized art has drifted from what the original looked like. >I'll be honest. The last time I heard an argument like this, it was >coming from a player in my gaming group who had read the MM and was now >cooking up long, desperately convoluted arguments for why his 1st-level >PC would know just about every detail found therein. I believe that the >only reason you find the SRD mind flayer "obviously" humanoid is that >you've seen mind flayer illustrations for however many years and, in >gamer terms, are now unable to separate out your "player knowledge" from >"character knowledge." No, I believe it's because I recognize their form as being ripped-off from Cthulu (not their function, their form), and that I find the idea that TSR created squid-heads and owns them lock, stock and barrel to be a joke. One of the _obvious_ forms for something intelligent with four tentacles and a mouth is a squid-head. -- Russ Taylor (http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/) "The worst beating I ever got in my life is when my mom said 'I am sick' and I said 'and tired'." -- Bill Cosby _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
