Re: Lugribossk

tlhawk@???-??.org wrote:
> 
> After going through the Illithid Monstrous Arcana, I noticed several
> things of interest.
> 
	I noticed the same things:)

> 
> *  They state the maximum infravision range for a mind-flayer is 480
> feet and they cannot see in the normal spectrum.  This would not make
> since in wild space where most objects are many miles away when first
> sighted.  Do Illithids always have to have mind-controled slave races
> aboard their ships just to have look-outs.  IMO, Mind flayers have
> the Infravison ranges listed, but can also see in the normal spectum
> with some difficulty (bright light still causes them great pain).
> 
	Pool helms allow detection at a couple of miles; prehaps the nautiloids
are "blinded," and rely on magical items to find their way around
space...

> *  They actually state that mind flayers should be psionic and that
> the magical versions are for campaigns that do not have psionics.
> The truth of the matter is that when 2nd edition came
> out, psioinics were not a part of it (yet), and the monster
> compendium entry for Mind Flayers just substitued magical
> psioinic-like abilities for that publication.  The Complete Psionics
> Handbook came out much later and had a conversion in the back.
> 
> Any other observations?

*  The origins of the illithids are rumored to be that they came from
"somewhere else" or from the "beyond."  (hey, that's my idea!  Those
bastards stole my idea!:)  They came in, conjured known space, and fell
to the gith rebellion.

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