tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post1086039206174167112..comments2024-02-28T01:11:56.474-08:00Comments on THE LAND OF NOD: What the Heck ElementalsJohn Matthew Staterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-38015633320051890982014-02-24T06:53:38.561-08:002014-02-24T06:53:38.561-08:00There's a picture of elementals at the end of ...There's a picture of elementals at the end of Underworld & Wilderness Adventures. They look quite humanoid there, except maybe for the water elemental. The air elemental looks like a genie.Tamás Illéshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415717108941674663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-9489665342011824452014-02-22T21:59:30.405-08:002014-02-22T21:59:30.405-08:00Yes, you need a sword +1. It just so happens I hav...Yes, you need a sword +1. It just so happens I have some elementals on my painting desk today:<br /><br />http://hitstokill.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/painting-table-saturday-16.html Darcy Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385198563203931754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-21296714192850935052014-02-22T17:25:25.981-08:002014-02-22T17:25:25.981-08:00Yeah, in AD&D they required +2 weapons to hit,...Yeah, in AD&D they required +2 weapons to hit, or monsters with 4 or more hit dice. So an ogre or hobgoblin chief could hit an elemental with mundane non-magic weapons (although a human never could, not even a high level fighter).<br /><br />Of course in the MM, there are sylphs and salamanders, which are elementals of a type. Gnomes are not elemental in nature, although both the deep Darnizhaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005189125696185700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-74865582384458705752014-02-22T17:11:10.739-08:002014-02-22T17:11:10.739-08:00That's interesting - sounds like I should do a...That's interesting - sounds like I should do an Emily Littella and say "Nevermind". When I did Blood & Treasure, I worked off the SRD and generally checked on the oldest version of the game to see how they differed, so I missed that (I hadn't played the older versions in a while). Totally makes more sense to me, though!John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8653301951574738973.post-29219751215222942252014-02-22T16:52:15.305-08:002014-02-22T16:52:15.305-08:00When you say they can be hit by normal weapons, I&...When you say they can be hit by normal weapons, I've had a look at both my 1st ed Monster Manual and Expert D&D rulebook by Cook. In the Expert rules, they are hit only by magic weapons or spells, while in the Monster Manual this is raised to weapons of +2 enchantment or better. Since magic weapons are needed to hit incorporeal undead and most devils and demons, it seems plausible to me John Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16945534608747334150noreply@blogger.com