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<blockquote data-quote="Mighty Halfling" data-source="post: 1808101" data-attributes="member: 13134">Hello there,I'm the actual author of the module in question here. It was called &quot;Buzz in the Bridge&quot; and appeared in Dungeon No. 110,&nbsp; not No. 105. By coincidence, my other published adventure, &quot;Racing the Snake,&quot; appeared in issue No. 105.RE: Half-Dragon Template: I added the &quot;Half-Dragon&quot; idea as a &quot;Scaling the Adventure&quot; idea BECAUSE I thought it was actually a very strange idea. You see, I read the Dungeon letter column and people are always complaining about how over-used that template is. But the thing is, it's only over used on humanoids &quot;to make them cool.&quot; But no one ever used it to make something even stranger than it was, hence my idea. So why would a dragon &quot;do it with a giant bee?&quot; Hmmm, good question. Perhaps to have a steady food supply or even to just befoul something natural. The two most likely dragons to do this in my opinion would be a green dragon (for food) or a copper dragon (as a joke). No matter, it does make my head spin to think of bees zipping around, blasting people with their acid breath or (in the case of a copper dragon) their Slow effect breath weapon.Re: Beekeepers: I do have a section in the adventure where I suggest that a monstrous beekeeper has &quot;planted&quot; the hive there. I've read that hives are moved or split by removing the queen and her royal jelly and placing them somewhere else. Essentially, the queen's and the royal jelly's chemicals compel the bees to attend to it.Anyway, I suggested the size changing Spriggans (Fiend Folio), an Ogre Mage, Ettin or Hill Giants as possible beekeepers. I was always particularly interested to see if anyone ever used Spriggans because I imagine their shape-changing qualities would stun some PCs. Of all the possiblities, I thought Hill Giants would be the least capable of doing such a thing because of their mental capacity as someone mentioned.If any of these beekeepers wanted to take vengance on the halfling village, all they would need to do would be to move the queen bee and her jelly there and the bugs would be swarming!Re: The Conspiracy with the Vitner: This idea was suggested by Dungeon guru James Jacobs and I liked it because it allows Ranger and Druid characters to stand out for their knowledge of natural things. I took the idea of the &quot;marked&quot; bee from any number of bee documentaries I've seen.[B}Characters:[/B] The vitner's name is Nicky Zelno. The dead sheriff's name is Sheriff Wickham. The mayor's name is Dunleary Appletop.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mighty Halfling, post: 1808101, member: 13134"] Hello there, I'm the actual author of the module in question here. It was called "Buzz in the Bridge" and appeared in Dungeon No. 110, not No. 105. By coincidence, my other published adventure, "Racing the Snake," appeared in issue No. 105. [B]RE: Half-Dragon Template:[/B] I added the "Half-Dragon" idea as a "Scaling the Adventure" idea BECAUSE I thought it was actually a very strange idea. You see, I read the Dungeon letter column and people are always complaining about how over-used that template is. But the thing is, it's only over used on humanoids "to make them cool." But no one ever used it to make something even stranger than it was, hence my idea. So why would a dragon "do it with a giant bee?" Hmmm, good question. Perhaps to have a steady food supply or even to just befoul something natural. The two most likely dragons to do this in my opinion would be a green dragon (for food) or a copper dragon (as a joke). No matter, it does make my head spin to think of bees zipping around, blasting people with their acid breath or (in the case of a copper dragon) their Slow effect breath weapon. [B]Re: Beekeepers:[/B] I do have a section in the adventure where I suggest that a monstrous beekeeper has "planted" the hive there. I've read that hives are moved or split by removing the queen and her royal jelly and placing them somewhere else. Essentially, the queen's and the royal jelly's chemicals compel the bees to attend to it. Anyway, I suggested the size changing Spriggans (Fiend Folio), an Ogre Mage, Ettin or Hill Giants as possible beekeepers. I was always particularly interested to see if anyone ever used Spriggans because I imagine their shape-changing qualities would stun some PCs. Of all the possiblities, I thought Hill Giants would be the least capable of doing such a thing because of their mental capacity as someone mentioned. If any of these beekeepers wanted to take vengance on the halfling village, all they would need to do would be to move the queen bee and her jelly there and the bugs would be swarming! [B]Re: The Conspiracy with the Vitner:[/B] This idea was suggested by Dungeon guru James Jacobs and I liked it because it allows Ranger and Druid characters to stand out for their knowledge of natural things. I took the idea of the "marked" bee from any number of bee documentaries I've seen. [B}Characters:[/B] The vitner's name is Nicky Zelno. The dead sheriff's name is Sheriff Wickham. The mayor's name is Dunleary Appletop. [/QUOTE]

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