Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Roivas 06-11-07, 07:00 AM	As the title implies. I just noticed that a shambling mound is a playable race. Any person tell me why this is so? I'm not saying it would be unbalanced or anything of the like, I'm just saying WHY?
runestar 06-11-07, 07:11 AM	I think the better question is "Why not?" I personally find it fairly weak for a ECL14 PC (unless you can get your dm to allow a magic ring which deals 1 electrical damage to its wearer each round). But it will most probably see play as a druid's cohort via the leadership feat or something.:)
Roivas 06-11-07, 07:28 AM	Then wouldn't it be noted as a cohort in a nearby paranthetical citation like the other creatures that cannot speak? I honestly can't imagine wanting to play such a creature since I would have no clue as to it's motivation for adventurering, thought process, or how I would get sround not being able to speak.
Shedeo 06-11-07, 07:40 AM	If I were to play a Shambling Mound, I would play a Shambling Mound Rogue. Why? To shamble where no shambler has shambled before! Also, I wouldn't need camoflage to have camoflage. ^^
Naderion 06-11-07, 08:23 AM	I can't really think about any race, that would really be not playable.
DwarfPcfan 06-11-07, 09:52 AM	Dudes your forgetting something Shambling mount druid! IT'S SWAMP THING!!!!:eek:
neilthrun 06-11-07, 10:49 AM	Its an awkward pc race. The electricity absorption power is easy to abuse.
TheCarrionCrawler 06-11-07, 11:40 AM	Where is it listed as a playable race? Does it have a "Shambling Mounds as Playable Characters" sidebar in the MM? I'm not trying dispute anything, I'm just curious! :) Thanks! CC
runestar 06-11-07, 12:52 PM	It has a listed LA, and is technically viable for use as a PC. Isn't there some reserve feat which lets you shoot lightning bolts at will?:P
Krusk 06-11-07, 02:53 PM	Dudes your forgetting something Shambling mount druid! IT'S SWAMP THING!!!!:eek: Thats what i was thinking. That is also reaon alone to allow it as playable.