Posts Tagged by substitution
| November 17, 2009 | Posted by Matthew J. Neagley |
Gnomestew reader Idran’s comment on Martin’s article on the Decamer Campaignstarted me thinking about RPG monsters. Turns out, they’re quite an international bunch, and while I certainly don’t begrudge the creators and designers of RPGs from drawing from a myriad of sources, and though it’s never bothered me before, suddenly it became obvious the nonsensical nature of the convention of retaining original names when drawing from a wide variety of sources. Using Martin’s Decamer campaign which features only ten monsters as an example, we have the slaad (made up name),…
