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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 8092809" data-attributes="member: 326"><p>Hey Alzrius mate! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Looking at my notes an earlier idea was for: Vampire < Nosferatu </p><p></p><p>At some juncture in the plans the Nosferatu became a planar vampire and sort of its own thing and I developed a bit of a more interesting ecology for the Nosferatu; with the full entry now comprising 9 separate creatures and 2 further closely associated monsters.</p><p></p><p>...and of course the other types of planar vampires were similarly expanded (because I'm a bit silly like that).</p><p></p><p>That said, vampires do have an end state...the K _ _ _ _ _ _, ;-)</p><p></p><p>But one of the weird situations as regards putting together a small (small enough that even I can finish it in a reasonable time-frame) addendum is with a more limited number of entries is that if I, for instance, do a major entry for Umbrals or Nosferatu or almost anything...its about 8-10 monsters. Which is going to completely dominate any such book and thus potentially put off those wanting a bit of variety - hence my question in this thread.</p><p></p><p>The original Bestiary was probably far too dominated with Angels as it was. Imagine if I cut the size of the book in half and released it as its own product. It would be:</p><p></p><p>5 Abominations, </p><p>Akalich</p><p>Akishra</p><p>Amidah</p><p>7 Angels</p><p>Atata</p><p>Brood, Syzygy</p><p>(I'd have to cut the Cogent to fit in the OGL.)</p><p></p><p>In such a case I may as well have made the whole book revolve around epic angels and I doubt that would have been as interesting.</p><p></p><p>So the larger question is, if you had the choice would you want </p><p></p><p><strong>A</strong>. 16 different (as in unrelated) entries </p><p>or </p><p><strong>B</strong>. 8 related entries with an additional 8 or so unrelated.</p><p>or</p><p><strong>C</strong>. 2 entries each with 8 related monsters</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure but maybe 'B' might be the most viable. Or the latter?</p><p></p><p>Epic Bestiary - Addendum A: Atomic Demons & Vampire Gods</p><p>Epic Bestiary - Addendum B: Dead Gods & Primordials</p><p>Epic Bestiary - Addendum C: Alien Entities & Fallen Angels</p><p>Epic Bestiary - Addendum D: Overdeities & Demiurges</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 8092809, member: 326"] Hey Alzrius mate! :) Looking at my notes an earlier idea was for: Vampire < Nosferatu At some juncture in the plans the Nosferatu became a planar vampire and sort of its own thing and I developed a bit of a more interesting ecology for the Nosferatu; with the full entry now comprising 9 separate creatures and 2 further closely associated monsters. ...and of course the other types of planar vampires were similarly expanded (because I'm a bit silly like that). That said, vampires do have an end state...the K _ _ _ _ _ _, ;-) But one of the weird situations as regards putting together a small (small enough that even I can finish it in a reasonable time-frame) addendum is with a more limited number of entries is that if I, for instance, do a major entry for Umbrals or Nosferatu or almost anything...its about 8-10 monsters. Which is going to completely dominate any such book and thus potentially put off those wanting a bit of variety - hence my question in this thread. The original Bestiary was probably far too dominated with Angels as it was. Imagine if I cut the size of the book in half and released it as its own product. It would be: 5 Abominations, Akalich Akishra Amidah 7 Angels Atata Brood, Syzygy (I'd have to cut the Cogent to fit in the OGL.) In such a case I may as well have made the whole book revolve around epic angels and I doubt that would have been as interesting. So the larger question is, if you had the choice would you want [B]A[/B]. 16 different (as in unrelated) entries or [B]B[/B]. 8 related entries with an additional 8 or so unrelated. or [B]C[/B]. 2 entries each with 8 related monsters I'm not sure but maybe 'B' might be the most viable. Or the latter? Epic Bestiary - Addendum A: Atomic Demons & Vampire Gods Epic Bestiary - Addendum B: Dead Gods & Primordials Epic Bestiary - Addendum C: Alien Entities & Fallen Angels Epic Bestiary - Addendum D: Overdeities & Demiurges [/QUOTE]
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