Re: Neogi and Umber Hulks - air breathing?

I remember reading that paragraph to, and always thought Neogi need not
breath, and used the Neogi like that.

but in:

Monster Manual II 3.0v pgs 158-160, Neogi, nowhere in that description does
it state that they do not need to breath.

should we have it as an optional rule for DM's to decide?


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In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Sat 08 Jul, Rian A. McMurtry wrote:
> In a message dated 7/7/2006 3:42:50 PM, dreamer@??????.?????.??.uk writes:
> 
> << A point frequently made is that neogi don't need to breathe,
> which supposedly gives them a major advantage in SJ.
> >>
> 
> HUH?  I own a copy of the SJ, WCC, LotS, and AC boxes.  I own Lost Ships, 
> Space Lairs, Practical Planetology, the Rock of Bral, the Complete
> Spacefarer's  Guide, Wildspace, Skull and Crossbows, Crystal Spheres, Under
> the Dark Fist,  Goblins' Return, and Heart of the Enemy (I think that's all
> the published SJ  stuff other than the novels; if not, I've got that, too). 
> I'm on the SJ Council.   I co-wrote Hackjammer.  I've been on this board
> since September of '97.   I've even got a copy of the Book of Aberrations.
> 
> And this is the first time I've ever seen anyone say that Neogi don't need
> to breathe.  Someone's pulling a fast one on you, Dreamer. 

CoAS, Chapter 1, "The Helm", final paragraph, pg.9:

"Finally, there are a surprising number of monsters living in
wildspace, surviving by being so large that they carry a
significant air supply with them wherever they go (such as space
dragons), by retaining air within their bodies (gas fish), or by
not needing to breathe at all (the neogi)."


I've always played the neogi as not needing to breath on that
basis...

I'm quite often finding bits of rule books, some of which I've
used for years, and know inside out, that contain surprising
things!

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Dreamer
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