where to from here? planning thread

[freyar]

I guess I'd rather do a smaller list. Maybe something like:
draeden, gohei p'oh, greater lammasu, ninja spirit shadow, Tree of Wailing Souls, shadowrath, greater shadowrath (abysskin)
But it doesn't even need to be that many.

 

[Cleon]

I guess I'd rather do a smaller list. Maybe something like:
draeden, gohei p'oh, greater lammasu, ninja spirit shadow, Tree of Wailing Souls, shadowrath, greater shadowrath (abysskin)
But it doesn't even need to be that many.

I thought we were going for the traditional batch of 10.

I'd still rather have the Nija Shadow be in a "Japanese Haunts" batch.

 

[Echohawk]

I thought we were going for the traditional batch of 10.

I believe that the only reason Shade usually uploaded 10 creatures at a time was so that all of them got some time on the "Last 10 conversions" list on the front page. There were plenty of exceptions to this tradition, and I think I'd rather go for a reduced number of more appropriate creatures as a tribute to Shade than add extras just to get to exactly 10 creatures.

I'd still rather have the Nija Shadow be in a "Japanese Haunts" batch.

I'm also thinking that the ninja shadow would fit better into an oriental spirits batch.

Maybe instead of a shade-themed set, we could include some of the last conversions that Shade contributed to before his passing? (And boy, it still makes me so sad to type that ).

It looks like the last ten critters Shade worked on were these, but five of them don't quite seem finished yet (those marked with a *):

• Aurotyugh*
• Gray Pudding
• Protiston*
• Jagwere
• Werejaguar
• Undead Dragon Slayer*
• Busen*
• Nay-churr*
• Emerzon
• Snappers

Also, I think the Draeden holds the record for the creature which has been worked on for the longest time before being completed -- it is certainly the oldest entry in Homebrews that hasn't yet been uploaded to the web site -- so I reckon that's worth including too.

So perhaps a mixture something like this?

• Darksider
• Draeden
• Gray Pudding
• Jagwere
• Shadowrath
• Shadowrath, Greater (Abysskin)
• Snappers
• Tree of Wailing Souls
• Werejaguar
• Wraith, Soul Beckoner

 

[Cleon]

I believe that the only reason Shade usually uploaded 10 creatures at a time was so that all of them got some time on the "Last 10 conversions" list on the front page. There were plenty of exceptions to this tradition, and I think I'd rather go for a reduced number of more appropriate creatures as a tribute to Shade than add extras just to get to exactly 10 creatures.

I'm also thinking that the ninja shadow would fit better into an oriental spirits batch.

Maybe instead of a shade-themed set, we could include some of the last conversions that Shade contributed to before his passing? (And boy, it still makes me so sad to type that ).

It looks like the last ten critters Shade worked on were these, but five of them don't quite seem finished yet (those marked with a *):

• Aurotyugh*
• Gray Pudding
• Protiston*
• Jagwere
• Werejaguar
• Undead Dragon Slayer*
• Busen*
• Nay-churr*
• Emerzon
• Snappers

Also, I think the Draeden holds the record for the creature which has been worked on for the longest time before being completed -- it is certainly the oldest entry in Homebrews that hasn't yet been uploaded to the web site -- so I reckon that's worth including too.

So perhaps a mixture something like this?

• Darksider
• Draeden
• Gray Pudding
• Jagwere
• Shadowrath
• Shadowrath, Greater (Abysskin)
• Snappers
• Tree of Wailing Souls
• Werejaguar
• Wraith, Soul Beckoner

Well I would rather keep the Gray Pudding with the other two subterranean puddings, so could we do something else instead of that.

The Aeserpent or Gohei P'oh, perhaps? Or the Greater Lammasu Freyar suggested?

Apart from that I'm fine with your proposed selection.

 

[freyar]

How about we change out the gray pudding and darksider (that was a while ago, wasn't it?) for the greater lammasu and gohei p'oh?

 

[Cleon]

How about we change out the gray pudding and darksider (that was a while ago, wasn't it?) for the greater lammasu and gohei p'oh?

Like so?

• Draeden
• Gohei P'oh (Paper Ghost)
• Jagwere
• Lammasu, Greater
• Shadowrath
• Shadowrath, Greater (Abysskin)
• Tortle, Snapper
• Tree of Wailing Souls
• Lycanthrope, Werejaguar
• Wraith, Soul Beckoner

That's fine by me.

 

[Echohawk]

Works for me too! Do you guys need any help writing the intro text for this batch with the in memoriam to Shade? That's the kind of thing that can be very difficult to compose

 

[Cleon]

Works for me too! Do you guys need any help writing the intro text for this batch with the in memoriam to Shade? That's the kind of thing that can be very difficult to compose

I was hoping someone would volunteer some assistance with that.

I was just about to ask whether I should post those new monsters to the database and have you & freyar propose some memorium text. You know, leave the hard stuff to you.

Anyhow, we'd better wait to hear from Freyar.

 

[freyar]

I have some ideas about the news item text, but I'll definitely ask for help if I get stuck.

I'm back home and should have some time this weekend. Cleon, would you like to post 5 of the critters to the database and leave the other 5 to me? I could probably use some practice inputting these things but don't want to take too long to get them all done. I guess I can take the first 5 if you'll take the latter 5.

 

[Cleon]

I have some ideas about the news item text, but I'll definitely ask for help if I get stuck.

I'm back home and should have some time this weekend. Cleon, would you like to post 5 of the critters to the database and leave the other 5 to me? I could probably use some practice inputting these things but don't want to take too long to get them all done. I guess I can take the first 5 if you'll take the latter 5.

Okay. I'm just off to the cinema, but I can post my handful either when I get back or tomorrow.

I was thinking I could do the tricksy ones (Draeden, Tree of Wailing Souls, Greater Shadowrath, Werejaguar and Gohei Po) since I've been playing around with the CC all week and have a reasonable feel for it now.

That leaves you with the Jagwere, Shadowrath, Greater Lammasu, Snapper and Soul Beckoner.

Would that be OK?