Hybrids

[Krishnath]

I knew that was going to happen, and still I walked into it.

 

[psychognome]

An idea...

Now we need a nifty spell that all those budding young mages can use to make these fluffy little things! Maybe there should be a spell for Tiny or smaller creatures only (lesser Hybrid), one for sizes from Small to Large (Hybrid) and one for sizes Huge to Colossal (greater Hybrid). Of course, with the greater Hybrid spell you could make hybrids out of creatures not covered in the size range, thus allowing you to mix, say, an elephant with a badger!
How's that?

 

[Devon]

a hybrid spell

That is a good idea. I have a group of villainous aberrations who are biding their time creating lesser aberrations... this spell would be a good thing to have fleshed out in case the PCs seize some valuable research materials...

Devon

 

[Richards]

Originally posted by BOZ:

"Also, another, much older Dragon article occurs to me. There was one which concerned actually crossbreeding animals with humanoids! I don't remember exactly how it went, but I believe there was an orc mixed with a scorpion, and somehow a kobold mixed with an asp, as well as a few others."

That was an article by Len Lakofka in Dragon #32, which included the following:

Scorpiorc
Koasp
Antold
Woblin
Skag

 

[BOZ]

that's an old one allright. pretty silly names huh?

 

[Krishnath]

*BUMP*

This bump is for las, who has never seen the template.

 

[Devon]

oh, we never created the Create Hybrid spell.

- Devon

 

[Krishnath]

Hmm...should the spell create one hybrid or two. Say you want to make a hybrid of medium-sized monstrous spiders and an orc, you have one of each and cast the spell, will the result be one or two creatures? Once we have decided this, we can make the spell.

P.S: Check out the Orcs! thread, and leave some comments

 

[Devon]

I would imagine that the spell would create but one creature per casting. Perhaps at higher levels, one can make several of the same hybrid, as long as they had enough of each component (5 bunnies + 5 halflings = 5 bunnlings!).

Another factor to consider is whether or not the resulting creature can breed true. Perhaps higher-level castings would allow it (or all of them -- depends on the wizard).

- Devon

 

[Krishnath]

Now the really, really hard part: What school of magic would they belong to? And at what levels would they be. (I'm guessing the third one would be a level 8 or level 9 spell.)

dammit, forgot the color closer...