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    Converting monsters from Dungeon Magazine

    I think its connection to the wyste is only superficial, since the wyste is a denizen of the Far Realm while the tyrannabys is, as far as we know, a native inhabitant of the Prime Material Plane.
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    What do your Orcs look like?

    Actually... that reminds me of the kara-kara from the OD&D module Drums on Fire Mountain. They were an orc offshoot with a pseudo-Polynesian culture, who lived on a small island claimed by the empire of Thyatis in Mystara's Known World. Incidentially, the kara-kara exist in my setting as a...
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    Our first article for Dragon? :)

    Yeah, I thought Kirenok actually sounded more kobold than bugbear... like Dakarnok, Gaknulak, etc. Kharenok sounds nice IMHO.
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    What do your Orcs look like?

    Wow... I love how much thought you've put into this. I've tried to do more or less the same. For the purposes of my setting, Homo heidelbergensis developed into H. sapiens sapiens and H. neandertalensis, just like yours, but Homo orcus (my less-than-original Latin name for orcs) is a third...
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    Smallville 11/17/04 (Spoilers)

    Yeah, but they seem to have gone for the Silver Age version of the story, where Clark/Superboy reveals his secret to Pete instead. Reminds me of A Superman for All Seasons by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale (which was germaine to Smallville, I understand), where we hear about Clark's revelation to Lana...
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    Our first article for Dragon? :)

    Well, it's not without precedent. The Romans, for instance, had two deities of fertility... I believe that women prayed to Juno, whereas men prayed to Mars. Anyway, it's just a suggestion in case anyone really objects to another fertility goddess (and frankly, I personally like your rationale)...
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    Our first article for Dragon? :)

    Hm, here's an idea. Instead of having one female deity of fertility for the whole pantheon, Crahliss could be the goddess of female fertility whereas maybe Gurnhar could be the god of male fertility, in addition to being gods of health/survival and earth respectively? Like Freya and Frey for the...
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    OD&D OD&D Monster Index!

    And here's a couple more critters. Gaz3 -- The Principalities of Glantri Imp, Red Imp Imp, Blue Imp Manikin (in the CC as Mandragora) Nosferatu (reprinted from Gaz1) Vampire Rose (reprinted from B3)
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    Our first article for Dragon? :)

    Yeah, I remember those. I think that would be a great idea. Maybe also a short section (say, one column of text or so) on possible subraces/variants as well?
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    Our first article for Dragon? :)

    Gorellik is actually a gnoll god... he's a demipower whose strength has been waning ever since Yeenoghu swayed the gnolls to his allegiance. FWIW, I think this is a marvellous idea.
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    OD&D OD&D Monster Index!

    Well, here's some more critters... Gaz8 -- The Five Shires Deep Glaurant Feywing Nightgleet Rockfang Seergar Wychlamp
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    G4TechTV Sucks!

    Eh. I used to like G4. It's arguable that it started off on the far side of the shark, but I liked it. It's how I used to keep in touch with the video game industry. I actually got a kick out of Filter, Arena, Icons, and all those other silly shows. Even (and I'm probably going to be laughed...
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    Whats the worst you've ever read? Scifi/Fanstasy

    Oh, yeah. That reminds me, I forgot Shadowdale. Gah.
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    Who are your favorite characters from fantasy & sci-fi stories?

    I'm not that into Sci-Fi, so there aren't many characters I like. All I can think of are Han Solo and Ford Prefect. Fantasy, on the other hand... Bilbo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, and Thorin Oakenshield. Pretty much the entire cast of the "Magic Kingdom of Landover" series. Dream (Lord Morpheus)...
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    Smallville 11/10 Spoilers

    Yeah... I like your explanation better.
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    Whats the worst you've ever read? Scifi/Fanstasy

    I second that. I loathed Thomas Covenant. He was a reprehensible person. I only got about six chapters into the story before giving up. I just didn't get it. He finds himself transported to a magical land, miraculously cured of his leprosy, and his first impulse is to rape an innocent young...
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    Svarts and Xvarts.......

    I believe that LGJ was published as a separate magazine for the first 6 or 7 issues or so, before being integrated into Dragon. I don't know which issue of Dragon it was first included in.
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    Converting original D&D and Mystara monsters

    Maybe it's a Fey?
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    Smallville 11/10 Spoilers

    I was disappointed. Isabelle was a cool villain, but the two ditzy henchwitches reminded me too much of Hocus Pocus. Lemme see. The bad points, in my humble opinion... - Good girls gone bad. Seriously cliched plot point and one I was never fond of to begin with. - We're still left guessing at...
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    Converting "generic setting" second edition monsters

    Oh, huzzah! The conversions begin again!!! I'm for making them aberrations with half-undead traits from Dragon #313. For ease of reference, if that's what you'd like to do... Call of Undeath (Ex): There is a 3% chance per Hit Die that, upon a half-undead's death, it will rise as a full undead...
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