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<blockquote data-quote="skippy_the_witch" data-source="post: 1755096" data-attributes="member: 18980"><p><strong>B is for Barghest</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Barghest</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Mainstream (Hidden)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Rare</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Unlike most infernal outsider types, barghests have made themselves at home on the material plane, hiding amongst the various goblinoid populations. They consider this plane to be their playgrounds, and delight in torturing the very goblins they hide among. Many a goblin gang leader is actually a barghest in disguise, but they rarely get too high in the ranks of organized crime, as these fiends are much more interest in causing pain and fear then accumulating temporal power.</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Basilisk</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Mainstream (Public)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Rare</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Basilisks are rarely found in the wild anymore. Being very slow and somewhat stupid, they are actually relatively easy to catch, especially when you use remote devices and robots to avoid the beasts deadly gaze, and thus have become a favorite guard animal of high security facilities (it being illegal in most countries for private citizens to use lethal creatures and traps to defend their homes). Since it is easy to nuetralize most gaze attacks using indirect or remote sensor systems, the usefulness of the basilisk is highly over-rated, being more a matter of image then any real security value.</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Behir</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> No</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> n/a</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> n/a</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Behir are extinct. They were just too big and powerful a predator for people to allow them to live, but not big enough, clever enough, or powerful enough to survive on their own. The fact that they also had above animal intelligence also kept the enviromentalists from lobbying for the behirs inclusion in zoos and nature preserves. The few times this was attempted, the behir was just smart enough to be able to easily escape their confinement, without having the brains to realize that their captivity was all that was keeping them breathing.</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Beholder</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Mainstream Outsider (Public) [see below]</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Rare</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Beholders are too smart, too powerful, and too damn mean to die off. The amount of force required to exterminate the species became cost prohibitive, especially after the beholders began to organize and play various factions off each other. Eventually they conquered their own tyrannical kingdom in a remote and very desolate corner of the world, and forced other nations to recognize them as a sovereign power. A few beholders can be found on "shopping trips" or as "tourists", travelling under diplomatic visas, and being closely watched by the authorities. There are also a few very clever and/or very powerful rogue beholders who have nothing to do with the kingdom and are considered fair game.</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Belker</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Outsider (Public)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Rare</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Basically the same as the achaierai (see above). </p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Blink Dog</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Mainstream (Public)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Uncommon</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Blink dogs have joined society at large, becoming full citizens of their countries and communities. Being uncomfortable in most urban enviroments, they prefer to live in rural, if not actual wilderness areas, and make excellent park rangers and game wardens. Some partner with humanoids (especially halfling paladins and good rangers), and join various police forces or become bounty hunters.</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Bodak</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Outsider (Hidden)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Rare</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Bodak are extremely rare form of undead, but since those they kill spawn into bodak themselves, one quickly becomes a cluster of these monsters. The "Dead Squad" try to find "bodak zero" as quickly as possible to nuetralize the spread of this undead threat.</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Bralani</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Outsider (Public)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Rare</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Basically the same as the angels (see above).</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Bugbear</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Mainstream (Public)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Uncommon</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> All goblinoids have become a part of various societies, many times as criminal or lower class workers. But there are a few goblinoid controlled countries, and within such societies, bugbears are usually security and enforcers. They make especially good Military Police (as even the hobgoblin warriors that make up much of the military think twice before taking on a bugbear).