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imported>Administrator http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155660&oldid=prev 2023-05-20T20:38:52Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:38, 20 May 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Crypt Thing''' is a skeletal monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]'s ''[[Fiend Folio]]'', by <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Scott Greene and </del>Roger Musson. 2nd edition made it undead and promoted it to the Monstrous Manual. 3rd edition hoped the whole concept would go away until third-party [[Tome of Horrors]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">snapped it up</del>, so it ended up in 3e's own Fiend Folio. 4e downgraded (or restored) it to a trap in its [[Book of Vile Darkness]]. It returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in that edition.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Crypt Thing''' is a skeletal monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]'s ''[[Fiend Folio]]'', by Roger Musson. 2nd edition made it undead and promoted it to the Monstrous Manual. 3rd edition hoped the whole concept would go away until <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Scott Greene]] revised it for </ins>third-party [[Tome of Horrors]], so it ended up in 3e's own Fiend Folio. 4e downgraded (or restored) it to a trap in its [[Book of Vile Darkness]]. It returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in that edition.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This &#039;thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it&#039;s [[That Guy|That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie (in the Neutral alignment-language) that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can&#039;t teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can&#039;t teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This &#039;thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it&#039;s [[That Guy|That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie (in the Neutral alignment-language) that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can&#039;t teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can&#039;t teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Zimriel http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155671&oldid=prev 2023-04-29T23:03:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 23:03, 29 April 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This &#039;thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it&#039;s [[That Guy|That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie (in the Neutral alignment-language) that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can&#039;t teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can&#039;t teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This &#039;thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it&#039;s [[That Guy|That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie (in the Neutral alignment-language) that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can&#039;t teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can&#039;t teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, this is a great example of the non-lethal sub-branch of [[Gotcha Monster]]s</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Undead]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Undead]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Dungeons &amp; Dragons Monsters]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Dungeons &amp; Dragons Monsters]]</div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>QuietBrowser http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155670&oldid=prev 2023-04-29T21:11:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 21:11, 29 April 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Crypt Thing''' is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">an undead </del>monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]'s ''[[Fiend Folio]]''. 2nd and 3rd edition <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">couldn't let </del>it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">go; </del>it <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was </del>downgraded to a trap in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>[[Book of Vile Darkness]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for 4e, and </del>returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5th</del>.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Crypt Thing''' is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a skeletal </ins>monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]'s ''[[Fiend Folio]]''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, by Scott Greene and Roger Musson</ins>. 2nd <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">edition made it undead </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">promoted it to the Monstrous Manual. </ins>3rd edition <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hoped the whole concept would go away until third-party [[Tome of Horrors]] snapped </ins>it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">up, so </ins>it <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ended up in 3e's own Fiend Folio. 4e </ins>downgraded <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(or restored) it </ins>to a trap in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">its </ins>[[Book of Vile Darkness]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. It </ins>returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that edition</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This 'thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it's [[That Guy|That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This 'thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it's [[That Guy|That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(in the Neutral alignment-language) </ins>that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Zimriel http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155669&oldid=prev 2023-04-28T22:54:52Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:54, 28 April 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Crypt Thing&#039;&#039;&#039; is an undead monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Fiend Folio]]&#039;&#039;. 2nd and 3rd edition couldn&#039;t let it go; it was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Crypt Thing&#039;&#039;&#039; is an undead monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Fiend Folio]]&#039;&#039;. 2nd and 3rd edition couldn&#039;t let it go; it was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This 'thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it's [[That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This 'thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it's [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">That Guy|</ins>That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Zimriel http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155668&oldid=prev 2023-04-28T22:54:13Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:54, 28 April 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Crypt Thing''' is an undead monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]'s <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</del>[[Fiend Folio]]''. 2nd and 3rd edition couldn't let it go; it was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Crypt Thing''' is an undead monster/plotdevice that first appeared in [[AD&amp;D]]'s <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</ins>[[Fiend Folio]]''. 2nd and 3rd edition couldn't let it go; it was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This &#039;thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it&#039;s [[That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can&#039;t teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can&#039;t teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This &#039;thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away. Thus, not a challenge in itself; it&#039;s [[That DM]], trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can&#039;t teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can&#039;t teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Zimriel http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155667&oldid=prev 2023-04-28T22:54:01Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:54, 28 April 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">A </del>'''Crypt Thing''' is an undead monster that first appeared in AD&amp;D <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">1st edition, and returned in </del>2nd and 3rd<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </del>was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> A crypt </del>thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">so they actually are usually </del>not <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">much of </del>a challenge <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and are more for </del>trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.  Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The </ins>'''Crypt Thing''' is an undead monster<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/plotdevice </ins>that first appeared in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>AD&amp;D<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]'s [[[[Fiend Folio]]''. </ins>2nd and 3rd <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">edition couldn't let it go; it </ins>was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This '</ins>thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Thus</ins>, not a challenge <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in itself; it's [[That DM]], </ins>trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encountered a normal crypt thing before.   </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Undead]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Undead]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Dungeons &amp; Dragons Monsters]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Dungeons &amp; Dragons Monsters]]</div></td></tr> </table>

1d4chan>Zimriel http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155666&oldid=prev 2023-02-10T13:14:01Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:14, 10 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''Crypt Thing''' is an undead monster that first appeared in AD&amp;D 1st edition, and returned in 2nd and 3rd, was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.  A crypt thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away, so they actually are usually not much of a challenge and are more for trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">encounter </del>a normal crypt thing before.  Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A '''Crypt Thing''' is an undead monster that first appeared in AD&amp;D 1st edition, and returned in 2nd and 3rd, was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e, and returned to being a monster in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.  A crypt thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away, so they actually are usually not much of a challenge and are more for trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">encountered </ins>a normal crypt thing before.  Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Undead]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Undead]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category:Dungeons &amp; Dragons Monsters]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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23.251.71.126 http://2d4chan.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Crypt_Thing&diff=155665&oldid=prev 2023-02-10T05:03:34Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:03, 10 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{NeedsImages}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; 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text-decoration: none;">also </del>in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.  A crypt thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away, so they actually are usually not much of a challenge and are more for trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encounter a normal crypt thing before.  Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Crypt Thing''' </ins>is an undead monster that first appeared in AD&amp;D 1st edition, and returned in 2nd and 3rd<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, was downgraded to a trap in the [[Book of Vile Darkness]] for 4e</ins>, and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">returned to being a monster </ins>in a play test module for 5th edition, but never appeared officially in 5th.  A crypt thing is an intelligent skeleton wearing a dark robe.  Their purpose is to guard graves, and their primary ability is to teleport intruders away, so they actually are usually not much of a challenge and are more for trolling players.  The first edition description of the monster even says that the crypt thing will lie that the teleported person was disintegrated.  While it can't teleport a victim into a solid object, they can teleport a victim into the air and let them fall, though not all crypt things are clever enough to realize they can do that.  Some rare crypt things can't teleport enemies, and instead paralyze victims while turning them invisible at the same time, which will troll players who have encounter a normal crypt thing before.  Definitely a relic of [[Old School Roleplaying]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; 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