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2009-05-08, 04:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
I still hold to the theory that:
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2009-05-08, 05:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-05-08, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
So you're saying that it should be plainly obvious to us all that it is a tarrasque which is unlike a tarrasque in multiple ways?
Now who wouldn't pay good money to see that?
So the hunters in SoD said "oh my, I never thought I'd see a piece of snarl around here! And it can talk, too!" Is the snarl common knowledge among stereotypical British big game hunters?Done here. Thanks, friends.
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2009-05-08, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
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2009-05-08, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
SpoilerHere's the trailer for All Monsters Attack
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3047817497/
Pay special attention at 48 seconds into the trailer... and, yes he does grow to 20 meters high at will.
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2009-05-08, 08:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
Dream Larva are "Large Outsiders" not undead. he does have abomination traits. also he has a 52 AC.. i know at least a few of DM's i've played with that AC means maybe you glanced off of the armor. in which case he might say it "tickled"
didn't know that about the spoiler, in which case you are probably right and it's not a dream larva.
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2009-05-09, 01:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
The dream larvae theory looked promising, but bdh5533's point about Worst Nightmare effectively dispels that idea.
I'm still going to have to go with the baby Tarrasque. It just fits. Like the Tarrasque, the MITD incredibly strong, has high DR, and the low mental ability scores that MITD has demonstrated. The MM (at least the 3.5, I don't have the others) leaves what the Tarrasque actually is highly up to the DM, so its possible that it can reproduce asexually (or possibly be reproduced magically) in Ritch's world - thus why it only knew one parent -its "dad," who was described as "big and ate A LOT," again fitting the description of a Tarrasque perfectly. True, the Tarrasque cannot speak, but the hunters were suprised that MITD could speak. As for the size issue, it has been pointed out in these forums (I can't remember by who...sorry) that in Dungeonscape (a book the Mr. Burlew coauthoued) there is the "dungeonbred" template which can reduce a monster's size while keeping its STR, CON, and Damage rather consistant. I rest my case.
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2009-05-09, 05:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
Never having seen one, but knowing what it is, sure. I haven't seen a great white shark in person, but I'd recognize one if I saw it. If they didn't have any idea what it was, the odds are that they would say something more to the effect of "what the heck is that?" It's not like the scientific community is sitting there looking over their shoulders. They would only be admitting lack of knowledge to each other. And the one guy can't exactly pass on the information. He can't even form an entire sentence.
Done here. Thanks, friends.
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2009-05-09, 06:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
Spoiler
All monster scenes in "All Monsters Attack" (aka Godzilla's Revenge) exist only in the imagination of the little boy... while many of the monster scenes are reused shots from earlier films, everything with Minya/Minilla interacting with the little boy and/or the monster Gabara was shot for this film, and given the nature of this film, is imaginary and non-canon.
He also grew inexplicably at the end of Godzilla: Final Wars, but that movie was a complete mess and a lot of people were confused by that. In "Son of Godzilla" and "Destroy all Monsters" (the only other appearances that I can recall offhand), he didn't do any of that magic growy stuff. Nor do other similar incarnations from the Hesei series in the 90s, "Baby Godzilla", "Little Godzilla" or "Godzilla Jr."
Also someone backed up the "son of Godzilla" theory by saying that MitD's comment that his dad "was big and ate a lot" backed this up. In the nearly 30 Godzilla films (not counting the non-canonical American version in '98) Godzilla has never been shown eating anything, beyond absorbing nuclear energy. There was a scene cut from the original Gojira where he was eating a cow, and that's it. Since it was a cut scene it's also non-canon. See this link for "six questions about Godzilla":
http://www.chiprowe.com/videorev/godzilla.html
Perhaps most importantly, Minya has never really been depicted as much more than a total puss who blew ineffective smoke rings, and while by his sheer size he'd be more than a match for a typical human, I can't see him being a powerful Lich's "super secret weapon", especially walking around at human size.
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2009-05-09, 06:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-05-09, 10:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
Yeah but the SON of Godzilla is NOT portrayed as particularly strong, fearsome or impressive, especially if we're talking Minya/Minilla (generally the smallest way he's been represented over the years). Likewise Baby Godzilla/Little Godzilla in the 90s movies were not particularly fearsome... By the time he was "Godzilla Jr." in Godzilla vs. Destoroyah he was pretty formidable but he was also WAY bigger than the MitD.
If that's true, I simply want to see Godzillas laser-roar on the Monster from the Darkness!
In Start of Darkness when he is revealed to the audience at the circus a lady in the crowd comments that he is in some way strangely beautiful... Minya is anything but... kinda looks like a reptillian abortion. A guy in the crowd who appears to be wearing wizard's robes comments that "he's never seen anything like it"... Since wizards would be highly learned, his not knowing what the MitD is *could* mean that it's something not from the D&D universe but it could also be a nod to the Tarrasque's unique nature.
