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http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/wtf-monster-manual.php?page=1 I've always liked mocking things, and hope to see more from this series in the future. Wait, isn't this just Fashion SWAT: DnD?
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Loving Steve "Malak" Sumner's comeback to the frontpage. Dudes Who Need Ninjitsu Moves Done on Them from last Friday was pretty awesome too.
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Mar 23, 2009 21:01
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Fun article. I liked having a pure straight man for once in one of these S.W.A.T.-esque articles.
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Mar 23, 2009 22:03
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I'm looking forward to some saggy harpy tits in the next installment.
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Mar 23, 2009 22:06
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Would like to see a million more of these.
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Mar 23, 2009 22:25
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Holy poo poo, the AD&D Fiend Folio is a loving treasure trove of ridiculous monsters. I remember reading a review of it in an old issue of Dragon Magazine from the early 80s. Everyone sort of collectively went WTF even when it first came out. Stuff like the speculation the book makes that sheet phantoms (which are utterly ridiculous in their own right) might actually be an undead form of the much beloved lurker is fantastic. It shows that they're really thinking this stuff out thoroughly. There's so much potential material left in the original monster manual I look forward to as well. It's really the little things that I find hilarious, like why are dolphins lawful good alignment instead of neutral? Um, so they have a functioning society or what gives? Wizard Whateley fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Mar 23, 2009 |
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Mar 23, 2009 22:35
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Chainsawdomy posted:I'm looking forward to some saggy harpy tits in the next installment. The topless succubus in the dungeon master's guide gave me the biggest boner ever in junior high.
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Mar 23, 2009 22:42
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I just generally enjoy the fashion SWAT type articles, and insulting things from when they were terrible creations of tired nerds is awesome.
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Mar 24, 2009 00:24
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Ha ha ha, so funny! EPG and Malak making fun of retro D&D poo poo? All I can say is "finally"! Does Malak really not get paid? That makes me so sad 
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Mar 24, 2009 01:33
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At Something Awful, I expect something described as WTF to completely break my mind, and this did not, so I felt a little let down. Does this mean there's something wrong with the article or me? The commentary was still very funny and it's good to see Steve back.
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Mar 24, 2009 02:40
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Portable Staplefrog posted:At Something Awful, I expect something described as WTF to completely break my mind, and this did not, so I felt a little let down. Does this mean there's something wrong with the article or me? You just wait until the Brain Mole finally makes an appearance.
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Mar 24, 2009 02:54
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I really enjoyed this update, and it's great to see Malak updating again.
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Mar 24, 2009 04:02
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Portable Staplefrog posted:At Something Awful, I expect something described as WTF to completely break my mind, and this did not, so I felt a little let down. Does this mean there's something wrong with the article or me? Portable Staplefrog posted:Does this mean there's something wrong with the article or me? Portable Staplefrog posted:[There's] something wrong with [...] me[.] I love the fashion swat style articles and it took me a few moments to figure out that is what was on my hands. Loved the [probably manufactured] bewilderment zack had at Malak's responses
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Mar 24, 2009 04:30
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I absolutely loved this article! I grew up on D&D, so I was really excited to see an article that drew on some of the stuff I remember seeing in my Dad's books. I agree with some of the other posters, too - the confused outsider of Zack was the perfect foil to Steve's fantasy-inoculated gamer. I also loved the smoking crab video.
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Mar 24, 2009 08:41
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I think the madness ramps up in the second part. If we do more of these the other monster manuals will be a focus, but we also want to cover a bunch of old, stupid source books and adventures and stuff like that.
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Mar 24, 2009 09:36
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This was great. Roleplaying games are always full of stupid-rear end monsters.
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Mar 24, 2009 10:49
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I had this book, though it had a pretty impressive dragon along with some Pegasi on its cover (3rd edition?) and would read it religiously when I was in first grade or so. That was about 25 years ago. My god. While I found some monsters strange it never occurred to me that the sea-lion and the sea-horse were based on puns. I'm not sure but I think they changed the sea-horse to something else in the German edition because it would have been too close to the word the pun is based on otherwise. The article was neat and the idea is even better but I would have preferred it, had the focus been more on the subject than on those commenting, so it would be a little more like SWAT in that respect. Still a great read.
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Mar 24, 2009 14:08
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All I want to know is if the Duck-Bunny (Bunny-Duck?) will be in the next article.
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Mar 24, 2009 17:44
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You're not gonna use any monsters from the F.A.T.A.L. sourcebook, are you?
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Mar 24, 2009 17:53
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Great article, you two!
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Mar 24, 2009 19:33
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Awesome update, here's hoping for more! This was right up there with the Liddy Girls SWAT you guys did way back when.
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Mar 24, 2009 19:53
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I paged through some sourcebooks and monster manuals for other RPGs, like Palladium, and there really isn't the same level of crazy involved. Especially compared to the Lurker.
