We're at it again! Monsters for Dragon magazine

[BOZ]

Time for another Creature Catalog query from the Creature Catalog crew!

 

[Quartz]

Minimal should be a template. It was interesting to see some familiar names from the early days of White Dwarf.

 

[BOZ]

indeed - minimal would be a template, if it is accepted.

largely, they would have value as familiars, so information would be provided on that as well.

 

[BOZ]

uhoh - we're at it again!

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=178037

 

[Thurbane]

I would love to see you guys do conversions of the list of special familiars waaaay back in about Dragon 86 or so. When I have access to my dragon Magazine archive CDs, I'll post the exact issue number. I think the article was titled something like "A Cast of New Familiars"...

 

[Alzrius]

Chalk up another vote for cool new familiars.

 

[Dark Psion]

There were some strange familiars in Birthright: The Book of Magecraft

I would like to see more Gamma World 3rd edition Mutants converted over to D&D rules, especially many of the creatures in the Alpha - Epsilon adventures. There were several designed to be mounts and animal companions.

 

[Thurbane]

I would love to see you guys do conversions of the list of special familiars waaaay back in about Dragon 86 or so. When I have access to my dragon Magazine archive CDs, I'll post the exact issue number. I think the article was titled something like "A Cast of New Familiars"...

I had the issue right (#86), but the title was actually "Familiars With A Special Use".

The familiars were bacially options to the quasit, imp, brownie and pseudo dragon as "special" familiars (or Improved Familiars in todays money)...

They are:

Teleperan (LG)
Glissan (NG)
Baltir (CG)
Tabur (LN)
Orrek (N)
Quark (CN)
Nalg (NE)
Durocib (NE)
Haudhla (N)
Veeru (CN, CG or CE)

 

[BOZ]

i wish we could have used those, but i really didn't want to break up the set.

 

[Shemeska]

Nalg (NE)

I've had fun with these guys (see! I'll use planar stuff from 1e too!). I changed their appearance a tad, and recast them as yugoloth equivalents of imps and quasits, though more yugoloth construct (like guardian yugoloths) than a true part of the 'loth heirarchy. I had a few of them handed out as familiars (and keepers) to wizards dealing with the 'loths in my last campaign.

I had one always perched on the shoulder of Rammander the Wise in Sigil. The thing was a lovely j@ckass of a creature, and I'm not sure who the PCs hated more, it or the wizard. It ended poorly for both Rammander and his little 'bottle of snarl' of a familiar though.

I really should write up my version of these guys at some point. And get art from my art slave. Mu-ha.