I was paging through a copy of Urban Arcana at a FLGS and came across a couple of monsters that seemed interesting enough to be included in a Dungeon adventure query. However, I'm unsure of the editor's position on material from Urban Arcana. I'm assuming the demonic cars are out, but a gear golem did appear in Issue 125, so what exactly is the editor's position?
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I was paging through a copy of Urban Arcana at a FLGS and came across a couple of monsters that seemed interesting enough to be included in a Dungeon adventure query. However, I'm unsure of the editor's position on material from Urban Arcana. I'm assuming the demonic cars are out, but a gear golem did appear in Issue 125, so what exactly is the editor's position?
Monsters from Urban Arcana are fine... as long as they have context. The gear golem appeared in a mechanical dungeon in an environ that made sense. I'm not sure there's any D&D adventure we'd publish in which a demonic car would make sense, but certainly other monsters in the book might fit in to an adventure.
I remember a "groovy" movie where a car got sucked via magical timewarp into a medieval setting. Why can't that happen in Greyhawk?
The adventure could have boomsticks, too!
Maybe for April's edition (perhaps just a short scenario), if it is made with a good twist to the story, why not?
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Mostly because "demonic cars" isn't D&D. And as awesome as "Army of Darkness" is... and as awesome an adventure it would make... things like demonic cars not only have little chance of getting through our own rejection process, but Wizards is unlikely to approve an adventure for print if it so drasticaly diverges from D&D.
So it's best to avoid things like robots, demonic cars, and time-traveling scientists.
Bella Sara Charter Superscriber
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Mostly because "demonic cars" isn't D&D. And as awesome as "Army of Darkness" is... and as awesome an adventure it would make... things like demonic cars not only have little chance of getting through our own rejection process, but Wizards is unlikely to approve an adventure for print if it so drasticaly diverges from D&D.
So it's best to avoid things like robots, demonic cars, and time-traveling scientists.
And yet ninjas are okay? Where is the justice!!!
*sobs while tearing up his 3 part adventure arc: Return of Voltron*
And yet ninjas are okay? Where is the justice!!!
*sobs while tearing up his 3 part adventure arc: Return of Voltron*
Use the 5 five lion version instead of the 15 vehicles version. No cars. And only one giant ro-construct -yeah, that's the ticket it's a construct.
And I'll form the head!
GGG
Den-den-da-den den-da-den...
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Mostly because "demonic cars" isn't D&D. And as awesome as "Army of Darkness" is... and as awesome an adventure it would make... things like demonic cars not only have little chance of getting through our own rejection process, but Wizards is unlikely to approve an adventure for print if it so drasticaly diverges from D&D.
So it's best to avoid things like robots, demonic cars, and time-traveling scientists.
And yet ninjas are okay? Where is the justice!!!
*sobs while tearing up his 3 part adventure arc: Return of Voltron*
And doesn't Eberron have friggin trains! Come on, where is the love for techno-magic.
Techno-magic is performing at a few clubs in Waterdeep this week.
Their last album stunk.
And I can't stand the preachy "Save the Stirges" crap they're always pulling.
Kenkus are so cool. WARK!How about...time-traveling KENKU scientists? Huh? Huh? Are you with me on this one?
So it's best to avoid things like robots, demonic cars, and time-traveling scientists.
Taking into account the last part of that statement, I am betting James Jacobs IS a kenku!
And now the message has gone out to all his hidden kenku minions...