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(MM2) Did I help inspire the abeil?
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<blockquote data-quote="edbonny" data-source="post: 377018" data-attributes="member: 1119"><p>Sorry to disappoint but your adventure was not the inspiration for the Abeil (although it sounds like a really fun adventure). When I was asked to write for the MM2, I was also asked to create 10 of my own unique monsters in addition to updating/rewriting/fleshing out what Wizards asked. The abeil was one of my own concoctions.</p><p></p><p>I love the idea of insects and insect humanoids. The thri-kreen continue to fascinate me and I really wanted to create my own race of insect-people apart from the formorians and the kreen. </p><p></p><p>In June of 2001, I originally pitched two bee creature ideas to Jeff Grubb. One was a magical bee-beast called the "stormwing" that were very aggressive with thunderously beating wings; the other was a race of bee-people. Jeff really liked the idea of bee people over a magical beast so off I went in that direction.</p><p></p><p>The abeil as bee-people took shape from a few experiences in my past not least of which was being stung multiple times as a kid (deservedly so as I got too close to their hives when observing them). </p><p></p><p>The drone attack is similar to a villain from a Teen Titans comic book I had read back in the 1970s where a superhero was attacked by his girlfriend. She wore a bee outfit, shot sticky dart stingers, and had buzzing wings that caused listeners to fall asleep.</p><p></p><p>And there's more. Being a Francophile, I spent a week in Paris last year and came across Napoleon's symbol for his industrious, growing empire - you guessed it - the bee. That's where the imperialist culture of the abeil came from. In fact, the French word for bee is "abeille."</p><p></p><p>The rest of the abeil was brainstorming and linking together the qualities that I wanted to really define the race. I also created a prestige class for vassal abeil that combined qualities of a druid and ranger plus other things fitting to their culture. Sadly, unlike the Monsters of Faerun, there were to be no prestige classes in the MM2.</p><p></p><p>This was probably more than you wanted to hear... but I hope it was entertaining.</p><p></p><p>- Ed Bonny</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="edbonny, post: 377018, member: 1119"] Sorry to disappoint but your adventure was not the inspiration for the Abeil (although it sounds like a really fun adventure). When I was asked to write for the MM2, I was also asked to create 10 of my own unique monsters in addition to updating/rewriting/fleshing out what Wizards asked. The abeil was one of my own concoctions. I love the idea of insects and insect humanoids. The thri-kreen continue to fascinate me and I really wanted to create my own race of insect-people apart from the formorians and the kreen. In June of 2001, I originally pitched two bee creature ideas to Jeff Grubb. One was a magical bee-beast called the "stormwing" that were very aggressive with thunderously beating wings; the other was a race of bee-people. Jeff really liked the idea of bee people over a magical beast so off I went in that direction. The abeil as bee-people took shape from a few experiences in my past not least of which was being stung multiple times as a kid (deservedly so as I got too close to their hives when observing them). The drone attack is similar to a villain from a Teen Titans comic book I had read back in the 1970s where a superhero was attacked by his girlfriend. She wore a bee outfit, shot sticky dart stingers, and had buzzing wings that caused listeners to fall asleep. And there's more. Being a Francophile, I spent a week in Paris last year and came across Napoleon's symbol for his industrious, growing empire - you guessed it - the bee. That's where the imperialist culture of the abeil came from. In fact, the French word for bee is "abeille." The rest of the abeil was brainstorming and linking together the qualities that I wanted to really define the race. I also created a prestige class for vassal abeil that combined qualities of a druid and ranger plus other things fitting to their culture. Sadly, unlike the Monsters of Faerun, there were to be no prestige classes in the MM2. This was probably more than you wanted to hear... but I hope it was entertaining. - Ed Bonny [/QUOTE]
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