Monsters..and demons and dragons..oh my

[supernaught]

Does anyone know if a compliation of creatures( monsters )have been realesed on the net? I've been thinking of conveting some LA monsters to DJ....anyone try this?

[Scott]

I've not seen one yet, but I've had similar ideas.
Scott

[mythusmage]

There were some critters up on the web, at one time. But I don't know if the site in question is still around. At one time Dave Newton was doing examples of the Phæree Bestiary, including drow.

I have a print out of the bestiary, but it's pretty much an outline. Which means you have spots to put in the information, but no info. But since the source material is contradictory on many levels, you'd have to make stuff up anyway.

BTW, Gary based one 'green man' race on a real life West African tribe.

[Scott]

With my last AD&D session ending in a TPK, for the PCs present at least (two NPCs got away), I think I'm going to put my AD&D campaign on hold until a few parts of Zagyg's Castle are released. In the mean time, I'm going to try to get a Mythus game up and running, so I’ll need monsters. I’d like to collect and compile some monster stats, and maybe eventually make a pdf out of them. I’ll be starting two threads here. One will be for submissions and development; the other will be for where the final stats are posted. Let’s see some submissions.
Scott

[Shalaban]

If you put the Word files and the Excel files that I have (gotten from the W.W.W. but that I think came from Dave Newton originally and as shown in a previous post on this board) together, this is one example out of many that I have.

When time permits I like to kick back and turn on some Hawkwind or MM & The Deep Fix and transfer all that is on the Excel files to the blank spots on the word files. I am a little over half done.

BAKU
Identifier: Quadruped (MONSTER)
Habitat: Exterior Phæree, Oriental
Size: 12 x human-size
( )
Number Appearing: few in number
Modes & Rates of Movement:
Walk: 104 yds/BT
Trot: 208 yds/BT
Run/Charge: 312 yds/BT
Initiative Modifiers: Human Standard
Outstanding K/S Areas/Sub-Areas & STEEP:
Great Heka use 4200
Joss Factors: 0
Dodging/Avoidance: Nil/Base 10
Attractiveness: Nil
Invulnerabilities:
Susceptibilities:
Average Armor Protection: 8
Quirks: Nil
Attacks BAC Damage Type Base Bonus
Bite 45 P 4D6 14
Smash/Kick 45 B/I* 3D6 14
Horn/Tusk 45 P 4D6 14*
Powers: Nil
Castings:
Statistical Detail:
Base Scheme (+/- 1D•)
M: 140 EL: 112 P: 520 WL: 390 CL: 468 S: 140 EL:112

MM: 70 MR: 70 PM: 260 PN260 SM: 70 SP: 70

MMCap:26 MRCap:26 PMCap:130 PNCap:130 SMCap:26 SPCap:26

MMPow:22 MRPow:22PMPow:26 PNPow:26 SMPow:22 SPPow:22

MMSpd:22 MRSpd:22 PMSpd:104* PNSpd:104* SMSpd:22 SPSpd:22
*Divide by 12

Armor Scheme:
PIER CUT BLUNT FIRE CHEM STUN ELEC
Ultra 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Super 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Vital 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Non 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Average 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Commentary & Description:
Oriental creatures resembling long-bodied, short-trunked elephant with lion-like limbs and aspects of the dragon in regards head, back, and tail. In fact, these Oriental beings are sometimes called elephant dragons, but this is too confusing considering the dragon elephants. Baku have High to Superior TRAITS and Considerable to Great Heka Power. Baku are relatively few in number, however. ;D

[kersic]

I'd love to see a copy of that if you ever finish! I've made a similar start (with much less headway) at converting the MMMs from multiple text files in to Word docs, and merging the L-Mythus files in to a more useable format.

[Shalaban]

I will let you and everyone know as soon as I have it done.

[Scott]

Nice work on the baku. I've been wanting to build a compilation of mythus monsters and a more 'user friendly' database for some of that material.

[GT]

I've got that same grid as Eric, with some of the monsters already done. I'd rather be able to get with Eric and hammer 'em out in person so we can more quickly work through them than do it online, however... ^__^

[Shalaban]

This is an example of why I and Greg need to go over this together. What is in black is from the WORD files, what is in blue is what came from the EXCEL files, and what are in red are my observations.


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