Had you the chance to redo the traditional monsters in D&D, how would you do it? what changes would you make?
The Brutish Matter
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Knight Otu
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Not much for the moment... rename medusas to gorgons and gorgons to gorgonic bulls...
Tonguez
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Knight Otu said:
Why? The Gorgon Sisters were not the ugly monster able to tun people to stone with a glance - only Medusa could do that.
Also the Gorgon is the Medieval name for the Cateolopas - so it might be better to call it that (or possibly even Hodag (although the Hodag was a slightly diferent beasty)
As for what changes I'd make - I'd make the monsters more 'folklorish' and have them act like they do in Myth, Legend and Fairytale...
Knight Otu
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Tonguez said:
My point was that Medusa is just an individual from the group "Gorgons", and it seems to me that, if possible a group name should be used.
I think the medieval was slightly later than ancient greece, so ancient greece might take precedence.
Krishnath
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Well, If I remember my greek mythology correctly, all three of the gorgons could kill with a glance, but only medusa was mortal.
As for what changes I would do, I would definetly move the fey closer to their originals (Satyrs a drunks, and nymphs aren't directly deadly, although all mortal males fall helplessly in love with them.) I would probably change sylphs to fey.
Later,
As for what changes I would do, I would definetly move the fey closer to their originals (Satyrs a drunks, and nymphs aren't directly deadly, although all mortal males fall helplessly in love with them.) I would probably change sylphs to fey.
Later,
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