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Friday, October 20, 2017

Pyramid #3/108 - What new monsters?

So I wrote some new monsters for the DFRPG-themed issues of Pyramid. What are they?

Here they are by name, and any variations offset below.

Cerberus
     The Cerberus
Colchis Bulls
     Iron Bull (aka Gorgon)
     Rock Bull
     Storm Bull
Ghoul*
Giant Beetle (grouping)
     Big Beetle
     Big Bombardier Beetle
     Humongous Beetle
Giant Centipede (grouping)
     Big Centipede
     Humongous Centipede
Giant Frog (Grouping)
     Big Frog
     Big Killer Frog
     Huge Frog
     Huge Killer Frog
Hydra
Shamblethorn**
Wyvern

Many of these you've seen in my games, and if you haven't, you eventually will.



* Based on the ghouls/wights of Felltower.
** the fabled "root men" of the Cold Fens, which my players call shambling mounds. They are, basically, but also sort-of not.

2 comments:

  1. Going through folklore, myth, and classic fantasy fiction (a must if you want to keep from copying D&D), there's surprisingly few good plant monsters. Fewer walk--ents (which aren't plants in Tolkien at all, but Mundane by GURPS standards) are it. Triffids if you want to go a little more sci-fi.

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    1. Yeah, ancient humanity wasn't very worried about mobile plants killing them. I'm not really surprised - killer mobile plants seems to be a horror movie/gaming kind of thing more than anything else.

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