Talk:Steam Beasts

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I wouldn't make these redirect to Beasts. They where artificial creatures, and even though WotC has been putting everything form slugs to dinosaurs and from crabs to wolverines in the "Beast" category, I don't think artificial beings count. The Squirle master 06:56, 24 May 2006 (CDT)

Very much agreed. Moreover, I'm not sure we should have an all-inclusive 'beasts' article, as it isn't really a species, like Elves or Humans or whatnot. It's more of a "WotC doesn't want to put the exact species of all creatures so everything wild is a Beast" category. VestDan 10:14, 24 May 2006 (CDT)

Hmmm, I do think "Beasts" has some right to exist since there isn't that much to be said about Anurids, Zeppelids, Dromads, Whumpussuss and Nishobas. In that way the comparison could be made to Azure Drakes, whom we put with Drakes since there is not much to say about them, altough on the other hand its also true that the various Drakes, Dragons and Goblins have more connection to each other than the various Beasts... well, you're the chief, so I'll just leave it up to you :D The Squirle master 05:30, 25 May 2006 (CDT)

The difference with Drakes is, Drakes are a distinct draconic species (two legs instead of four, not as big or smart and blue-focused instead of red). Looking at that list you gave, what do Anurids, Zeppelids, Dromads, Wumpuses, and Nishobas have in common? That's an amphibian, what looks like a flying jellyfish, some sort of llama thing, some sort of angry hornless rhino thing, and a scary sabertooth bear thing. These are all clearly very different types of critter, with no real flavor connection, and thus I do not think that they should all be included in the same article. In fact, the storyline portion of the Beasts article should probably just say more or less what I have just said.VestDan 09:37, 25 May 2006 (CDT)