Yes, here's the thread about the preview, from about one year ago.Wasn't the Redcap designed by our very own Kevin (Piratecat) Kulp?
I can attest to the quality of the Bestiary. I've been using the creatures from the playtest and they've added lots of spice to my 4e-turned-13th Age game - A mushroom kingdom where a tywyzog princess needs the adventurers to overthrow her demon-possessed mother; a band of backstabbing bugbear mercenaries with cool ninja, commander and berserker variants; a horrific jorogumo mistress who uses orphans as human shields; a disturbing number of villains who are being manipulated by a conspiracy of prophetic "time golems" (reskinned zorigami); the Saved reskinned as Torog cultists; a Wendigo cult seeking to bring back an ancient Wendigo King icon; a Warbanner in a running vertical fight along the side of a castle wall; blind Cave Orcs as the perfect minions for a medusa; a gelatinous tetrahedron JUST BECAUSE.
I also really, really want to have a bergship full of frost giants and their pets come crashing into the campaign one of these days, when the PCs reach higher levels.
Yes, here's the thread about the preview, from about one year ago.
WHAAAAAT. I want to play in your game!!! (snip)
I agree! We need play reports from [MENTION=6761960]Tun Kai Poh[/MENTION]!Me too.
I wonder if we could persuade him to post his actual play reports? Hint, hint.
I really liked the Whispering Prophets. Super creepy and flavorful, just the way I like my monsters. Are they an original creation?I'm so glad you love this book as much as I do! My monsters were ridiculously fun to write. My beasties included:
- The hoardsong red dragon
- Whispering Prophets (which started as a "not a mind flayer")
- Redcaps
- Bugbears
- Llamasu
I really liked the Whispering Prophets. Super creepy and flavorful, just the way I like my monsters. Are they an original creation?
They are. They're a cross between a civilized mind flayer and a trillith, a creature I created for my last big campaign. I wanted something that wasn't particularly a badass in combat, but which could legitimately be a great plot hook and a good reoccurring minor villain.