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Whenever you introduce a new creature, you should be very specific in your descriptions so that players know if this is something for them to fight or have sex with.
Shamus, Wednesday May 2, 2007
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What is this silly word, why did some people get so irritated by it, and why did it fall out of use?
How to Forum
Dear people of the internet: Please stop doing these horrible idiotic things when you talk to each other.
Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry
Why was this classic adventure game so funny in the 80's, and why did it stop being funny?
PC Hardware is Toast
This is why shopping for graphics cards is so stupid and miserable.
The very specific description is “a giant, barky Gimli”.
Nice
Hurtful splinter, indeed!
In fairness, in D&D Treants (the Ent-inspired creature) and Dryads are two totally different creatures. Treants look like Treebeard; massive, vaguely anthropomorphic trees. Dryads on the other hand are human-sized, and look a bit like if a human woman instead had flesh and skin made out of wood, leaves and plant tissue instead. Despite that, I imagine if we did meet one of these dryads in real life, there would be an instant uncanny valley effect, similar to how you might have seen some photo-realistic pictures of what anime characters in real life might look like, and they just look WEIRD.
Ravenloft freaked me out a bit by introducing Undead Treants.
…okay, that was one of many ways Ravenloft freaked me out.
Ravenloft was awesome and I regret that I’ve never played in a Ravenloft campaign.
Spelling alert, first panel: “Isengeard”
“Isen Gear?!” – Solid Snake