Also according to the Wikipedia entry regarding the Tarrasque, it "devours both plant and meat alike". MitD's beloved "stew" is about the simplest representation of that I can think of... just throw some meat and plants in a pot and cook 'em up...
People also like to point out that in a given campaign setting there is usually only one Tarrasque in the world... well something to think about, in this campaign setting there have been TWO WORLDS. His "dad" could have been a mature Tarrasque from the first world that was destroyed by the snarl, while MitD is the second world's Tarrasque. How he remembers his dad at all, I don't know. Inherited memories or who knows what. How other people like the game hunters and Redcloak seem to know what he is, I don't know that either. But there could be something there worth pursuing.
I will say this though, someone else mentioned that there was a "Gargantua" or "Gargantuan" monster in one of the earlier versions of D&D... well if I recall correctly this was a direct nod to the Japanese "giant monster" movies... I believe it was in the first version of "Oriental Adventures" (wink wink) and included "Reptile Gargantua", "Ape Gargantua" and "Humanoid Gargantua" that are basically analogous to Godzilla, King Kong and the humanoid Gargantuas from "War of the Gargantuas", so you could say that there is precedence for a Godzilla-like being in earlier rulebooks for D&D, but I still prefer the Tarrasque theory.
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2009-05-09, 11:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
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I can't believe you wrote out these replies to a joke comment.
But yeah, my votes on terrasque.A handful of true friends, an infinite supply of sodas, a collection of bad movies, and a full supply of webcomics are all one really needs to be happy.
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2009-05-10, 12:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
I've only been reading these forums for 2 days and have seen like 3-4 different people throw out Godzilla theories, and not one of them sounded like they were joking to me. If all of them were, then of course disregard everything I've said. If any of them were serious, well there you go.
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2009-05-10, 01:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
[joke]personally, i think its Barney the dinosaur. That would truly make the order tremble[/joke] As to the bigT (or in this case little) theory, I don't think Rich would give us such obvious hints unless he was a) messing with us, or b) Planning on finishing the series in the next 100 strips. Let us pray that it is a).
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2009-05-10, 01:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
A handful of true friends, an infinite supply of sodas, a collection of bad movies, and a full supply of webcomics are all one really needs to be happy.
Awesome avatar by Keris Rain!
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2009-05-10, 01:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
It's a Pseudonatural Paragon Damn Crab, of course.
"For the Greater Good!"
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2009-05-10, 02:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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2009-05-10, 08:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]" [SIZE="7"]Woo Hoo I'm invisible
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SpoilerELAN KICKS YOUR BUT AND YOU DIE AND THEN EAT YOUR CORPSE UNTIL YOU LOOK LIKE
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2009-05-10, 09:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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2009-05-11, 12:43 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
Well with that empowered sunburst, I think someone else might have just sen mitd in all his glory, considering the angles of everyone when spells went off.
I wonder who got hit with the dimensional anchor?
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2009-05-11, 05:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
Could it be an epic flumph? :)
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2009-05-11, 05:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
a....cow's liver?
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2009-05-11, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: I have seen the MitD revealed in all his glory!
First off...
Is the GO board, inverted and pixelated to make any dot image easier to see. It does look like some sort of monster, though the lack of a giant mouth (if the two dots are the eyes as the point of the comic suggests) is a point against that, IMO.
Second, if that is a Tarrasque, how about a half fiendish or half dragon Tarrasque? Both are creatures with the theoretical ability to breed with anything, both templates boost Int into the "talking but still an idiot" range. Both give even more strength, enabling it to sunder the ground.Bardic Backup of Fanclub - Because a Chaotic Evil Barbarian needs a Chaotic Evil Inspire Courage
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2009-05-11, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: The Go Game
First of all, occasionally it's tactically advantageous to attack inside of someone's territory, because if you place enough stones at the right places, you can prevent the opponent from making an eye, and therefore convert that territory to yours.
Secondly, Ochul here could very well have intended to teach this lesson to MitD from the beginning, and attacked within MitD's territory with this in mind, leading MitD, step-by-step, to finish with two empty spots inside for the lecture.
Thirdly, related directly to this thread's original subject: you have to say that the Giant has implied through Ochul or others that MitD has a decent Intelligence score, while sporting a low low wisdom score. This is evidenced by the MitD leaning Go extremely quickly, etc. I agree that the tarrasque is tempting to point to, but I think the Giant's plan has yet to be subverted (at least on a large scale).
Disclaimer: I'm not a great go player either, but I've played some games to the end to see some of this.
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2009-05-11, 06:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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