Old poster delurking in 5... 4... 3...
Been off the boards for a few months, been lurking again for about a month to catch up on what I missed- and now it seems time for me to rejoin the collective.
XR TRON said:
Sounds sweet, but I don't think Quasar is epic enough. Here's some info on why: "While there was initially some controversy over the nature of these objects, there is now a scientific consensus that a quasar is a compact halo of matter surrounding the central supermassive black hole of a young galaxy." This seems analagous to a smoke cloud and a fire. Between those two, which is probably more potent? I can't think of any better names right now, but Brane or Strong Symmetric are both there for you to play with.
Actually Brane is already taken, by me- though I checked the thread a few minutes ago and it seems the new boards don't want to display the post (it was post #612 in the Epic Bestiary thread- right now it looks blank). I suspect length problems, given what I've read elsewhere on ENWorld since my return to lurking. Fortunately the old text is still there for editing, so I may repost it in parts in the near future. I made it a Nehaschimic dragon, but one that had more starting HD than any of the three types mentioned in Bestiary Vol. 1 (Bestiary has 512 as the biggest, my dragon starts with 608). Just as the Nexus Dragon is supposed to be the "wormhole dragon," I gave the "brane dragon" an alternate "common" name- the Firmament Dragon. And BTW U_K, if you want to use that in a future supplement, I hereby give you full legal permission to do so with no expectation of any form of payment- other than a credit for writing on the beast of course.
But Muhlatimic Dragons are a very intriguing idea, I would like to see one or more of them. Supersymmetric or Strong Symmetric might work, depending on what context of "supersymmetric" one uses as a basis for the monster idea.
On-topic for this thread, I do like the idea of a series of smaller supplements that get collected into a larger book at some point; faster release is a Good Thing and this way we might get to see cool stuff more quickly than we otherwise would have. I'll edit this post in a bit with full details on my voting list and why I picked those monster types. My list closely matches Ltheb's, interestingly enough, though I didn't ask for Undead (my campaign is very undead-light so I use such monsters sparingly and thus have less use for them than most) and did ask for Magical Beasts (bring on the Demiurge-level Great Beast I say!). Full list:
Abominations & Entities Unwanted/malformed children of gods and greater beings- the original Epic Monster idea from just about all Earth mythologies. I'm especially eager to see the "general traits" of the Entities so I can make my own; I've got a party of shortly-to-be newly-ascended gods who are slated to confront just such a being in a few months' game time. I'm also hoping this category includes the Anomalies, the malformed offspring of Eternals and the next tier above Entities. Bring on the Infinitaur!
Dragons Come on, what's the game called again? What DM doesn't happily giggle over the monster listing for a new dragon, particularly with the super-dragon ideas U_K gave us in the first Bestiary?
Elementars and elementals I'm more interested in the Elementars actually, since they're something new, but the Quintessence and Un-elemental were unique enough that I wouldn't mind seeing more like them if there are more to be shown.
Golems Minions. Powerful beings need minions, and these are the perfect don't-ask-questions never-tire never-stop workers. Plus, the existing bunch (Orichalcum? Neutronium?) are so cool I'm practically salivating at the thought of what nastier ones like the Black Hole Golem must be like.
Magical Beasts & Monsters Dabbat (the Great Beast originally slated to be the example Time Lord for Ascension) is in this category? Then I'm voting for it. Also, if the Infinitaur is here rather than with Abominations (presuming that it's no longer an Anomaly), that's another reason to vote for it.
Pseudonaturals My campaigns are very Far-Realm-heavy at the moment, so the more of these inhabitants of the non-place I can use, the better off I am.
Umbrals & Nightshades As Ltheb said in his post, "these sound interesting." What sort of being forms when true, non-dimensional Nothingness cleaves off bits of itself into existent reality? Inquiring minds (like mine) want to know. Plus, Qlippoth is an esoteric word heavy with import that has often been used in roleplaying supplements, and I want to see U_K's take on the notion.
For the record, I actually voted on this a month ago, but didn't feel the need to delurk and make an actual post explaining myself at the time. Now that I do I figure I may as well explain, though.