Showing posts with label Bestiary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bestiary. Show all posts

Monday, November 19, 2018

Ultans Doors - Pigs,snakes and ladies in the mirror.

Antonius Alexander Agrippa

Large sentient three headed swine of gentle persuasion and love for ancient Greek Poetry. While booklearned has little in way of life experience. Will work for food.

Stats as a very large elf?

Dryads of the Silver Grove ( Forest of Law)

Born of runaway Zyan magic and elven blood. Adheres to long forgotten laws, so trespassers beware. Has no noticeable presence in the Inquisitorial Theatre yet.

Stats
AC 5
HD 2* (9hp)
Attacks 1 × magic(charm), 1x silver blades ( 1d6)
THAC0 18,
Movement Rate 120’ (40’)
Saves D10 W11 P12 B13 S14 (F4)
Morale 8
Alignment Neutral
XP 25
Numbers Encountered 1d4 (1d6)
Treasure B

• Bound with Grove: Spiritually connected with the Silver Grove. Dryad dies if the grove dies, or if separated from the Inquisitorial Theatre.
• Meld with Mirrors: Can disappear by walking through nearby mirrors or reflections in silver.
• Defensive: Distrustful of strangers. Attempt to charm anyone who approaches or follows.
• Charm: Victim compelled to approach the reflection, vanishes inside it (save versus spells with -2 penalty). If not immediately rescued, the victim is lost forever.
• Treasure: Hidden in roots of the trees.

Red Tempters

Born of runaway magic and greed. Distracts victims by tempting them with promises of fulfilling their desires and eats the victims eyes. Dont listen to their sweet lies of you will be blinded by your greed.

Stats 
AC 6
HD 1* (4hp)
Attacks 1 × bite (1d4)
THAC0 18,
Movement Rate 90’ (30’)
Saves D12 W13 P14 B15 S16 (F1)
Morale 5
Alignment Chaotic
XP 25
Numbers Encountered 1d8 (1d8)
Treasure 10% chance of Red Ruby.

• Infravision: 60’. (Pits in the head allow heat sense.)
• Initiative: Always tempt first, attack last.
• Voice of Greed: Causes target to be fascinated(save vs magic).

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Dragons

Or a post where I complain about Dragons

"for a world where I didn`t want any, turns out I have an awful lot of them"
-ME,a while back.

After years of battling dragons I have come to conclusion, that sadly most of the time they do feel a bit samey. As far as descriptions go they are big and breathe chemistry table in your general direction. Even their personalities are limited in that regard. Greedy or Scheming. So I kinda relegated them into tired tropes for a longest of time. Turns out unnecessarily, because when done properly they can be a great tool for your game.



Baharaditana by Patryk Kowalik from Rollplay Westmarches
One of the most interesting dragons in a long time.




After coming into contact with LOTFP I wholly subscribe to the idea of monsters they are preaching. That each is unique, and for most part there is no bestiary. Except where Im making one right now.