> From: woodelf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> are you able[0] to answer this question, then?: > is this why the creatures in the MM have such sparse, often > incomplete, descriptions? You mean "monsters in the SRD", right? Yes, that's the intent. Publishers can use those creatures in their adventures via the descriptions in the SRD without using the story & character IP of those creatures too. You'll note that the descriptions for monsters and psionic powers in the draft sections of the SRD from the Psionics Handbook are even more limited. You put a Mind-Flayer in an adventure, WotC expects that people, to get full value from that encounter, probably need to buy and own a Monster Manual. Likewise, people who are considering buying a Monster Manual might be tipped past the purchase point by seeing numerous examples of the utility of owning the product in context. WotC is giving you a lot of free stuff. They're just not giving you all the stuff they could. And suggesting that giving you part of something is worse than giving you all of something seems silly to me. Ryan _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