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Mar 24, 2009 23:53
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I've never even played DnD and I found this hilarious. I just love the weird explanations and the retarded drawings. Looking forward to more.
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Mar 25, 2009 02:04
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Karo posted:While I found some monsters strange it never occurred to me that the sea-lion and the sea-horse were based on puns. I'm not sure but I think they changed the sea-horse to something else in the German edition because it would have been too close to the word the pun is based on otherwise. Well, it was based on this dude, which goes to show that actual mythology can be just as ridiculous as nerd mythology.
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Mar 25, 2009 06:48
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Enjoyed the article, and was gratified to see Steve's triumphant return. Looking forward to the continuation on Friday, even without the Brain Mole. Oh, and you may already know this, but the "crabs with samurai faces" thing is real, sort of.
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Mar 25, 2009 21:10
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so brain moles actually exist but they aren't as cool as they sound
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Mar 26, 2009 04:21
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I really missed Malak. Two Malak updates this close together? I'm ecstatic!
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Mar 26, 2009 22:11
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One of these days I'd hope to see Malak and Dr. Thorpe switch roles once, so Malak would do Fashion SWAT and Thorpe would do D&D monsters.
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Mar 27, 2009 05:21
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The new one is up. It is excellent.quote:Zack: They're manta rays as smart as people that tend to be religious vampires. That is conceptually too complicated to throw out there as a random encounter.
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Mar 27, 2009 12:57
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I really enjoyed both installments, but I think the second one is funnier with Steve getting involved in the ridicule.
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Mar 27, 2009 16:36
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I have to say, Steve is starting to sound a little like Karl Pilkington in these two articles, what with his absolute belief in every story he reads somewhere on the internet. Which is fine with me since Karl Pilkington never fails to crack me up.
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Mar 27, 2009 16:39
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The "Et tu, Peryton?" line made me laugh harder than I have in months. I look forward to seeing more of these. I agree that the 1st edition modules are prime fodder for more articles. I've got a few of them I'll have to look through. The rot grub commentary got me thinking on one of my favorite aspects of AD&D. The books basically outright encourage the dungeon master to break the players' balls at every opportunity. I can't remember if it was in the DM guide or a Dragon Magazine article written by Gygax on how to deal with new players at the table who aren't accustomed to table-top games. He said something along the lines that the DM should go out of his way to kill off the new player the first few sessions so he knows what to expect from the game and drive home the life/death nature of the game. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons cultivated a type of player vs. GM mentality that I think is really missing from modern systems.
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Mar 27, 2009 17:12
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Amazing update, I couldn't stop laughing.quote:"A friend calls and invites you to his mazewarming party at the bottom of the ocean. Your old friend sounds different though, like a very worried bird tweeting. When you arrive you feel compelled to walk deeper and deeper into his maze with your seven layer salad."
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Mardragon posted:This especially made me spit out water all over my desk. I was just about to post exactly this comment and quote if you replace water with coffee.
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I really liked these articles. Can you please talk about the tarrasque one day? The fact that it is immune to missile weapons has always really bothered me, like, conceptually.
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Mar 27, 2009 18:00
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elpintogrande posted:I think the madness ramps up in the second part. Dare I suggest the (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Erotic-Fantasy-Gwendolyn-Kestrel/dp/097420451X ) Book of Erotic Fantasy? A middleground between Horrors of Porn and WTF, DND - Is the world ready?! IS IT?!
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Paxicon posted:Dare I suggest the (http://www.amazon.com/Book-Erotic-Fantasy-Gwendolyn-Kestrel/dp/097420451X ) Book of Erotic Fantasy? A middleground between Horrors of Porn and WTF, DND - Is the world ready?! IS IT?! I swear there was one of these pre-D20, but I can't remember what it was called exactly or for what system. I want to say it was for 2nd Ed. AD&D. Can anyone help me out? It was always in the back of the game shop and I don't think anyone actually bought it. But I remember covertly thumbing through it.
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elpintogrande posted:If we do more of these the other monster manuals will be a focus, but we also want to cover a bunch of old, stupid source books and adventures and stuff like that. This was probably my favorite part so far: You can't just roll some random encounter dice and tell your players, "Alright dudes, you're walking along the beach and you hear some praying. You look over and you see these manta rays in a church. Some of them look really pale."
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Mar 27, 2009 19:33
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Thought Eater was my favorite, if only for the picture. It's like a retarded and emaciated evil Psyduck.
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Wizard Whateley posted:I swear there was one of these pre-D20, but I can't remember what it was called exactly or for what system. I want to say it was for 2nd Ed. AD&D. Can anyone help me out? It was always in the back of the game shop and I don't think anyone actually bought it. But I remember covertly thumbing through it. There was a really popular website with sexual AD&D stuff from back in the day, including the famous Bigsy's Bitch Slap. Sounds completely different though.
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