tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post4282858216143156842..comments2024-03-28T15:32:19.036-04:00Comments on Dungeon Fantastic: GURPS DF Session 145, Felltower 111 - Yeth HoundsPeter Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-44989651564314286972021-01-08T23:03:40.756-05:002021-01-08T23:03:40.756-05:00Yes, 'black hounds' are an old legend.Yes, 'black hounds' are an old legend.evileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-66197696754400410882021-01-07T17:35:27.751-05:002021-01-07T17:35:27.751-05:00In BECMI they were called Yowlers but otherwise we...In BECMI they were called Yowlers but otherwise were the same as the AD&D Yeth Hounds. It could be a similarly pronounced but differently spelled usage of Yith, a planet in another star system in H.P. Lovecraft's mythos, to avoid another lawsuit with Chaosium that reneged on their agreement for the Cthulhu mythos in Deities & Demigods. They do not seem to be related to the Hounds of Tindalos, however, as that is better fit to the Spectral Hounds (D&D Companion). Another creature very similar to your Yeth Hound, since you mention the connection to shadow, is the Vorr (AD&D2 Planescape MC2).Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295722892051701176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-23452630421992673842021-01-07T16:22:28.863-05:002021-01-07T16:22:28.863-05:00Some of the purely D&D monsters will take some...Some of the purely D&D monsters will take some doing to get published, but maybe I can just do that here. The yeth aren't a conversion, really. The name seems to be D&D in origin based on my cursory web searching, but they could easily be renamed as Black Shuck or a barghest or something like that. Evil shadowy dogs are a thing, I think, beyond just D&D.<br /><br />Still, I'll find a way to publish as many of the monsters as I can.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-29320219843461795392021-01-07T11:27:10.331-05:002021-01-07T11:27:10.331-05:00As a side note, I'd love someday to see your w...As a side note, I'd love someday to see your write up of some of these old D&D monsters. Once your PCs have faced them enough that you're not spoiling the game of course.<br /><br />Maybe a DF Monsters # Felltower Inhabitantsevileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-13685447022366154072021-01-06T16:49:49.848-05:002021-01-06T16:49:49.848-05:00In gwythaint's long running DF megadungeon/cit...In gwythaint's long running DF megadungeon/city game, 'cold iron' is meteoric iron (not sure if it always was before he ran the game using DF rules, but it is now) as being "anti-magic" means it can harm Fae, and it's "iron that came from the cold of the void". As he's mentioned, it's broken of bits of Elder Things that forged into iron as it fell to Yrth.evileeyorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296632217198088455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-31436707628412191942021-01-05T16:27:41.434-05:002021-01-05T16:27:41.434-05:00It was fun watching them puzzle it out. Also, watc...It was fun watching them puzzle it out. Also, watching them set themselves on fire.<br /><br />I always wondered what "cold iron" really was, anyway. It is something that just started showing up in monster descriptions. The first time I remember seeing it was some monsters in the AD&D module S4 Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, in the insert. But what exactly "cold-forged, iron weapons" were, how much they cost, or any other stats . . . I guess they didn't want to do too much of our imagining for us by, oh, giving rules for how the rules worked. Heh.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7817710432110712270.post-59061199800810923142021-01-05T16:06:21.030-05:002021-01-05T16:06:21.030-05:00As a DM I've never liked Yeth Hounds. At least...As a DM I've never liked Yeth Hounds. At least not the arbitrary and weird way they were handled in AD&D mechanics. I don't know what you are doing mechanically with them but it is certainly different than AD&D and was fun to read the players struggling to figure it out too. I'm wondering why they didn't try silver earlier. Coming from D&D, silver seems like a good choice for strange monsters (as does cold iron, being the only other useful special material non-magical weapons come in in that game).Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295722892051701176noreply@blogger.com