BOZ
Creature Cataloguer
Hi there! This thread is a continuation of the previous thread of the same name. (You can find it at http://65.127.163.19/showthread.php?t=35574 or, for everyone but me http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35574 ) That thread was getting kind of old and clunky, and I’m sure it was hard to make any use of. So, the kind moderators archived it and I decided to repost that information and start a new thread.
Let me explain what this thread is all about. It has been explored to an extent in 3rd Edition so far, but particularly in older editions of the game, there were many uses for the remains and parts of monsters – you could use them for spell components, or to make magical items out of them, or even use parts of them for mundane things, including alchemical uses of creatures as well other protective measures (but not purely monetary value of parts). It is my intention to collect all these old references, for those of us who’d still like to use them. In time I would like to update them and make them 3E playable, and maybe even use them in some future publishing venture. I’m thinking of eventually organizing this list into the categories of Spell Components, Alchemy, Potions, Poisons, Item Creation (for non-potions), and Useful Items (such as making armor or weapons from creatures, or using non-magical parts as tools or whatnot).
I was concerned about not having enough time to look all of this stuff up by myself, but several kind posters helped out by using their time to find these things for me (us). If you feel inclined to contribute to this ongoing project, what I would need you to do is find specific verifiable sources that list such instances. If you only have a vague idea, tell us what you think you know and where you think we can find it so that someone can look it up. If you know of an online source that contains info like this, then please post a link to that site or page.
Monster books are ideal choices to research, of course, but many other sources are likely to contain such monster lore. I would like to see info from any official book, boxed set, or magazine from any edition older than 3E, from any campaign world. As for more recent stuff, it would also be good to build an index of 3E sources that contain such info – but for copyright concerns, don’t post anything directly from the books.
Well, I would prefer stuff from official sources for the most part, but if you can give me a when and where of how something appeared, it might turn out useful and OK. Hackmaster, since it emulates D&D anyway, might be a good alternative source that I didn’t originally consider.
Let me explain what this thread is all about. It has been explored to an extent in 3rd Edition so far, but particularly in older editions of the game, there were many uses for the remains and parts of monsters – you could use them for spell components, or to make magical items out of them, or even use parts of them for mundane things, including alchemical uses of creatures as well other protective measures (but not purely monetary value of parts). It is my intention to collect all these old references, for those of us who’d still like to use them. In time I would like to update them and make them 3E playable, and maybe even use them in some future publishing venture. I’m thinking of eventually organizing this list into the categories of Spell Components, Alchemy, Potions, Poisons, Item Creation (for non-potions), and Useful Items (such as making armor or weapons from creatures, or using non-magical parts as tools or whatnot).
I was concerned about not having enough time to look all of this stuff up by myself, but several kind posters helped out by using their time to find these things for me (us). If you feel inclined to contribute to this ongoing project, what I would need you to do is find specific verifiable sources that list such instances. If you only have a vague idea, tell us what you think you know and where you think we can find it so that someone can look it up. If you know of an online source that contains info like this, then please post a link to that site or page.
Monster books are ideal choices to research, of course, but many other sources are likely to contain such monster lore. I would like to see info from any official book, boxed set, or magazine from any edition older than 3E, from any campaign world. As for more recent stuff, it would also be good to build an index of 3E sources that contain such info – but for copyright concerns, don’t post anything directly from the books.
Voadam said:Are you not interested in the Hackmaster recipes?
Well, I would prefer stuff from official sources for the most part, but if you can give me a when and where of how something appeared, it might turn out useful and OK. Hackmaster, since it emulates D&D anyway, might be a good alternative source that I didn’t originally consider.