Circus Dire Elephant [Archive] - Wizards Community

Circus Dire Elephant [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
Soepkommetje
03-25-05, 03:07 PM I just saw in Masters of the Wild that a Dire Elephant has a Climb skill of +23.

That would mean that he could climb a brick wall and fail only on a 1.

I have a hard time to envision a gargantuan, mammoth-like creature about 9-10 meters tall climb a normal (very sturdy) brick wall for about 60 meters a minute.
It strikes as a bit... odd?
obrysii
03-25-05, 03:10 PM Yeah, stuff like that is pretty weird.
Tyus Kanan
03-25-05, 03:35 PM perhaps only the appearance of a Dire Mouse will cause them to do that. ;)

i am lame, yes :)
Olly
03-25-05, 04:59 PM Probably a typo. Bare in mind that Masters Of The Wild is an OLD book.
The_Fan
03-25-05, 05:11 PM Yeah, it's an error. The Dire Elephant is reprinted in MMII, where the error still stood, but in the 3.5 update booklet they removed the climb.
cwslyclgh
03-25-05, 05:17 PM but in the 3.5 update booklet they removed the climb.damn... no more Dire Elephants lurking in trees waiting to leap out in ambush... :nonono:
Olly
03-25-05, 07:11 PM Part of me wants to argue about Hannibal and how he brought the elephants over the Alps, but frankly, it seems like a waste of time.

Dire elephants being able to climb is just plain old silly.
Vatras
03-26-05, 06:52 AM It might be an insider joke about the elephants in Everquest 1, who actually climbed trees :)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Soepkommetje 03-25-05, 03:07 PM	I just saw in Masters of the Wild that a Dire Elephant has a Climb skill of +23. That would mean that he could climb a brick wall and fail only on a 1. I have a hard time to envision a gargantuan, mammoth-like creature about 9-10 meters tall climb a normal (very sturdy) brick wall for about 60 meters a minute. It strikes as a bit... odd?
obrysii 03-25-05, 03:10 PM	Yeah, stuff like that is pretty weird.
Tyus Kanan 03-25-05, 03:35 PM	perhaps only the appearance of a Dire Mouse will cause them to do that. ;) i am lame, yes :)
Olly 03-25-05, 04:59 PM	Probably a typo. Bare in mind that Masters Of The Wild is an OLD book.
The_Fan 03-25-05, 05:11 PM	Yeah, it's an error. The Dire Elephant is reprinted in MMII, where the error still stood, but in the 3.5 update booklet they removed the climb.
cwslyclgh 03-25-05, 05:17 PM	but in the 3.5 update booklet they removed the climb.damn... no more Dire Elephants lurking in trees waiting to leap out in ambush... :nonono:
Olly 03-25-05, 07:11 PM	Part of me wants to argue about Hannibal and how he brought the elephants over the Alps, but frankly, it seems like a waste of time. Dire elephants being able to climb is just plain old silly.
Vatras 03-26-05, 06:52 AM	It might be an insider joke about the elephants in Everquest 1, who actually climbed trees :)