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Thread: MitD XIV: High In Protean
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Currently playing a level 20 aasimar necromancer named Zebulun Salathiel and a level 9 goliath diviner named Lo-Kag.
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I meant the thing in the darkness.
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Re: MitD XIV: High In Protean
i wonder if MitD will be revealed on the 20th anniversary of his debut? as in, december 21, 2023.
that would be so cool. also shows how long this comic has been a part of everyone's lives.
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Re: MitD XIV: High In Protean
Wow, it’s quite a feeling to leave the thread alone for a year and then come back to find the first commentary post presenting an exhaustive argument for the most supported case...that cites my own post. It’s deeply flattering.
And once again, I support Ruck’s overall message here. Though stating
in the middle of a section talking about how the Protean fitting the scenes better is a huge plus from it is a tad hypocritical. It also doesn’t mention the issue that Greater Teleport working here IS breaking the D&D rules, as Greater Teleport requires the caster to touch the teleported creatures and go along with them. The latter can be explained by V’s stray dimensional anchor, but the former requires the Giant to have canonically altered that aspect of Greater Teleportation (as opposed to just showing it that way for panel composition and artistic license). This is a little unfair after extolling the Protean as being capable of fitting all the big scenes without bending the 3.5e rules at all.
That these are my most salient complaints speaks magnitudes for the quality of that essay. Bravo.Last edited by NobleCuriosity; 2020-05-16 at 01:25 PM.
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The Giant has altered that aspect, as explained in section 1. Ruck doesn't need to re-explain things that are already stated in the opening post. Whether it was for "for panel composition and artistic license" or for whatever other reason, the fact is that in OotS, teleports frequently do NOT involve touching. Just like with the x-eyed for death, just because it was a joke or for other reasons early on, it is canonical going forward.
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What become of the vetted alternate list? I am curious about the grey linnorm.
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If you mean 3Power's list, it's on the 1st page of this thread.
Regarding the Gray Linnorm, if I recall correctly it was thrown out because it has 17th level cleric casting, and can thus cast animate dead and variants. This is one of the things 3Power ignores in their list. It's stats are in the Monster Manual II if you want to look at it.Last edited by catagent101; 2020-05-31 at 10:42 PM.
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Gotta admit "High on Protean" is the perfect name for this
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An explanation of why MitD being any larger than Huge is implausible.
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A small thing occurred to me - in 431, MitD completely misses Redcloak's explanation, but still identifies Divine Power as a cleric-only spell. This is another indicator that he has a good understanding of spellcasting.
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The Index of the Giant's Comments VI―Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas
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Why, thank you! (he said modestly, knowing full well that the title was his own suggestion)
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And with #1204 we get a nice little Naga namedrop to get it floating around in the back of everyone's minds before the reveal.
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Remind me, the case for the Ha-Naga is "I want it to be and therefore any contradictory evidence can be discarded"?
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Arrrgh, here be me extended sig!