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Olly 04-16-05, 12:12 PM	This is a request, nay, a plea, for anybody out there who is good at making monsters and remembers the old Aladdin cartoon series that used to be on, circa 1993-1994. In the series, there used to be a creature called the muktar. The muktar were apparently, an ancient race who fought many fierce battles against the genies centuries ago. The muktar in the show was the last of his kind, forced to selling his services as a bounty hunter, specialising in tracking down and capturing genies. The muktar had scaly skin, spoke with a rasping voice, dressed in furs and rode a strange creature that appeared to be the result of an unholy union between a wyvern and an ostrich! He wielded a scimitar and had many magical items at his disposal, including magical manacles which turned into chomping mouths. But that's enough nostalgia for now. Further information can be found on this most excellent site (http://www.streetrat.net/ae/muktar.php) along with information on several other cool villains from the series. So, what I'm really asking, oh wise and clever Internet monster-makers out there in Internetland, is, if you wouldn't mind... Perhaps you could help me out by statting up this intriguing creature? I'd very much like to include him in my campaign. Pretty please? :bigeyes:
Callahan 04-16-05, 04:41 PM	I have to say that I simply love that guy. He's a good character to have in most any adventure that is highly magic oriented. So let's give this a try: Medium Humanoid (Reptilian) Hit Dice: 7d8 + 7 Initiative: + 2 Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), Climb 30 ft. Armour Class: 16 (+2 dex., +3 Wis, +1AC Bonus) Base Attack/Grapple: +5 Full Attack: Unarmed Attack +7 (1d8+1 /x2) or +2 Falchion +8 (2d4 + 3/18–20/x2) Special Attacks: — Special Qualities: Scent, Smell Magic, Favourite enemy (Genie), Mind over magic Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft. Saves: Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +7 Abilities: Str 13, Dex 15, Con 13, Int 9, Wis 16, Cha 9 Skills: 20 Feats: Weapon Finnes (Unarmed attack), Iron Will, Improved Unarmed Strike, Improved Grapple Environment: Desert Organization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 7 Treasure: Double Magical Items Alignment: Usually neutral Monk Abilities: The Muktar has an AC bonus and an unarmed attack damage equal to that of a monk who's level is equal to the Muktar's Hit die. Smell Magic: The Muktar can detect the presence of magic by smell. He can use his Scent ability to track magic anything magical. Favourite enemy: The Muktar gains a gains a +2 bonus on Bluff, Listen, Sense Motive, Spot, and Survival checks when used against a Genie. Likewise, he gets a +2 bonus on weapon damage rolls against such creatures. Mind over magic: Once per day the Muctar can redirect any spell or spell like ability targeted on themselves to the originator as a free action. ------------ a bit rough and needs skills.
AzarKing 04-16-05, 05:18 PM	there was also that one creature that ate magic, the Genie was scared to death of it, and this one evil dude summoned it, i remember. :confused:
Callahan 04-16-05, 05:54 PM	there was also that one creature that ate magic, the Genie was scared to death of it, and this one evil dude summoned it, i remember. :confused: yeah that was Mosenrath again and it was a magic eating aberration ... possibly from the same plane as the Beholders.
Olly 04-16-05, 06:24 PM	yeah that was Mosenrath again and it was a magic eating aberration ... possibly from the same plane as the Beholders. Yeah, I remember that episode! It had one eye and sort of looked like a cross between a pig and an armadillo. You had to put an anti-magic collar on it to stop it, right? :) There were so many cool monsters in that show!
AzarKing 04-16-05, 07:39 PM	There was also that one woman/creature that lived by the sea and had that pet guy called Armon...she turned men into sea creatures to serve her...how I remember this, I don't know :eek:
MinionOfCthulhu 04-16-05, 07:51 PM	Mechanikles was the coolest villain ever. Hrmmm. An Aladdin/Al-Qadim sort of campagin would be pretty cool...
