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11 months ago ::
Aug 02, 2012 - 11:01AM
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Date Joined:
Jan 23, 2003
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Huzzah for the lowly blink dog - with the 1st Edition Premium Reprint of the Monster Manual, this creature now has a whopping 7 attacks per round! Nice upgrade Wizards! 
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11 months ago ::
Aug 08, 2012 - 2:41PM
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Date Joined:
Dec 17, 2005
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Is that different than the AD&D MM released in the 80's?
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11 months ago ::
Aug 09, 2012 - 2:38AM
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May 12, 2006
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My copy of the physical book is in storage and is a lot later a printing anyway, but the PDF I bought back when it was still for sale on DriveThruRPG/RPGNow says it has just 1 attack. It's a scan of the 4th printing, so it's possible that an earlier version had 7 attacks though.
First thing for people working on providing new features should remember:
People hate change for the sake of change. They usually don't mind genuine improvements, but change just because it's change and therefore cool tends to get hackles raised.
Second thing for people working on providing new 'improved' features should remember:
It shouldn't be hard for users to figure out how to turn them off if they don't like them. Just because the programmer thinks he's had a great idea doesn't mean everyone else is going to agree with them.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 12, 2012 - 7:32PM
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Confirmed- it's an update. I've got a physical copy of the 4th printing open in front of me as well, and the single attack is not a unique error.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 14, 2012 - 7:07AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 17, 2005
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Maybe it was always supposed to be 7 but the printing prcess back then made the 7 into a 1?
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11 months ago ::
Aug 16, 2012 - 5:31AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 25, 2009
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I'm confused.... what's the verdict? should it be a 7 or a 1? This is kind of important to me as I'm planning on running an AD&D campaign in the near future.
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11 months ago ::
Aug 16, 2012 - 8:44AM
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Date Joined:
May 25, 2012
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It's 1 attack per round in all other versions. It's a Typo.
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