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Lancer2010 04-04-07, 01:06 PM	Hey everyone, Not sure if anything like this has been done yet. If so, forgive me, I'm a n00b. I propose that people suggest what kind of monsters from other sources: movies, books, anime/manga, and comics that they think it would just be plain cool to see in Eberron. If anyone feels like taking a shot at statting them out, they can feel free. Another option is that if there's already some monster that is close enough in an existing sourcebook, shout out what book it's in. Here's my suggestion: Hollows from Bleach. I won't make a shot at trying to stat them, I'm more of a PC than a DM.
hecknoshow 05-03-07, 07:22 PM	Funny I was just watching Bleach and thought I'd check out the boards for a bit.:D Stating Hollows would be diffiult as they have a large variety of powers, with few common central abilities. Maybe make them a monstrous race(or intelligent undead) that take class levels. A few variants on types could be interesting also. I'll try make somthing later but its late so I'm off to bed. P.S Its ok to be a noob(I hate that word):headexplo
The Ubbergeek 05-03-07, 08:25 PM	If they are created/cursed/mutated/etc, that would be a monstruous template instead, I say.
rampant 05-03-07, 08:29 PM	Hollows always struck me as being similar to the lost from Magic of incarnum.
hecknoshow 05-08-07, 03:10 PM	How about the flying Bison from Avatar. A little easier i think. I'll take a shot at it and then cringe under criticism. Flying Bison Huge magical beast HD: 6d8 + 48 Initiative: +2 Speed 40ft: (8 squares), fly 90ft (good) Armor class:16 (-2 size,+2 Dex, +6 natural) Base attack/grapple: +4/+ 13 Attack: Slam +7 melee(1d8 +5) Full attack: Slam +7 melee(1d8 +5) Space/reach: 15ft/10ft Special Qualities: Fly, A flying Bison can fly at 90ft per round with good manuverability as a supernatural ability. Saves:Fort +10 ,Ref +4 ,Will +3 Abilities: Str 20, Dex 14 Con 26, Int 2, Wis 13, Cha 8 Skills: Spot +6, Listen +6 Feats: ? Environment: Cold/Temperate mountain Organisation: Single or herd (2-8) Challenge rating: ? Treasure: none Alignment: Mostly neutral good Any coments or (constructive:D )criticism welcome.
Rechan 05-08-07, 04:46 PM	The Resurrection Hounds from Hellboy. The hardcore Vampires from Hellsing. (Alucard, touched by Xoriat?) Xenomorphs from Aliens.
Vharuck 05-08-07, 06:20 PM	The hardcore Vampires from Hellsing. (Alucard, touched by Xoriat?) Alucard, the first Qabalrin elf of Xen'drik to create vampires, tested on himself first. During his hungering madness, he fell under the sway of a daelkyr. And, based on Alucard's creepy forms with hundreds of eyes, I'd say it was Belashyrra.
Rechan 05-08-07, 09:19 PM	Alucard, the first Qabalrin elf of Xen'drik to create vampires, tested on himself first. During his hungering madness, he fell under the sway of a daelkyr. And, based on Alucard's creepy forms with hundreds of eyes, I'd say it was Belashyrra. Niiiice. Question is what is Alucard doing? After all, the Hellsing organization is battling techno/genetically made vampires. So would he have escaped the Qalabrin disaster, and is now hunting agents of the Daelkyr? Sort've "I know you are a pale shadow of the Daelkyr, for I have tasted their might"?
Edymnion 05-08-07, 09:50 PM	The Kaiju Aquatic Shocker Lizard that has been sleeping for millenia in the seas between Khovaire and Xen'Drik that is awakened by <insert suitably massive event here> that comes ashore and begins destroying Sharn. "Up from the depths, 30 stories tall, breathing fire, and filling the sky! Its Godzilla! Godzilla!"
Rechan 05-08-07, 10:16 PM	The Kaiju Aquatic Shocker Lizard that has been sleeping for millenia in the seas between Khovaire and Xen'Drik that is awakened by <insert suitably massive event here> that comes ashore and begins destroying Sharn. "Up from the depths, 30 stories tall, breathing fire, and filling the sky! Its Godzilla! Godzilla!" What, no Godzookie?
DragoonDarkfire 05-08-07, 11:00 PM	Colossal Ape? Giant Fire Turtle? OH OH! Three Headed Thunder Dragon! ummmm Spiked Crocodili thing...
The Wilgar 05-08-07, 11:18 PM	The Hypnotoad from Futurama.
The Ubbergeek 05-09-07, 02:09 PM	The Slivers of MTG?
Ozymandias V. 05-09-07, 02:19 PM	I second the hypnotoad.
Subtle Knife 05-09-07, 02:19 PM	How about the Homonculi from Fullmetal Alchemist? Each one would have to be statted differently, but they could have an interesting background. Perhaps the accidental by-product of Cannith renegades trying to resurrect loved ones lost during the Last War, using their corpses and a creation forge? Perhaps the Landstriders from The Dark Crystal? SK
The Ubbergeek 05-09-07, 05:23 PM	If this was not that wordly famous, i'd have said the Chocobos... Good halfling steeds.
