Note pour les druides ou ceux utilisant les spells affectant

Jaerofthelake · 2003-03-06, 19h31

Voici maintenant que les dinosaures font parties des animaux comme l'indique la question et la reponse. La reference
est :
www.wizards.com/default.a.../20030304a

Q: Why was the beast type removed from the creature list?

A: It was redundant and confusing. Originally, the animal type was for real-world animals. The beast type was for nonmagical but nonexistent creatures. The magical beast type was for fanciful, magical creatures. That sounded good, but then we started wondering why dinosaurs, which did exist, were beasts right alongside griffons, which we're pretty sure didn't. What if an existing animal became extinct? Would that shift it from being an animal to a beast? Why could druids and various spells that affect animals not affect dinosaurs or other "natural" beasts just because we didn't want them to affect fanciful ones?

In the end, we answered a lot of questions by putting real-world critters (along with their extinct and dire cousins) in with the animals they were most like. Those few fanciful beasts went into the magical beast category.

The loremaster

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2003-03-06, 19h31	#1
Jaerofthelake Dieu mineur Date d'inscription: octobre 2002 Localisation: here Messages: 8 724	Note pour les druides ou ceux utilisant les spells affectant Voici maintenant que les dinosaures font parties des animaux comme l'indique la question et la reponse. La reference est : www.wizards.com/default.a.../20030304a Q: Why was the beast type removed from the creature list? A: It was redundant and confusing. Originally, the animal type was for real-world animals. The beast type was for nonmagical but nonexistent creatures. The magical beast type was for fanciful, magical creatures. That sounded good, but then we started wondering why dinosaurs, which did exist, were beasts right alongside griffons, which we're pretty sure didn't. What if an existing animal became extinct? Would that shift it from being an animal to a beast? Why could druids and various spells that affect animals not affect dinosaurs or other "natural" beasts just because we didn't want them to affect fanciful ones? In the end, we answered a lot of questions by putting real-world critters (along with their extinct and dire cousins) in with the animals they were most like. Those few fanciful beasts went into the magical beast category. The loremaster ing