</p><p></p><p><strong>NAME:</strong> Bulette</p><p><strong>SURVIVAL (Y/N):</strong> Yes</p><p><strong>STATUS:</strong> Outsider (Public)</p><p><strong>RARITY:</strong> Rare</p><p><strong>COMMENTS:</strong> Bulettes are hard to kill, whether with poisons or direct attacks, so they still terrorize many isolated rural communities. Bulettes will try and eat almost anything, including drone killbots, automated farm equipment, and especially livestock. They are more of an annoyance than a true danger, killing maybe a dozen people a year, but do a massive amount of property damage.</p><p></p><p>Well, there are the b's.</p><p></p><p>skippy</p><p>GM of the Cursed Earth Campaign</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skippy_the_witch, post: 1755096, member: 18980"] [b]B is for Barghest[/b] [B]NAME:[/B] Barghest [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Mainstream (Hidden) [B]RARITY:[/B] Rare [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Unlike most infernal outsider types, barghests have made themselves at home on the material plane, hiding amongst the various goblinoid populations. They consider this plane to be their playgrounds, and delight in torturing the very goblins they hide among. Many a goblin gang leader is actually a barghest in disguise, but they rarely get too high in the ranks of organized crime, as these fiends are much more interest in causing pain and fear then accumulating temporal power. [B]NAME:[/B] Basilisk [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Mainstream (Public) [B]RARITY:[/B] Rare [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Basilisks are rarely found in the wild anymore. Being very slow and somewhat stupid, they are actually relatively easy to catch, especially when you use remote devices and robots to avoid the beasts deadly gaze, and thus have become a favorite guard animal of high security facilities (it being illegal in most countries for private citizens to use lethal creatures and traps to defend their homes). Since it is easy to nuetralize most gaze attacks using indirect or remote sensor systems, the usefulness of the basilisk is highly over-rated, being more a matter of image then any real security value. [B]NAME:[/B] Behir [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] No [B]STATUS:[/B] n/a [B]RARITY:[/B] n/a [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Behir are extinct. They were just too big and powerful a predator for people to allow them to live, but not big enough, clever enough, or powerful enough to survive on their own. The fact that they also had above animal intelligence also kept the enviromentalists from lobbying for the behirs inclusion in zoos and nature preserves. The few times this was attempted, the behir was just smart enough to be able to easily escape their confinement, without having the brains to realize that their captivity was all that was keeping them breathing. [B]NAME:[/B] Beholder [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Mainstream Outsider (Public) [see below] [B]RARITY:[/B] Rare [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Beholders are too smart, too powerful, and too damn mean to die off. The amount of force required to exterminate the species became cost prohibitive, especially after the beholders began to organize and play various factions off each other. Eventually they conquered their own tyrannical kingdom in a remote and very desolate corner of the world, and forced other nations to recognize them as a sovereign power. A few beholders can be found on "shopping trips" or as "tourists", travelling under diplomatic visas, and being closely watched by the authorities. There are also a few very clever and/or very powerful rogue beholders who have nothing to do with the kingdom and are considered fair game. [B]NAME:[/B] Belker [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Outsider (Public) [B]RARITY:[/B] Rare [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Basically the same as the achaierai (see above). [B]NAME:[/B] Blink Dog [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Mainstream (Public) [B]RARITY:[/B] Uncommon [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Blink dogs have joined society at large, becoming full citizens of their countries and communities. Being uncomfortable in most urban enviroments, they prefer to live in rural, if not actual wilderness areas, and make excellent park rangers and game wardens. Some partner with humanoids (especially halfling paladins and good rangers), and join various police forces or become bounty hunters. [B]NAME:[/B] Bodak [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Outsider (Hidden) [B]RARITY:[/B] Rare [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Bodak are extremely rare form of undead, but since those they kill spawn into bodak themselves, one quickly becomes a cluster of these monsters. The "Dead Squad" try to find "bodak zero" as quickly as possible to nuetralize the spread of this undead threat. [B]NAME:[/B] Bralani [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Outsider (Public) [B]RARITY:[/B] Rare [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Basically the same as the angels (see above). [B]NAME:[/B] Bugbear [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Mainstream (Public) [B]RARITY:[/B] Uncommon [B]COMMENTS:[/B] All goblinoids have become a part of various societies, many times as criminal or lower class workers. But there are a few goblinoid controlled countries, and within such societies, bugbears are usually security and enforcers. They make especially good Military Police (as even the hobgoblin warriors that make up much of the military think twice before taking on a bugbear). [B]NAME:[/B] Bulette [B]SURVIVAL (Y/N):[/B] Yes [B]STATUS:[/B] Outsider (Public) [B]RARITY:[/B] Rare [B]COMMENTS:[/B] Bulettes are hard to kill, whether with poisons or direct attacks, so they still terrorize many isolated rural communities. Bulettes will try and eat almost anything, including drone killbots, automated farm equipment, and especially livestock. They are more of an annoyance than a true danger, killing maybe a dozen people a year, but do a massive amount of property damage. Well, there are the b's. skippy GM of the Cursed Earth Campaign [/QUOTE]
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