New Monster Swordwing!

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

It has a sword for an arm, and it has wings. Let's call it... a swordwing. I'm fairly pro-4E, but these monster names... ouch.

 

[hong]

It's quite possible that when the MM2 rolls around, epic monsters in that will have more wacky powers. It takes time to get used to all the ramifications of a new system. Compare the stats for the 3.5 Fiend Folio monsters to those in the 3.0 Monster Manual, for instance.

 

[BASHMAN]

I sure wasn't expecting the swordwings. Are they an entirely new monster? I'm not really impressed at first glance, but maybe they'll grow on me.

just think of them as the reason there are no frost giants in the MM, and your true feelings will come to the surface...

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

A plot hook occured to me straight away when reading this.

If they like to collect stuff, it would be fantastic if the characters learnt that a powerful artifact had been 'collected' by a group of stormwings - particularly if it was one they needed!

In fact, how about the last known location of an important NPC or ancestor of a PC was in an area that is infested with these things? Maybe the PC's could offer something in exchange for a family heirloom?

 

[Simon Marks]

It has a sword for an arm, and it has wings. Let's call it... a swordwing. I'm fairly pro-4E, but these monster names... ouch.

That's exactly how my character names things. 'Cept in this case it would be called a Swordfly.

 

[med stud]

just think of them as the reason there are no frost giants in the MM, and your true feelings will come to the surface...

...the feeling of joy

Really, I like a new cathegory of monster better than elemental themed giants that take up 15 pages of the MM. There are some frost effects about. Take a fire giant, make it white and faux- Viking, remove the fire abilities and add some frost abilities. How hard can it be?

 

[Fallen Seraph]

...the feeling of joy

Really, I like a new cathegory of monster better than elemental themed giants that take up 15 pages of the MM. There are some frost effects about. Take a fire giant, make it white and faux- Viking, remove the fire abilities and add some frost abilities. How hard can it be?

My thoughts exactly

 

[med stud]

It has a sword for an arm, and it has wings. Let's call it... a swordwing. I'm fairly pro-4E, but these monster names... ouch.

Well, the WotC- crew said that they are going for Germanic naming- conventions, and when you do that you get that kind of names. Both my language and German have many, many combined words in names.

For me, it feels like home

 

[Dalamar]

The one thing that bothers me about the Swordwings is that their Immediate action attack is a reaction, not an interrupt. But I guess it doesn't really matter, unless somebody has a longer shift (such as Tumble), in which case they could be out of the Swordwing's reach after shifting.

 

[Egres]

Does anyone know who is the swordwing image artist?