Re: Neogi and Umber Hulks - air breathing?

In <URL:news:local.spelljam> on Sat 08 Jul, Matt Hoffman wrote:
> Well, I would say they do breathe, because it's silly to assume they 
> don't based on a single passage in a single source that is written in 
> such a way that it appears to reference some justification of the 
> ability elsewhere, but really doesn't. What would the explanation for 
> it be? I mean, it's not like you're talking about a race that can 
> breathe both water and air. And other creatures that can survive in 
> Wildspace without air (Kindori, Krajen) are fairly alien -- even moreso 
> than the Neogi.

Balance of probabilities seems that active neogi need to breathe.

Or, at least some do, which means that 'not needing to breathe'
would be a trick only known to some neogi.

If it is a trick only known to some neogi, I think the idea of it
being something based on their poison is attractive.


> On Jul 8, 2006, at 10:03 AM, Joseph Elric Smith wrote:
> 
> > I would say they don't; need to breath, as the rules state it, then it 
> > is easy if the DM feel the need to for some reason to always make them 
> > air breathers.
> > I just don't understand why it is such a problem just because they 
> > don't; breath
> > ken
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Miller" 
> > <night_druid3000@?????.com>
> > To: <SPELLJAMMER-L@??????.???????.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 7:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: Neogi and Umber Hulks - air breathing?
> >
> >> --- "Rian A. McMurtry" <Whalejudge@???.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> OK, it says that.  mea culpa.  Since it's not in the
> >>> monster description, though... should we rule it
> >>> "space myth"?  "not need to breathe", IMO, should be
> >>> reflected in an immunity or reduced vulnerability to
> >>> gas attacks; since that's never been done, I'm
> >>> inclined to think it was something that got left in
> >>> by one of the authors and not caught in editing.
> >>
> >> Space myth.  The only reference to that is in a single
> >> entry that has nothing to do with the monster itself,
> >> just a throw-away line.  If neogi didn't breathe, it'd
> >> be a significant advantage that would have been noted.
> >> Even the 3e material does not mention neogi not
> >> breathing.

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