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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8467996" data-attributes="member: 57383">Actually, that gives me an idea.&nbsp; Remember the Rhagodessa?Maybe we can use the name for one of our Solifugids?Unlike the 2E Giant Solifugid, the Rhagodessa was Large size in both AD&amp;D and BECMI, unlike the Medium sized Giant Rhagodessa, so I wondered about calling the bug guy a Giant Rhagodessa or Giant Rhagodessa Solifugid.The Rhagodessa was originally a BECMI / Mystaran version of this arachnid. According to the D&amp;D Expert Sets and Rules Cyclopedia, it lived in caves but would venture above ground during the night. The 2E version adds that it lives in &quot;Forest, mountains, subterranean&quot;. It appears in generic 3E D&amp;D during the Savage Tide adventure path in Dungeon Magazine (issues #139 and #144). The Dungeon #144 version is an advanced version named the &quot;Blackfang Rhagodessa&quot;. Oh, and there's a 4E version in Dragon Magazine #418 as a Level 2 Skirmisher in &quot;Ye Olde Creature Catalogue&quot; by Tim Eagon.I've checked the original stats BECMI, 2E and 3E stats, and it was Large size and had 4+2 Hit Dice, it was also &quot;the size of a small horse&quot; and 2E adds that it was 7 feet long.Nah, scrub that idea.&nbsp; I just checked the original version and it had Four Hit Dice and a weaker bite than the 6+6 Giant Solifugid. In fact, its numbers are pretty close to AD&amp;D's Huge Solifugid, except it's a size larger.So, how about insteead of <a href="https://www.enworld.org/attachments/solifugidmedium-png.147292/" target="_blank">Medium Solifugid</a> the 5 HD version is called a&nbsp; Rhagodessa Solifugid? A name with long precedence in Dungeons &amp; Dragons.If the name Rhagodessa is adopted, then I'd suggest a source reference of &quot;Solifugids first appeared in Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1980) by Gary Gygax and David C. Sutherland III, the original author was Sutherland. The Rhagodessa first appeared in the D&amp;D Expert Set (1981).&quot;Incidentally, <a href="http://www.solpugid.com/Genus%20Rhagodessa.htm" target="_blank">Rhagodessa</a> is a real genus of Solifugids found around Sudan. I see no reason not to use the name for one of these conversions as it's just another Solifugid. The type species is Rhagodessa melanocephala. I'm having trouble finding a picture of one, but since the species name melanocephala means something like &quot;Black-Headed&quot;, I would guess it has the normal sandy-coloured body and legs and a darker head. I suspect they're a larger than average genus, because Middle Eastern &quot;Camel Spiders&quot; are bigger than most, but I haven't been able to confirm that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8467996, member: 57383"] Actually, that gives me an idea. Remember the Rhagodessa? Maybe we can use the name for one of our Solifugids? Unlike the 2E Giant Solifugid, the Rhagodessa was Large size in both AD&D and BECMI, unlike the Medium sized Giant Rhagodessa, so I wondered about calling the bug guy a Giant Rhagodessa or Giant Rhagodessa Solifugid. The Rhagodessa was originally a BECMI / Mystaran version of this arachnid. According to the D&D [I]Expert Sets[/I] and [I]Rules Cyclopedia[/I], it lived in caves but would venture above ground during the night. The 2E version adds that it lives in "Forest, mountains, subterranean". It appears in generic 3E D&D during the Savage Tide adventure path in [I]Dungeon Magazine[/I] (issues #139 and #144). The [I]Dungeon #144[/I] version is an advanced version named the "Blackfang Rhagodessa". Oh, and there's a 4E version in [I]Dragon Magazine #418[/I] as a Level 2 Skirmisher in "Ye Olde Creature Catalogue" by Tim Eagon. I've checked the original stats BECMI, 2E and 3E stats, and it was Large size and had 4+2 Hit Dice, it was also "the size of a small horse" and 2E adds that it was 7 feet long. Nah, scrub that idea. I just checked the original version and it had Four Hit Dice and a weaker bite than the 6+6 Giant Solifugid. In fact, its numbers are pretty close to AD&D's Huge Solifugid, except it's a size larger. So, how about insteead of [B][URL='https://www.enworld.org/attachments/solifugidmedium-png.147292/'][B]Medium Solifugid[/B][/URL][/B] the 5 HD version is called a [B]Rhagodessa Solifugid[/B]? A name with long precedence in Dungeons & Dragons. If the name Rhagodessa is adopted, then I'd suggest a source reference of "Solifugids first appeared in [I]Q1 Queen of the Demonweb Pits[/I] (1980) by Gary Gygax and David C. Sutherland III, the original author was Sutherland. The Rhagodessa first appeared in the [I]D&D Expert Set[/I] (1981)." Incidentally, [URL='http://www.solpugid.com/Genus%20Rhagodessa.htm'][I]Rhagodessa[/I][/URL] is a real genus of Solifugids found around Sudan. I see no reason not to use the name for one of these conversions as it's just another Solifugid. The type species is [I]Rhagodessa melanocephala[/I]. I'm having trouble finding a picture of one, but since the species name [I]melanocephala[/I] means something like "Black-Headed", I would guess it has the normal sandy-coloured body and legs and a darker head. I suspect they're a larger than average genus, because Middle Eastern "Camel Spiders" are bigger than most, but I haven't been able to confirm that. [/QUOTE]

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