rampant 05-09-07, 05:26 PM	Chocobos already got statted. Three headed Thunder Dragon = Multi-headed Bronze young adult
Edymnion 05-09-07, 06:59 PM	What, no Godzookie?Speak not of such evil, for you know not the horror you might unleash. OH OH! Three Headed Thunder Dragon!Multi-headed template, and class levels in Renegade Mastermaker to make it a living construct multi-headed dragon, with Adamantine Body! :D
Kinger 05-09-07, 07:01 PM	I know my PCs are running through an admitedly blatant rip-off of Ravenholme from Half-Life 2. You know what that means... No, not flinging circular saw blades with the gravity gun. Headcrabs! Good ol' Daelkyr can make anything. :)
Rechan 05-09-07, 08:09 PM	I know my PCs are running through an admitedly blatant rip-off of Ravenholme from Half-Life 2. You know what that means... No, not flinging circular saw blades with the gravity gun. Headcrabs! Good ol' Daelkyr can make anything. :) I actually tried to make Headcrabs. I don't remember what the problem was in the process; I think the fact that the user was killed after the thing successfully grappled. In retrospect, I imagine a decent way to handle it would be handling it would be like the Extraction rules for the Mind-Flayer. Instead of sucking the brain though, the critter hotwires the body and begins mutating it.
Kinger 05-09-07, 09:28 PM	I used something less immediately fatal. Basically, if the Cranial Maw (ie: Headcrab) deals critical bite damage to a medium or small enemy, it latches on. It henceforth deals critical bite damage to the victim every round until it is removed with a successful grapple check (or is killed). The Maw, being Tiny, cannot normally grapple something Medium-sized, but I made an exception in this case. It also gets a hefty bonus to grapple to offset the -8 it gets from it's size, and the negatives it gets from subpar strength. If the Cranial Maw kills its victim with a critical bite (such as when grappling, or with a coup-de-grace), it sends nasty tendrils into the victim's head, reanimating the corpse into a Maw Zombie (basically an ordinary zombie except it's a construct, not undead, and grows claws). Hotwiring is a very good way of putting it. I also made other varieties of Maw, to represent the swift and venomous breeds.
Rechan 05-09-07, 10:18 PM	If the Cranial Maw kills its victim with a critical bite (such as when grappling, or with a coup-de-grace), it sends nasty tendrils into the victim's head, reanimating the corpse into a Maw Zombie (basically an ordinary zombie except it's a construct, not undead, and grows claws). Hotwiring is a very good way of putting it. I also made other varieties of Maw, to represent the swift and venomous breeds. Did you give them Improved Crit: Bite? The way I was operating was on HL2, in how you can hear the headcrab zombie victims screaming from underneath the evil facehuggers. Though I imagine another way to operate it would be - say - allowing the creature to latch on, override the victim, and drain an ability stat (Int, Con, Wis?) and when that drainage reaches 0, the host is utterly brain-dead, but the corpse is still in control of the brainpuppet.
Kinger 05-09-07, 10:31 PM	For anti-thread-clogging... I didn't give them Imp Crit, no. Basically, the only way they'll get a critical bite is pure chance, or by whittling a victim to negative hp and delivering a CdG. They're smart enough to do that (barely), and it's very unlikely they'll deal enough damage in a round to kill a person outright (the claws dealt 1d4-2, if I recall). As for the screaming, I viewed it more as an eery side effect, in that the maw's control of the corpse's functions isn't perfect, so they have difficulty with things like vocal chords and diaphragms. Note the zombies never actually "say" anything, it's really nothing more than snarls, growls, moans, or wails. I had the common zombies sound mournful and sad, the faster ones angry, and the venomous and bloated ones somewhat depressed. It's eery, but really just coincidental. I chose to go with raw hitpoints as the deciding factor of when a victim succumbs, rather than an ability score like Int or Wis, since I see the act of reanimation to be a very physical and disgusting process, rather than a comparitively clean, magical thing like stealing willpower or conscious thought. The victim's brain is being physically BURROWED INTO, which tends to deal damage and make rather a mess. :)
Vharuck 05-10-07, 05:23 PM	Niiiice. Question is what is Alucard doing? After all, the Hellsing organization is battling techno/genetically made vampires. So would he have escaped the Qalabrin disaster, and is now hunting agents of the Daelkyr? Sort've "I know you are a pale shadow of the Daelkyr, for I have tasted their might"? He works for the Silver Flame in it's battle with the undead of the Blood of Vol, because he hates Erandis d'Vol's selfish manipulation of the ancient Qabalrin beliefs and rites. The Silver Flame works with him because he's useful (he helped create or personally knew the creators of the very first samples of most of the modern undead), and because nobody short of Jaela in her temple is powerful enough to scratch him (and he's smarter than to enter Flamekeep).
Darakhoranon 05-11-07, 05:34 PM	He works for the Silver Flame in it's battle with the undead of the Blood of Vol, because he hates Erandis d'Vol's selfish manipulation of the ancient Qabalrin beliefs and rites. The Silver Flame works with him because he's useful (he helped create or personally knew the creators of the very first samples of most of the modern undead), and because nobody short of Jaela in her temple is powerful enough to scratch him (and he's smarter than to enter Flamekeep). I didnŽt really get the impression that anything (short of a whole bunch of "Great Old Ones"(TM)) could even scratch Dracula... er... Alucard... However, I suggest the "Sylvan Surfer". You know, that "IŽll destroy the world"-guy from Fantastic 4. Just with pointed ears...
The Ubbergeek 05-12-07, 12:59 PM	For a more goofy game, the slimes of Dragon Quest/Warrior? ;)
dsivis 05-12-07, 01:49 PM	Polymorph and Despair squid from Red Dwarf! ...What happens when Daelkyr start doing shrooms. WAHAHA!