tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post3895125776916299932..comments2024-03-28T01:11:37.171-07:00Comments on Savage Swords of Athanor: Fiend Folio Friday: What's with the bland humanoids?Doug Easterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07861680803540365438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-69877279240610807092011-05-25T23:24:26.222-07:002011-05-25T23:24:26.222-07:00Thinking about it, a goblin species more like the ...Thinking about it, a goblin species more like the ones in Labyrinth that ranged from little pests to hulking beasts with all kinds of variation/mutation would be much more fairy-tale like...Doug Easterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861680803540365438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-77016586477444864382011-05-25T18:16:05.175-07:002011-05-25T18:16:05.175-07:00Basically all these monsters are examples of rolls...Basically all these monsters are examples of rolls on the Random Goblin Table; they make cool one-off guys but don;'t deserve their own entries with detailed habits, etc. So what would really be useful is if someone who isn't me would make said Table. Essentially, it would generate appearance (Xvart Giant Smurf head! Gibberling Bird Toes! Ogrillon Cartelegde Fists!), behaviour (pestsMatthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-52581403190770365792011-05-24T22:49:00.460-07:002011-05-24T22:49:00.460-07:00Hilarious post! And it's always great to see N...Hilarious post! And it's always great to see Nicholson's work.<br /><br />@myrystyr: UK4 is an amazing module. I'm envious that you've managed to run it *twice*.Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-9150615622311429852011-05-22T05:33:30.224-07:002011-05-22T05:33:30.224-07:00Out of all those, Gibberlings are the only ones I&...Out of all those, Gibberlings are the only ones I've actually used in 20+ years of owning a Fiend Folio. And only because they're in a module I've run twice: UK4 When A Star Falls.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-32570008106147633852011-05-21T16:36:01.834-07:002011-05-21T16:36:01.834-07:00Anarchist: Russ' art is more exciting than the...Anarchist: Russ' art is more exciting than the creatures in both instances. But I wonder at the same thing. It wouldn't take much to fold goblins, hobgoblins, and bugbears into a single race of goblins with different sizes normal in the species.Doug Easterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861680803540365438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-19638361131507139802011-05-21T10:08:17.710-07:002011-05-21T10:08:17.710-07:00Russ Nicholson's art is great, especially the ...Russ Nicholson's art is great, especially the last picture.<br /><br />But really, I don't see any gaming or folklore reason why goblins, kobolds, orcs, ogres, trolls and so on need to be seperate species, as opposed to a single species that can have a range of particular stats.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-27328909882003755982011-05-20T14:09:53.521-07:002011-05-20T14:09:53.521-07:00@Kullervo: the sword-master element of Gibberlings...@Kullervo: the sword-master element of Gibberlings destroy any sense of Lovecraftian in them to me.<br /><br />@Eli: the problem is, you could do the same thing with variations in existing monsters -- and there are just too many humanoids already. Goblins, Kobolds, Orcs, Gnolls, Hobgoblins... and most of those are so similar to each other already that splitting hairs in the difference between Doug Easterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861680803540365438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-73919989880259639102011-05-20T13:01:30.919-07:002011-05-20T13:01:30.919-07:00Flinds, man. They're the pits.
Also not a fan...Flinds, man. They're the pits.<br /><br />Also not a fan of the Giant Troll. He's weaker than the the ordinary Troll. Very poor design there.<br /><br />I do like Ogrillons. Mostly for the art, though.FASERIPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858463803195240463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-91562114906648619972011-05-20T10:56:13.351-07:002011-05-20T10:56:13.351-07:00Some of these are great alternatives to the creatu...Some of these are great alternatives to the creatures they closely resemble.<br /><br />I have used at least half of these in my games. When kobolds have been done to death but you need something like a kobold, you have stand-ins.<br /><br />Changing the flavor text is about all these need. The original authors tried in too many ways to make a lot of these creatures cousins to or sub-species of Eli Arndthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-373012312889051280.post-9327613199473505292011-05-20T09:37:06.225-07:002011-05-20T09:37:06.225-07:00Gibberlings at least seem kinda like a subterranea...Gibberlings at least seem kinda like a subterranean degenerate Lovecraftian tyhn thing. More foul and loathesome than cavemen.Kullervohttp://asurastar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com