On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 12:05:31AM -0800, Clark Peterson wrote:
> "I stated that it was too legally suspect to
> creatively use the creature, so it's inclusion in the
> SRD is not very useful."
>
> I guess I didnt find it too suspect, since I have used
> Mind Flayers in Rappan Athuk 2, and they are in Rappan
> Athuk 3 and several other upcoming product.
>
> Whats the problem? Guess what, your readers will know
> what you are talking about for the same reason you do.
Mind flayers in isolation aren't a problem. If your mind flayers display
traits derived from the Monster Manual, then they are a problem. I think
it'd be easy to have a mind flayer sitting in a 10x10 room, but if you
have a group of mind flayers with slaves serving them underground you're
outside SRD-land.
Since much of what we think of as quintessential mind flayer traits does
not appear in the SRD, it's difficult to go too far with them without
transgressing. If you make the mind flayers into big fish with bulging
brains, your purchasers are gonna say "Why the hell did they change the
mind flayers? I wanted a D&D module, not some weird homebrew thing."
I think it's a valid observation.
--
Bryant Durrell [] http://www.innocence.com/~durrell [] 9/11/2001
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