A monster from Shakespears "The Tempest" Need help [Archive] - Wizards Community

A monster from Shakespears "The Tempest" Need help [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Rednaxela
07-13-05, 06:45 AM hello i was wpundering if anyone would know how to make a creature like the monster "Caliban" he is a son of a witch and is part Dog part fish and part man :88E: so i was wondering if anyone would help i want to use him in a game

Chears
Rednaxela :D
Olly
07-13-05, 09:40 AM One word: RAVENLOFT. ;)
ArtEChoke
07-13-05, 10:06 AM To clarify what Olly is trying to say, Calibans are a regular player race in the Ravenloft setting, which typically come about due to parentage like you described.
Rednaxela
07-13-05, 10:59 AM sorry i did not know could you tell me where i could find a copy of RAVENLOFT or info on Caliban as a monstrus race

thanks

Rednaxela

ps: thanks to both of you who posted
Rocketmonkey
07-13-05, 11:41 AM Ravenloft is a campaign setting published by White Wolf (I think). It's pretty good, very gothic (in a Victorian literature, E. A. Poe way rather than a too-much-eyeshadow-and-teen-angst way).

The Calibans in Ravenloft are, mechanically, half-orcs. In story terms they're basically humans twisted in the womb by exposure to dark magics, evil curses and so on. They tend to get locked away, shunned, booted out of the village, and generally treated like dirt. Evil dirt at that.

If you're looking to replicate the actual character of Caliban from The Tempest, I'd look at a human with either the half-fiend or half-fey template; both have the potential to create a weird-looking ugly-ass monster with some magical ability. Caliban's mother was a powerful witch and his father is often assumed to be a demon or devil (though I'm not sure if the play explicitly states this).

That said, it's been a very long time since I even skimmed through the play, so I may be way off.
Olly
07-13-05, 12:43 PM Technically, Caliban's appearance varies on the director's interpretation. Whilst in some he is a great, gangly, dog-face mutant, I have seen him depicted as a tall, handsome black man, a native of the island, seen as a monster by the other characters in the play because he is different.

So, you could just have him as a human barbarian. ;)
Rednaxela
07-14-05, 03:45 AM thanks for all the advice i will look into it

Rednaxela
Inkubus
07-14-05, 05:34 AM There was also a race called "hagspawn" in the FR Unapproachable East sourcebook. And as far as I remember Caliban was the son of a witch, right?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Rednaxela 07-13-05, 06:45 AM	hello i was wpundering if anyone would know how to make a creature like the monster "Caliban" he is a son of a witch and is part Dog part fish and part man :88E: so i was wondering if anyone would help i want to use him in a game Chears Rednaxela :D
Olly 07-13-05, 09:40 AM	One word: RAVENLOFT. ;)
ArtEChoke 07-13-05, 10:06 AM	To clarify what Olly is trying to say, Calibans are a regular player race in the Ravenloft setting, which typically come about due to parentage like you described.
Rednaxela 07-13-05, 10:59 AM	sorry i did not know could you tell me where i could find a copy of RAVENLOFT or info on Caliban as a monstrus race thanks Rednaxela ps: thanks to both of you who posted
Rocketmonkey 07-13-05, 11:41 AM	Ravenloft is a campaign setting published by White Wolf (I think). It's pretty good, very gothic (in a Victorian literature, E. A. Poe way rather than a too-much-eyeshadow-and-teen-angst way). The Calibans in Ravenloft are, mechanically, half-orcs. In story terms they're basically humans twisted in the womb by exposure to dark magics, evil curses and so on. They tend to get locked away, shunned, booted out of the village, and generally treated like dirt. Evil dirt at that. If you're looking to replicate the actual character of Caliban from The Tempest, I'd look at a human with either the half-fiend or half-fey template; both have the potential to create a weird-looking ugly-ass monster with some magical ability. Caliban's mother was a powerful witch and his father is often assumed to be a demon or devil (though I'm not sure if the play explicitly states this). That said, it's been a very long time since I even skimmed through the play, so I may be way off.
Olly 07-13-05, 12:43 PM	Technically, Caliban's appearance varies on the director's interpretation. Whilst in some he is a great, gangly, dog-face mutant, I have seen him depicted as a tall, handsome black man, a native of the island, seen as a monster by the other characters in the play because he is different. So, you could just have him as a human barbarian. ;)
Rednaxela 07-14-05, 03:45 AM	thanks for all the advice i will look into it Rednaxela
Inkubus 07-14-05, 05:34 AM	There was also a race called "hagspawn" in the FR Unapproachable East sourcebook. And as far as I remember Caliban was the son of a witch, right?