Callahan 04-16-05, 08:28 PM	Yeah, I remember that episode! It had one eye and sort of looked like a cross between a pig and an armadillo. You had to put an anti-magic collar on it to stop it, right? :) There were so many cool monsters in that show! yeah and it's tongue was a hose that sucked up magic. And there was also the sorcerrer Lich "Iamaghoul".
obrysii 04-16-05, 08:59 PM	My favorite was the serpant with the cloud-wings (or maybe they were just black wings?) that could talk and always harassed Iago.
Da Dinictus 04-16-05, 09:26 PM	Bring on a lizardman, adapt it to desert life by giving it a few feats to survive the desert hazards (Shining South may be of use), and give it a Magic's Scent ability so it may 'sniff out' magic in a 20-30 foot radius. Aladdin... Why does it bring to mind Mechanicles? Why does Mechanicles bring to mind a Kingdom Hearts bonus boss... Kurt Zisa? Reminds me to put that son-of-a-gun on paper :D
MinionOfCthulhu 04-16-05, 10:50 PM	My favorite was the serpant with the cloud-wings (or maybe they were just black wings?) that could talk and always harassed Iago. Malcho was his name. Damn, I wonder if they released these to DVD...
Callahan 04-16-05, 11:07 PM	I remember they had a wingged serpent in 2nd ed which was based off of the same myth but it was a bit different and I don't know if they brought it back to 3rd ed.
Olly 04-17-05, 05:05 AM	Malcho was his name. Yes, indeed, Malcho. Sworn enemy of Thundra, the rain bird, Iago's Brazilian paramour! Well, Malcho shouldn't be too hard to stat up. After all, he's just an evil coatl, really. Give him a couple of electricity-based attacks, since I seem to remember him controlling lightning, and the job's a good'un. There was also that one woman/creature that lived by the sea and had that pet guy called Armon...she turned men into sea creatures to serve her...how I remember this, I don't know Yep, I remember her too. She was a mermaid, I think, which was quite a clever angle for Disney, especially since the Aladdin TV series was shown at around about the same time as the Little Mermaid TV series. I seem to recall there being some joke about her dyeing Princess Jasmine's hair red and then saying, derisively, "She looks like every other princess under the sea..." There were so many good monsters and villains in that show worth statting up. There were the mamluks, Mozenrath's shambling undead servants, who continued to fight on even if their arms and legs were missing. And then there was the cat-headed (yet strangely alluring...) Mirage, who I can see as being an aspect of Bast, emphasising her cruelty and cunning. And, of course, we can't forget Xerxes, Mozenrath's boss-eyed, dim-witted flying lamprey familiar.
Mithral Icesilver 04-17-05, 11:19 AM	Mechanicles was my favorite villian, too, although I can't help but wonder about the thing with creepy-crawlies (that one hypnotic robot, Gregarious, was just about the only thing he made that wasn't arthropod-shaped). Hmmm... Mechanicles was most definately an artificer (if there are any construct-crafting feats beyond Craft Construct, he probably had all those, too); Mozenrath is probably a necromancer - one of those people who doesn't believe in things that man was not ment to meddle with. Of course, Jafar may actually be the one who started the no-such-thing-as-a-good-Grand-Vizier thing. Sorcerer or enchanter, probably, with a few levels of aristocrat. Anyone remember that horrible Hercules crossover? Started with Pain and Panic running across Jafar in line for the Underworld. (Please excuse my spelling)
Wyrd Bearer 04-17-05, 01:27 PM	There were the mamluks, Mozenrath's shambling undead servants, who continued to fight on even if their arms and legs were missing. .... And, of course, we can't forget Xerxes, Mozenrath's boss-eyed, dim-witted flying lamprey familiar. Ah, thank you! I was trying to think of the name of that guy a few weeks ago when I had the idea to stat him out, especially that glove, or was it his magic, that burned away all his skin on his hand, leaving him a skeletal one in its place.
Borris 04-17-05, 01:56 PM	Speaking of Mechanikles, am I the only one who got Aladdin flashbacks as soon as I say the Clockwork Horrors from Monster Manual II? http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_19.jpg
Da Dinictus 04-17-05, 03:55 PM	No sirree, I was certainly thinking that as well :P
Moblin 04-17-05, 04:09 PM	Malcho was his name. Damn, I wonder if they released these to DVD... That show is still running daily over here on the Disney channel :) Who needs it on DVD :p
Callahan 04-17-05, 06:09 PM	then there was that swarm of nano robots that turned in to a full mechanical body suit. Damn, that Mechanicleas must have waste billions of gold on Aladin.
