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Ack Boz, I nearly sprayed my drink all over my monitor thanks to your picture. Rackabello, I want to see the whole story on Fegg. I like the idea there, and I always love a new spin on an old critter, particularly ones that get laughed at, etc. Even better with something all ungainly like the...

Cinematic I think Darraketh and I are working on the same sort of idea here. Subtle and preferring to keep a distance, but really nasty up close anyway. I really don't think we should forget pustules, though. -MsM

Excellent... Hey, this is your monster. If it sounds good to you, keep it. ;) But it sounds good to me too. I'm trying to come up with original ideas for the standard elements/paraelements, but I don't want to use anything particularly complex. This critter looks like it would have to deal...

Scalding? Point. I keep forgetting how streamlined the idea of fire damage is. My recommend on the steam business is have it act like fire damage, but penalize any fire resistance by a bit. Steam is supposedly super-positive water in an elemental sense, and has little to do with actual fire as...

Monstrous Genetics What? What? Did you splice the Gibberling with the Symbiotic Jelly? Or is it the Umber Hulk with the Al'miraj? No, no! Could it be... that you've merged the Leprechaun and the Stunjelly? This is like seeing Bloody Asphalt all over again. -MsM

Rongoon v2.2? I'm still hammering out the stats on this, but I thought I'd share my interpretation of this beast-god. I had this image of something shaped rather like a musk ox or rhinocerous, with a pair of low curving horns and really thick limbs and neck. Colossal, of course, and colored...

Thorny Concepts A thorn-explosion sounds pretty wild, but it seems a little out of tone for this thing. Aside from the breath weapon, and maybe some spells, I get the idea its powers are more subtle. Even the vines it may tangle foes with, I picture as being methodical and relentless, though...

Elemental Misery Some ideas on effects: Ash: Snuffs out fire/fire spells/magic effects/fire resistance? Salt: Instead of dehydration, how about salty wounds? (ouch!) Vacuum: The Hoover effect. I like the idea of the thing using this to grapple, and maybe wield an enemy, held on the end of a...

Genius. Mad, but Genius I think this was the true purpose of the Tirapheg and Flumph from the very start. Perhaps the next stage of evolution is to merge the Tiraphlumph with the Sussurus. Or maybe something more rubbery... how about the Protein Polymorph, or the Imorph? Marvelous work...

Elemental Excess I really like the concept with this thing, but I also admit that I always feel like Elementals in general get the shaft in RPGs, and I love seeing something new for them. But I think maybe the monster might benefit if you split it up a bit. Make a positive and negative version...

All Praise Rongoon, or He'll Step on Thee I don't think that Rongoon has to be necessarily bright to be able to shift planes. I had the notion it was sort of dense, really, but very persistent and very intuitive; it SEEMS smart sometimes because it is good at reading reactions and emotions. The...

Rongoon There's always room for new monsters. Here's an idea: I like the prophetic back-story for this beast, and I gave it some thought. This thing is supposed to be very connected to night/darkness/etc, and it needs to be worshipped. How about something that is connected to nightmares? It...

Druidic Parasite? Here's a few thoughts for you: Perhaps this boojum is like a cyst/network of fibres that hitches a ride on other plant-creatures or just plain normal plants. I see it as like some sort of withered mandrake root that burrows into a tree and slowly turns it into a larger body...

Hellish Gardening I vote for the Hellspore. And for those of you that want pustules on your monster, think of a monster that can make everybody else have pustules... just by being close. And think of the mildew action against leather armor! -MsM

!!! Salamander, you are a God. I've spent so much time figuring out how the ecosystems might work that I never got around to playing around much with the 'normal' critters (besides specific rare cases). Talk about inspiring. It's also a little reassuring, that there are people out there as...

As for some sort of official summary, etc... I don't recall coming across one. I can give you a rationale for the .5HD factor, though... It's a sort of given that the listed HD for a monster is a kind of average. Kobolds are, as already pointed out, considered a 'nuisance monster'... I suppose...

Slimy Thoughts I'm with Boz on that. Give it a brain that works, but nobody non-oozelike can understand it. ;) -MsM

Jonesin The site is beautiful. I love it. And thanks to it, names I've got... but stats I don't, and that's mainly what I'm interested in. I know that some of those boojums are going in the new M'Manual, but being the junky that I am, I want -all- the stats. I'm sure some of you would...

Hello! I happily admit that one of the facets of RPG play that appeals to me most is the 'monster'. I'm a self-professed monster junky; I love the design, balance, story potential and just about anything else about critters. That being said, I'm trying to get current with the critters printed...