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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8459426" data-attributes="member: 7006">Here's a query I have regarding this particular creature... is there a page previous to this one that you didn't post that had the details of the myths and lore that this creature comes from?  Because the one thing I liked about your original posting regarding the Myling was that your lore section talked about why the creature existed in myth and what caused the creature to become what it was-- the parent killing the child for X or Y reason and now the spirit of the child is looking for a proper burial.  Now I know that lore section you included was because it was meant to be part of the 'Content Warning'... but honestly I think even if you didn't specifically call out the Warning part of it... the lore and the explanations of the myth itself I think are a hugely important part of the Myling's write-up.  Without it... if it's lore is merely like one sentence of "little children killed by parents and not given a proper burial"... it makes me wonder why it's even in the book in the first place when we already have so many other Ghosts and spirit stat blocks?  That Content Warning description of the myth gave me more story-wise why using this particular creature (and its statblock) was useful rather than just your generic "ghost".  And I think that's a great thing.And that's why I wondered if the Glashtyn write-up here was missing the page of myth and lore.  Because for this creature it's entire story is two sentences underneath the statblock that describe what it looks like and what it does, and two small bits of "lore & rumors" that are behaviors.  But this page has nothing about where this creature came from mythologically-speaking, what it's purpose was in the stories and myths from whence it came, how it came to exist as a creature within the myths, what are the story reasons why its a sea-horse / man hybrid, and why it wants / needs to go after young women?  Those are all incredibly important story notes to have in my opinion because it gives us a reason to use this specific creature in our games in the specific instance that it is useful.  Because if you don't include that stuff... it otherwise becomes merely just another humanoid shapechanger that wants to kill people.  It's a Doppleganger with a horse head instead of a blank face, and-- at least to me-- pretty much an unnecessary addition to the game.  So I hope you kept and included all the stories and myths and wrote them all up because that stuff gives us the flavor for why this creature should be used instead of just dropping in a doppleganger.  And that's the kind of stuff that I think is great!</blockquote>

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