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You're right. Cool. Ah, ok. Great! -- So Nosferatu have been bumped down to Paragon tier now? In that case, what's your vision for the higher types of vampires in 4e (where the Nosferatu, Welkin, and - IIRC - Varcolac were in 3.5)? Are there still Welkin & Varcolac?

Well, pushing is usually x5 maximum load, "favorable conditions" should increase that to as much as x10 - space is frictionless - so a strength of 346 would give a maximum load of 4^32 x 920 = ~1.7 x 10^22 lb, x10 for pushing, so theoretically, allowing the character to push the Moon at ~1.6 x...

Ah, you're right - I had mis-remembered them as thousands of miles long, they're not that big. Is that the moon-eating dragon thing? Megaliths from the Immortals set literally ARE planets (like Ego and Ghroth), so they should be Tera-sized. IIRC the old 1st edition Cthulhu Mythos D&DG stats...

So the distance between scales increases ... OK. So what would a Tera-size monster be? Megaliths (basically living planets) and Draeden (planet-eating Jupiter-sized tentacled things) from the BECMI Immortals Set? Ymir, Cipactli, and other 'world was made from their bodies' monsters? So what...

Are these sizes supposed to be an order of magnitude bigger each time? (So if a Gargantuan monster is 50 feet tall a Mega-size one would be 500, a Giga-size one a mile tall?) But I know you've mentioned Tera-size as planet-size before (what book is that slated to appear in, if any, BTW?) which...

Well, according to Wikipedia, the mass of the Milky Way Galaxy is 5.8 x 10^11 solar masses; which is about 2.5x10^42 lbs. I think each +10 strength means x4 carrying capacity, and to lift something over your head is a heavy load, so ... I think, assuming my math isn't off ... a Strength of 681...

Cool. Will mega-size be limited to Level 31+ or can epic tier monsters also be mega?

Alpha [Effect] (Transcendental Ability) Your [Effect] ability can heal the most lasting wounds, even fundamental attacks upon the spirit. Benefit: The effect can provide many possible types of healing, though a single use of Alpha Effect can provide only one of the above effects. Permanent...

That sounds promising, cool! OK, cool. That would be neat. Good ... dude is awesome. Are the mega size rules in Serpent Riders along with (or as part of?) the super-solo rules? (I assume they're not in Vampire Bestiary?)

Mine - 4E: Drakainai - Drakaina Adept, Drakaina War-Brute, Drakaina Chaosbringer Checkalakh and Pyaray, minor Lords of Chaos from Moorcock's Elric series 3.5E: Variant cosmology thoughts, various deities from a weakened Hero-Deity to an Eternal-level Undead, and one monster Prometheus...

So no epic tier+ vampires in even parts 2 & 3? Are the Vampire Intelligences, Cherufe/Volcano God, and Nosferatu still in the plan & if so are they (now?) Paragon Tier? (I assume no 4e Alabaster :( ) So do you plan any books with 4e epic tier+ monsters in the remaining ~16 months or...

A couple of questions: Is this volume going to be Heroic Tier only, or up to level 15, or what? Are there Super-solos in this one? Are you going to continue the 'update' posts or was that just for that one week?

Nearing or even rivaling the power of the gods themselves is the terrifying drakaina chaosbringer, most terrible of the breeds. A drakaina chaosbringer is born from the coupling of the greatest of primordials and the most ancient and potent dragons or drakainai, and thus, none have been born...

Thanks! That would make sense.... and it could allow for the most powerful (Ceto, Kampe) to be Entities, children of Sidereal-level primordials... --- The drakaina war-brute is far less humanoid than many of its kin, rather a monstrous serpent with clawed limbs. It is over 40 feet long and...

U_K, given the news of 5E, do you still plan any 4E products other than the Vampire Bestiary?

What is the current status of the Vampire Bestiary?

The drakainai are a powerful group of unusual dragons or dragon-like beings, so ancient and primal in form and nature that they fall outside the normal dragon classifications. They are chthonic beings, strongly associated with elemental earth in its most primal forms; it is believed that they...

Ah, thanks. Very cool, but not much help on the Ys front. It's rather annoying, because most of the supposed reference books ('dictionaries' and 'encyclopedias of Celtic mythology') appear to have completely fabricated their entries relating to the legend. (Or maybe they're all drawing from...

Interesting. But personally I wouldn't start them at Gargantuan -- I'm not sure the more 'humanoid' ones (Echidna, Delphyne) are supposed to be that gigantic -- I made Echidna Large way back when I made those old stats, and I still think that's about right. Actually, I'd probably give them the...

More thoughts on the Drakainai... Most seem to be fairly simply serpent-women (though possibly gigantic), but Kampe is supposed to be especially hideous in form. So maybe she represents an 'older' stage. -- Long before I ever heard of the Immortals Handbook (in fact in 2007) I wrote up stats...