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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 5431409" data-attributes="member: 114">Summoned, I arrive!You may be disappointed at my reason for spelling it Qullan... it was a blatant land-grab for Fiend Folio space. I knew they were wanting stuff for a fiend folio, I also knew that they tended to alphabetise monsters, and I figured that they might be interested in something that starts with a 'Q', to fill that place in the alphabet!My inspiration for the creature was something that appeared like beserkers, but which tended to cause others to go a bit beserk when in combat with them too (the confusion aura). I wanted them to hit harder than normal with swords, and rather than make them extra muscled I decided that they had secret techniques for making swords of amazing sharpness. But how to prevent the process falling into the hands of PCs or others? Perhaps if their confusion aura had a feedback effect if they were charmed, so that there was no way of charming them or forcing them against their will? This also had the neat effect of allowing an accidental discovery of an effective technique to use in combat with them, which I found appealing.And that, my friends, is the basis of the Qullan.Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 5431409, member: 114"] Summoned, I arrive! You may be disappointed at my reason for spelling it Qullan... it was a blatant land-grab for Fiend Folio space. I knew they were wanting stuff for a fiend folio, I also knew that they tended to alphabetise monsters, and I figured that they might be interested in something that starts with a 'Q', to fill that place in the alphabet! My inspiration for the creature was something that appeared like beserkers, but which tended to cause others to go a bit beserk when in combat with them too (the confusion aura). I wanted them to hit harder than normal with swords, and rather than make them extra muscled I decided that they had secret techniques for making swords of amazing sharpness. But how to prevent the process falling into the hands of PCs or others? Perhaps if their confusion aura had a feedback effect if they were charmed, so that there was no way of charming them or forcing them against their will? This also had the neat effect of allowing an accidental discovery of an effective technique to use in combat with them, which I found appealing. And that, my friends, is the basis of the Qullan. Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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