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April 23, 2007

d20 Monster of the Week

In honor of Earth Day this week, I’m going to give you a double-fey-feature. Unfortunately, work is crazy and I haven’t written them yet. I do, however, know what they’ll be. First, we have the Underhill Lurker. This is your typical boogeyman who lives under a hill. I’m thinking it will be an incorporeal fey who lures victims to its...

April 20, 2007

OGL Monster of the Week: Headless One

Over at EN World, there was a thread looking for d20 stats for the Headless Horseman. It seems rather odd that none of the gazillion undead that have been created fit the bill, so I went and made one up – I did this as a template rather than as a creature. I’m sure there was a reason why… I’m...

March 23, 2007

d20 Herbivores: Part IV

Enjoy. The material enclosed in the box below is released via the Open Game License. Steel Horse Size/Type: Large Animal Hit Dice: 4d8+16 (34 hp) Initiative: +0 Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares) Armor Class: 17 (-1 size, +8 natural), touch 9, flat-footed 17 Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+12 Attack: hoof +7 melee (1d6+5) Full Attack: 2 hooves +7 melee (1d6+5) and bite...

February 27, 2007

d20 Herbivores: Part III

Today’s entry was inspired by a thread on EN World.The material enclosed in the box below is released via the Open Game License. Giant Turtle Size/Type: Huge Animal Hit Dice: 10d8+60 (105 hp) Initiative: +0 Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), swim 20 ft. Armor Class: 23 (-2 size, +15 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 23 Base Attack/Grapple: +7/+17 Attack: bite +7...

February 21, 2007

Draconic Ecology

I had a subscription to Dragon Magazine back in the 1980s. I remember when the issues would show up in the mail. They tended to come around the same time every month (maybe the 5th or so? that seems familiar), and I’d be waiting for them. They were just about the best thing to show up in the mail. My...

February 15, 2007

D20 Herbivores: Part II

The wizard bird isn’t much of a threat on its own, but they could leave characters fascinated and vulnerable to other creatures. Wizard birds may be valuable as sources of material components or ingredients for potions or alchemical items. Their feathers may be particularly well suited to be used as quills for scribing illusion and enchantment spells.The material enclosed in...

February 12, 2007

D20 Herbivores: Part I

In our typical fantasy worlds, we have a lot of monsters. People like their monsters. One problem with the plethora of monsters we usually see in D&D and similar games is that they tend to be all carnivores. Carnivores are scary. In general, herbivores are less scary… with some notable exceptions (hippopotamus, I’m looking at you… and backing away). Of...

January 9, 2007

Goblin Eugenics

Last night I was helping Angela brainstorm about cultural variations for her D&D campaign world. She largely wants to get away from cliches. Here are some highlights: Centaurs: Her criteria: They should be vegetarians, somewhat nomadic, and not particularly nice. My input: Base them loosely on the Mongols. They mostly graze on grasses, but need a certain percentage of more...

October 13, 2006

d20 Tweaking: Dragons

This thread over at EN World is commenting on a recent article at the Wizard’s web site by David Noonan. The bit that I found interesting about the article – and the thread – was the belief that dragons-as-sorcerers is too complex and doesn’t fit the concept of dragon’s well. While I like the draconic connection to the sorcerer class,...

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