Spelljamming Giff

[ColonelHardisson]

Ok, we need the next D&D Mini set to have a Giff.

Who is with me?

I'd buy it.

 

[Harker Wade]

I'd buy that mini too! I think the uniform would be cool, the monocle might be a tad too much!

 

[Dragonbait]

I'd buy that mini too! I think the uniform would be cool, the monocle might be a tad too much!

Monocoles are infinitely useful. Whenever the giff is shocked, the monocole could pop off and fall in his wine glass.

 

[smootrk]

I also envision the Giff as the old safari adventurer type, out to hunt big game (Giff Ranger). The monocle works for that as well, but he must have the safari hunter hat and a pipe (colonel mustard style).

 

[Mark Hope]

Am I the only one who thinks that the designer who said "I know, anthropomorphic hippos!" in the design meeting should have been taken out and soundly thrashed?

Giff are teh funny. But I've never understood why they keep getting singled out as examples of Spelljammer goofiness. I mean, what about the little penguin guys who ride around the place on flying pigs (which coo like pigeons instead of grunting like pigs). And the whole hamster thing. And the 300-mile long dragons. And the tarrasque planet. Compared to those things, the giff are positively tame.

Actually, my read on the Giff was more like 19th century Victorian British Officers - kind of a "Commander McBragg" sort of fashion.

Absolutely. "It is your duty to do your duty to your duty, sir! Damn your eyes, Mr. Fletcher. Hoist the midden amidships and brace the poop and spinnaker. God save Blighty and Saint George, and damn the monkeys!"

Hmmm - maybe my gritty barbarian game this Friday will be improved by the appearance of a barking mad giff press gang...

 

[crazy_cat]

Hmmm - maybe my gritty barbarian game this Friday will be improved by the appearance of a barking mad giff press gang...

Bring it on then sir, if you dare! And damn your very impudence for even thinking of such a thought...

*Damn, did I just say that out loud*

I mean, erm as you are you DM'ing this Friday could I please not be sacrificed on the altar of the insane cultists, please....?

 

[Mark Hope]

Bring it on then sir, if you dare! And damn your very impudence for even thinking of such a thought...

*Damn, did I just say that out loud*

I mean, erm as you are you DM'ing this Friday could I please not be sacrificed on the altar of the insane cultists, please....?

You'll be glad to know that Kass has been busy recruiting reinforcements for your rescue.

Large, grey gun-loving recruitments with a distinct taste in Admiralty-era headwear.

 

[MoogleEmpMog]

Ok, we need the next D&D Mini set to have a Giff.

Who is with me?

I would buy as many boxes as needed to get a complete set.

And by 'a complete set,' I mean 'the standard crew of a great bombard.'

 

[Scarbonac]

I also envision the Giff as the old safari adventurer type, out to hunt big game (Giff Ranger). The monocle works for that as well, but he must have the safari hunter hat and a pipe (colonel mustard style).

"There I was, with only Naddibumpeau (my trusty Hadozee guide) and my .2000 Double Express Dragon Rifle 'Old Boom-Boom', stalkin' the Great White Tarrasque across the Pomarj after it'd eaten the rest of my safari companions. Naddi kept shrieking fearful imprecations against all the Gods and their ugly sisters in his heathen tongue the closer we got, no matter how I cautioned him against his simple-moinded blasphemy."

"We came upon the brute as he was engaged in devouring a hobgoblin palisade. Carefully, I took my aim at the monstrosity's vitals and fired both barrels. When I awoke the next day..."

 

[shilsen]

"There I was, with only Naddibumpeau (my trusty Hadozee guide) and my .2000 Double Express Dragon Rifle 'Old Boom-Boom', stalkin' the Great White Tarrasque across the Pomarj after it'd eaten the rest of my safari companions. Naddi kept shrieking fearful imprecations against all the Gods and their ugly sisters in his heathen tongue the closer we got, no matter how I cautioned him against his simple-moinded blasphemy."

"We came upon the brute as he was engaged in devouring a hobgoblin palisade. Carefully, I took my aim at the monstrosity's vitals and fired both barrels. When I awoke the next day..."