The Monster Project
cthulhudarren
Explorer
New monster request from Isle of Dread
Thanks for the excellent work(I found my original request- the Aranea, in 7th level monsters)! Looking to do a 4E Isle of Dread, and I'm looking for more dinosaurs; T-Rex, Allosauris, triceratops, diplodocus, megatherium, dimetrodon, Grangeri, plesiosaurus, etc etc. Any thoughts on those? For the 4 leggers I figure a variation on the MM behemoth would work (or rhino for triceratops). How about the old-skool Rakasta? Jaguar/were-jaguar?
I'm going to try and incorporate these into a project I'm working on to have all the 4e monsters in one place for an app (or even asmor's excellent program).
Thanks for the excellent work(I found my original request- the Aranea, in 7th level monsters)! Looking to do a 4E Isle of Dread, and I'm looking for more dinosaurs; T-Rex, Allosauris, triceratops, diplodocus, megatherium, dimetrodon, Grangeri, plesiosaurus, etc etc. Any thoughts on those? For the 4 leggers I figure a variation on the MM behemoth would work (or rhino for triceratops). How about the old-skool Rakasta? Jaguar/were-jaguar?
I'm going to try and incorporate these into a project I'm working on to have all the 4e monsters in one place for an app (or even asmor's excellent program).
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the Jester
Legend
Hmm, well you could use tabaxi in place of rakasta pretty easily, I think.
Not many dinos made my list so far, and this project is sorta on hiatus while I have a section of my campaign requiring extensive amounts of prep and I catch my story hours up a bit. But I'll get back to it, I swear!
Not many dinos made my list so far, and this project is sorta on hiatus while I have a section of my campaign requiring extensive amounts of prep and I catch my story hours up a bit. But I'll get back to it, I swear!
AbdulAlhazred
Legend
Rakshasa
Rakasta isn't in the MM because it just never existed, or else possibly someone mangled the proper name of the monster, Rakshasa. Rakshasa is basically the Indian flavor of a traditional 'boogieman' sort of monster, much like Oni is a Japanese version of basically the same idea and Djinn were the Arabian equivalent.
The Rakshasa warrior is a sort of 'were tiger'-ish beast, the Assassin looks like it would be basically were-jaguarish.
Rakasta isn't in the MM because it just never existed, or else possibly someone mangled the proper name of the monster, Rakshasa. Rakshasa is basically the Indian flavor of a traditional 'boogieman' sort of monster, much like Oni is a Japanese version of basically the same idea and Djinn were the Arabian equivalent.
The Rakshasa warrior is a sort of 'were tiger'-ish beast, the Assassin looks like it would be basically were-jaguarish.
AbdulAlhazred
Legend
How about Jermlaine?
These little buggers first appeared in the 1e Fiend Folio. I don't recall that they have been reprinted since then, but there is a 3e conversion here: Jermlaine
I have an extensive ruined Dwarven City dungeon delve in which these guys infest the entire ventilation system. They can pop up in virtually any part of the dungeon to harass weakened or resting parties at any inopportune moment! Would really like to have some 4e stats on them so I can continue to pester the daylights out of hapless explorers, hehe.
These little buggers first appeared in the 1e Fiend Folio. I don't recall that they have been reprinted since then, but there is a 3e conversion here: Jermlaine
I have an extensive ruined Dwarven City dungeon delve in which these guys infest the entire ventilation system. They can pop up in virtually any part of the dungeon to harass weakened or resting parties at any inopportune moment!
Would really like to have some 4e stats on them so I can continue to pester the daylights out of hapless explorers, hehe.There is a PDF of Dinosaurs available here for 4.99 US.
Including....
Ceratosaurus, Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurs Rex, Plesiosaurus, Liopleurodon, Stegocerus, Pachycephalosaurus, Protoceratops, Styracosaurus, Triceratops, Rhamphorhynchus, Pteranodon, Quetzalcoatlus, Postosuchus, Sarcosuchus, Dunkleosteus, Megalodon, Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor, Cameroceras, Coelophysis, Oviraptor, Dryosaurus, Saltasaurus, Argentinosaurus
All creatures have the 4e type names included in the book...
If you like that type of thing.
Sir Robilar
First Post
I'd love to have a conversion of the Spell Weaver but can't find it on the list. Is it not classic enough?
Btw, nice work!
Btw, nice work!
Jester thinks they should be Epic tier monsters, which he hasn't gotten to yet.
the Jester
Legend
Yep, I'm getting closer, but until I'm ahead on my campaign prep- and a little closer to caught up on my story hour- I have to hold off on the Monster Project.
I'll get back to it fairly soon; looks like I'll be able to trim my list, though, since a number of my monster choices are in various other books already, or are announced for others still!
