"I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you." - Batman, Batman Begins "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight "Yeah, I can fly." - Tony Stark, Iron Man
Inside my hands these petals browned;
dried up falling to the ground,
but it was already too late now.
I pushed my fingers through the earth,
returned this flower to the dirt;
so it could live, I walked away now."
Rise Against - "The Good Left Undone"
I've been thumbing through issue 70 in preparation of doing a conversion of Kingdom of the Ghouls, and there might be a couple of new monsters not in the index. In the cloaker city (p. 63) there is a descption of floaters -- "flying balloon creatures . . . enormous floating gas-beings rangng from 20 to 100 yards long, and up to 20 yards in diameter [!]". There is a stat block, but no monster entry (and as far as I can tell, no description of its "explode" special ability.
The Great Crypt of the Ghouls (p. 67) is described as haunted by "outcast lesser ghouls, a swarm of whispering moths, a small pack of gargoyles, and colonies of death mold."
What the heck is death mold?
Were either of these two monsters ever described further? (Like, say, in a letter to the editor.)
"I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you." - Batman, Batman Begins "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight "Yeah, I can fly." - Tony Stark, Iron Man
Inside my hands these petals browned;
dried up falling to the ground,
but it was already too late now.
I pushed my fingers through the earth,
returned this flower to the dirt;
so it could live, I walked away now."
Rise Against - "The Good Left Undone"
Is there an index somewhere of monsters from those Monstrous Compendium annuals? I never picked up any of them, but it sounds like there were some good monsters there -- mostly from Dragon Magazine, I guess.
I remember the floater from 2nd Ed. IIRC, it's really a gas spore. Looks like a beholder at long range. Any damage dealt causes it to explode. I have it in one of my 2nd Ed compendiums...hell if I can remember which, though.
Though the gas spores were much smaller (standard beholder-sized) than what is described above, maybe they're related? It would tie in as another mold-based creature to go with the death mold.
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Found a little more info on a 2nd edition floater . . .
A tiny psionic creature from Dark Sun (MC12). Doesn't sound much like the thing from Kingdom of the Ghouls.
As an aside, I am always blown away by the amount of monster information over at that World of Sulerin site (http://www.sulerin.com). That is one massive database.
"I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you." - Batman, Batman Begins "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight "Yeah, I can fly." - Tony Stark, Iron Man
Inside my hands these petals browned;
dried up falling to the ground,
but it was already too late now.
I pushed my fingers through the earth,
returned this flower to the dirt;
so it could live, I walked away now."
Rise Against - "The Good Left Undone"
Is there an index somewhere of monsters from those Monstrous Compendium annuals? I never picked up any of them, but it sounds like there were some good monsters there -- mostly from Dragon Magazine, I guess.
Nope. I'm just checking the list as I index my Dungeons.
Incidentally, why is the tortle listed for issue #6? Sure, there's a adventure involving tortles, but as far as I can see, there isn't actually a stat block for a tortle included, except as part of a two-page "Combined Monster Statistics Table", and none of the other critters in that table were indexed (thankfully).
Similarly for issue #13. "Hivebrood" is listed in the index, and there is indeed one particular example of a hivemind (and several hiveleaders) in the adventure "Of Nests and Nations". However, there isn't a general statblock for any of the hivebrood creatures, so I'm not sure why they are listed?
Nope. I'm just checking the list as I index my Dungeons.
Incidentally, why is the tortle listed for issue #6? Sure, there's a adventure involving tortles, but as far as I can see, there isn't actually a stat block for a tortle included, except as part of a two-page "Combined Monster Statistics Table", and none of the other critters in that table were indexed (thankfully).
Similarly for issue #13. "Hivebrood" is listed in the index, and there is indeed one particular example of a hivemind (and several hiveleaders) in the adventure "Of Nests and Nations". However, there isn't a general statblock for any of the hivebrood creatures, so I'm not sure why they are listed?
Good questions. When I compiled the index, I asked for feedback and just included what folks posted. I'll fix those you mentioned, and if you find others, let me know.
"I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you." - Batman, Batman Begins "You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harvey Dent, The Dark Knight "Yeah, I can fly." - Tony Stark, Iron Man
Inside my hands these petals browned;
dried up falling to the ground,
but it was already too late now.
I pushed my fingers through the earth,
returned this flower to the dirt;
so it could live, I walked away now."
Rise Against - "The Good Left Undone"
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