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[edit] Contradiction

Are you referring to the "rigid" caste order? Yes, it is contradictory, but that's what is contained in the official DnD material. I guess it should be a mystery. Perhaps the article should make this explicit? Kimera757 03:49, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I was refering to things like "Each race of slaad converges on the Spawning Stone for a season of mating." and "however, the Slaad Lords Ssendam and Ygorl also two of the most powerful Slaadi sealed the 'Spawning Stone', preventing , which keeps the Slaadi within the aforementioned groups."
Which is it? Do they converge? Is is sealed?
Add to that language such as "It is located in "a realm of their greatest dominion"." which is poetic at best. -- Ec5618 06:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You might want to reword the sealing of the spawning stone bit..

"Because Slaadi are supposed to be the embodiment of Chaos, the Spawning Stone could in theory spawn a Sladd with any kind of trait or power. Those two Slaad Lords (forget names) feared this meant a Slaad More powerful than them might spawn one day so they tampered with it to restrict the possible Slaad that could spawn." That might expalain things a bit.

[edit] Does anyone know?

In one of the 3E or 3.5 edition monster manuals there are stats for the part slaad versions of tieflings and aasimar - has anyone seen it explained how these creatures come about? Since the slaad reproduce as they do with egg-laying, what species can crossbreed with them?

[edit] Weasel Words

The article contains the following weasel wording:

  1. "Slaadi have a social caste generally believed to be based on the color of a slaad's scales, though other sources seem to indicate stones lodged in their foreheads".
  2. "Slaadi, along with modrons and rilmani, are considered 'cordians,' the planeborne of the morally neutral planes".

These sentences should be deleted in my view. --Gavin Collins (talk) 11:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

  • The first line doesn't have weasel words, and the sources support its content. The second line isn't based on any source, so it can go as an unsupported statement. And why suggest changes to be made when you're trying to delete the entire article anyway?Shemeska (talk) 11:33, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Refs from Ygorl

  • Bonny, Edward. "The Dragon's Bestiary: Lords of Chaos." Dragon #221 (TSR, 1995).
  • Christian, Deborah, et al. Tales of the Outer Planes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
  • Cook, Monte. Tales From the Infinite Staircase. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.