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5E: Converting Monsters from White Dwarf Magazine for Fifth Edition
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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8912427" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>I prefer the first paragraph to be entirely about the monster's appearance, but there's no rule to that effect. Don't care for the "violent raids" bit as it's too close to what's in <em><strong>Foes of Humanity</strong></em> and would simplify/generalize it.</p><p></p><p>The final "Below this eye" sentence suggests its mouth is where its nose should be, and I don't much care for starting it with "Below" for arbitrary aesthetics reasons. It just looks <em>incomplete</em> to me, as if it were missing the start of the sentence.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The expression "fondness of human flesh" would mean it's the human flesh that's fond of something.</p><p></p><p>If you really want "of" instead of "for" it'd need to be "innately fond of human flesh" or the like.</p><p></p><p>One's an adjective (<strong><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fond" target="_blank">fond</a></strong>), the other's a noun (<strong><a href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fondness" target="_blank">fondness</a></strong>).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Shrug. Just to mix it up. Don't want to simply copy the <em>White Dwarf</em> text. It's better to make it as much our own words as we can.</p><p></p><p>Also, the wording could be taken to meaning cyclopes deliberately seek out vultures and hyenas to throw dead half-orcs to, which didn't make much sense to me.</p><p></p><p>I preferred it naturally attractive carrion-eating scavengers due to its eating habits, and from there it made sense for them to hang around its lair where the leftovers are. Although I suppose they could follow after cyclopes waiting for them to drop food.</p><p></p><p>Would be liking to meat you halfway [;p] and have it says the cyclops leaves the half-orc corpse as carrion. The reader should be able to figure out how that connects to the "carrion-eaters" in the later paragraph.</p><p></p><p>Actually, might expand that section to include the possibility of scavengers trailing after a cyclops to feed of its grisly leftovers…</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Scavengers are, and where else would they be?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Would cut references to genetics, as it feels a bit to "scientific" for D&D.</p><p></p><p>I mused about taking a "choose your own abomination" approach and presenting various rumours about how cyclopes multiply (transforming newborns in cyclopes, sacrificing virgins to summon cyclopes from the Feywild, the original "rapey" way, procreating asexually, or maybe female cyclopes exist, <em>etc. etc.</em>) and leave it up to the DM to decide which, if any, are true.</p><p></p><p>Besides, how do people know cyclopes are actually male? They could just resemble male humanoids more than female ones, but be technically asexual or sexless and incapable of reproducing naturally, which is why they have to use the changeling method of multiplying?</p><p></p><p>But in the end, I think doing so would make the section too complicated, and it would be more prudent to keep the details brief and vague.</p><p></p><p>When you boil it down, we just need to mention that (a) the cyclops needs a captive pregnant human, (b) they always eat the mother after childbirth, and (c) the result can be a cyclops, a human, or a cyclopean human.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8912427, member: 57383"] I prefer the first paragraph to be entirely about the monster's appearance, but there's no rule to that effect. Don't care for the "violent raids" bit as it's too close to what's in [I][B]Foes of Humanity[/B][/I] and would simplify/generalize it. The final "Below this eye" sentence suggests its mouth is where its nose should be, and I don't much care for starting it with "Below" for arbitrary aesthetics reasons. It just looks [i]incomplete[/i] to me, as if it were missing the start of the sentence. The expression "fondness of human flesh" would mean it's the human flesh that's fond of something. If you really want "of" instead of "for" it'd need to be "innately fond of human flesh" or the like. One's an adjective ([b][URL='https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fond']fond[/URL][/b]), the other's a noun ([b][URL='https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/fondness']fondness[/URL][/b]). Shrug. Just to mix it up. Don't want to simply copy the [I]White Dwarf[/I] text. It's better to make it as much our own words as we can. Also, the wording could be taken to meaning cyclopes deliberately seek out vultures and hyenas to throw dead half-orcs to, which didn't make much sense to me. I preferred it naturally attractive carrion-eating scavengers due to its eating habits, and from there it made sense for them to hang around its lair where the leftovers are. Although I suppose they could follow after cyclopes waiting for them to drop food. Would be liking to meat you halfway [;p] and have it says the cyclops leaves the half-orc corpse as carrion. The reader should be able to figure out how that connects to the "carrion-eaters" in the later paragraph. Actually, might expand that section to include the possibility of scavengers trailing after a cyclops to feed of its grisly leftovers… Scavengers are, and where else would they be? Would cut references to genetics, as it feels a bit to "scientific" for D&D. I mused about taking a "choose your own abomination" approach and presenting various rumours about how cyclopes multiply (transforming newborns in cyclopes, sacrificing virgins to summon cyclopes from the Feywild, the original "rapey" way, procreating asexually, or maybe female cyclopes exist, [I]etc. etc.[/I]) and leave it up to the DM to decide which, if any, are true. Besides, how do people know cyclopes are actually male? They could just resemble male humanoids more than female ones, but be technically asexual or sexless and incapable of reproducing naturally, which is why they have to use the changeling method of multiplying? But in the end, I think doing so would make the section too complicated, and it would be more prudent to keep the details brief and vague. When you boil it down, we just need to mention that (a) the cyclops needs a captive pregnant human, (b) they always eat the mother after childbirth, and (c) the result can be a cyclops, a human, or a cyclopean human. [/QUOTE]
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