Hey Alzrius matey!
Alzrius said:
Okay, U_K has posted the finalized
table of contents for the IH Bestiary vol. 1.
For those of us who bought the unofficial release, here's what appears to be new:
The Amidah Template, along with the sample creature Alabaster, an amidah vampire fighter.
Who wields six swords simultaneously and is of a familiarly high-level. Free 1.5 Bestiary (when its available) to the first person who correctly guesses his level.
Alzrius said:
A Macrobe Preying Mantis (under the Dire Template listing); the information for the Dire Template says it will also include the Macrobe Template, which isn't in the unofficial release.
Its a derivative of the Dire Template with some extra bells and whistles, so it made sense to have it here.
Alzrius said:
The Nexus Dragon (ala Wormhole Dragon); this is the weakest (presumably) of the three breeds of Nehaschimic dragons.
They are all roughly equal, if anything, its the middle-powered of the three.
Alzrius said:
It seems that regarding U_K's recent poll of which two monsters he should put in the Bestiary vol. 1, numbers two and three (the Amidah Template and the Nexus Dragon) won, and the Abomination: Annedotus (Dragon Men) lost out.
The poll came out virtually even. But I then rationalised that it was better to explain all the dragon types in one go (you'll notice the dragon info is now 3 pages long), and the Annedotus was not in my 153 master list anyway.
Alzrius said:
Note that there are going to be two more volumes of the Bestiary,
Just for the record, I do have the full monster list at hand, but I am sure there will be one or two changes before release, and there are also few monsters whose names I have not yet finalised (The Elementars for instance).
Alzrius said:
along with a "Bestiary 1.5" of 15 monsters that, for some reason, couldn't be squeezed in elsewhere.
That may actually be 14 now that I have snuck the Amidah Template into Volume 1. The Bestiary, just like the IH itself, just seems to grow and grow, at first I wanted 50 monsters, then it got to 75, so I divided it into two pdfs, then it doubled in size again, so I divided it into three, but then I was left with the original part one being about 37 monsters and finished, whereas the other 15 or so are not, and I really need to get something on sale ASAP.
Alzrius said:
It's worth noting that the Annedotus isn't listed for any publication.
Its a spare monster that will show up on the website at some stage in the future, as with other monsters like the Rocatrice that I just have lying around.