Da Dinictus 04-18-05, 04:50 AM	then there was that swarm of nano robots that turned in to a full mechanical body suit. Damn, that Mechanicleas must have waste billions of gold on Aladin.Either that, or he knew how to minimize costs and could salvage his own parts someplace clean.
Joni-san 04-18-05, 08:32 AM	My guess is that Mechanicles is a high-level Human Artificer with the Exceptional Artisan, Extraorinary Artisan and Legendary Artisan and the Craft Construct feat(s) :twocents:
lugnut71 04-18-05, 11:46 PM	I loved all the funky villians and ancient evils that were always running around on that show. The sand witches, that big evil lion fire demon etc.
Mr.Black 04-19-05, 04:19 PM	I remember the huge fire demon, Amok. Demanded tribute or destroy the city. Very balor-like. The sand shark was cool, especially the roar it had. I also remember a T Rex on the show. I don't remember seeing the episode with the mermaid, though.
Farealmer 04-19-05, 09:33 PM	Anyone remember Chaos the cat, he would have divine ranks(at least 1) and the SDA Alter reality.
Callahan 04-20-05, 12:26 AM	Anyone remember Chaos the cat, he would have divine ranks(at least 1) and the SDA Alter reality. Just one? The Cat Goddes had a couple, the blind guy had a couple. Chaos had downright 5 and altered reality on the Prime Material.
Olly 04-20-05, 05:00 AM	the blind guy D'you mean Fezir? Fashoom's brother? Yeah, he was cool. I remember the end of that one episode, where he was just walking away, cackling; "Don't worry, Aladdin... Fezir will keep an eye out for you..." whereupon he removed his blindfold to reveal... [gasp] HE WAS A CYCLOPS! I remember my young self being slightly creeped out by that. ;) Oh, and as for Chaos, that guy was pure cool on toast! I'd say he has three or four divine ranks, at least. After all, 'he has more magic in his little whisker than an entire palace full of genies'!
lugnut71 04-20-05, 10:14 PM	I'd say more then a diety or a least a maxed out one. Mirage would also be a diety or at least a very powerful wizard / sorceror. Although Feziz is here equal I would also consider him a diety.
Callahan 04-21-05, 02:07 AM	D'you mean Fezir? Fashoom's brother? Yeah, he was cool. I remember the end of that one episode, where he was just walking away, cackling; "Don't worry, Aladdin... Fezir will keep an eye out for you..." whereupon he removed his blindfold to reveal... [gasp] HE WAS A CYCLOPS! I remember my young self being slightly creeped out by that. ;) Oh, and as for Chaos, that guy was pure cool on toast! I'd say he has three or four divine ranks, at least. After all, 'he has more magic in his little whisker than an entire palace full of genies'! yeah I saw that too. Great bunch of villains in that show, and a lot of great artifacts too. My favorite was the miniature flying sun. There's something the level 20 wizard won't see coming; a face full of sun!
Olly 04-21-05, 03:48 AM	Does anyone remember the one where they went to China, and met shy fella, Zin, and his evil twin brother, Zang? They had two amulets, when when united, transformed the two of them into a dragon, which depending upon who was in control, was either a raging red dragon (Zang) or a peaceful silver dragon (Zin). Very cool.
digoraccoon 04-21-05, 08:43 AM	And then there was the cat-headed (yet strangely alluring...) Mirage, who I can see as being an aspect of Bast, emphasising her cruelty and cunning. My info has Bast as an artistic goddess for music, dancing and signing. Also a protector of pregnant women. Then there's yet another section of notes that has Bast as the protector of cats. Bah, these gods take up too many jobs. :D Mirage was one of my favorite villians. I liked the idea of playing on peoples' fears and nightmares. I have a modern game idea that involves pitting the PCs up against her. :)