paizo.com Recent Comments on Powerful Monsterspaizo.com Recent Comments on Powerful Monsters2017-05-20T00:39:55Z2017-05-20T00:39:55ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersCole Deschainhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#922017-04-24T08:15:10Z2017-04-22T19:47:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">AlgaeNymph wrote:</div><blockquote>Will Varklops vs. Cthulhu be a possibility? </blockquote><p><a href="http://kaijuphile.com/fannest/fiction/godzillavscthulhu_5.shtml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Mmmmmmmmmaybe.</a>AlgaeNymph wrote:Will Varklops vs. Cthulhu be a possibility?
Mmmmmmmmmaybe.Cole Deschain2017-04-22T19:47:54ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersThe Gold Sovereign (alias of D. Castro)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#912017-04-22T15:09:50Z2017-04-22T15:09:50Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">AlgaeNymph wrote:</div><blockquote> How do kaiju react towards kaiju-sized great old ones? Will Varklops vs. Cthulhu be a possibility? </blockquote><p>I'm close to sure that Varklops ir bigger than Cthulhu, as this is what Kaijus are all about. The kaiju space and reach are usually above 50 ft. while Cthulhu's are 40 ft. Mogaru space and reach are 60 ft.AlgaeNymph wrote:How do kaiju react towards kaiju-sized great old ones? Will Varklops vs. Cthulhu be a possibility?
I'm close to sure that Varklops ir bigger than Cthulhu, as this is what Kaijus are all about. The kaiju space and reach are usually above 50 ft. while Cthulhu's are 40 ft. Mogaru space and reach are 60 ft.The Gold Sovereign (alias of D. Castro)2017-04-22T15:09:50ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersZhangarhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#902017-04-22T14:43:48Z2017-04-22T14:43:48Z<p>If you can transport Varklops to R'lyeh, sure? Cthulhu would have no incentive to seek the fight.</p>If you can transport Varklops to R'lyeh, sure? Cthulhu would have no incentive to seek the fight.Zhangar2017-04-22T14:43:48ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersAlgaeNymphhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#892017-04-22T00:45:51Z2017-04-22T00:45:51Z<p>How do kaiju react towards kaiju-sized great old ones? Will Varklops vs. Cthulhu be a possibility?</p>How do kaiju react towards kaiju-sized great old ones? Will Varklops vs. Cthulhu be a possibility?AlgaeNymph2017-04-22T00:45:51ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersRyskyhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#882017-04-22T00:23:12Z2017-04-22T00:23:12Z<p>Heh.</p>Heh.Rysky2017-04-22T00:23:12ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersFeroshttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#872017-04-22T00:20:54Z2017-04-22T00:17:37Z<p>Actually, there is a massive sea worm in the Bestiary that sort of fits the "balloon monster" niche: the Atuikakura. It's weird and nasty and relatively high CR.</p>
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<p>EDIT: Got to love real-life folklore monsters, this one from Japan!</p>Actually, there is a massive sea worm in the Bestiary that sort of fits the "balloon monster" niche: the Atuikakura. It's weird and nasty and relatively high CR.
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EDIT: Got to love real-life folklore monsters, this one from Japan!Feros2017-04-22T00:17:37ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersRyskyhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#862017-04-24T08:15:23Z2017-04-22T00:16:48Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Master Pugwampi wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Sir RicHunt Attenwampi wrote:</div><blockquote> If you have magical balloon snek monsters, then you likely also have at least one giant clown inflating them. I know which I'd perceive as the bigger threat. </blockquote>...anyone seen Cosmo? </blockquote><p>By then it's too late.Master Pugwampi wrote:Sir RicHunt Attenwampi wrote: If you have magical balloon snek monsters, then you likely also have at least one giant clown inflating them. I know which I'd perceive as the bigger threat.
...anyone seen Cosmo? By then it's too late.Rysky2017-04-22T00:16:48ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersMaster Pugwampi (alias of Feros)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#852017-04-24T08:15:21Z2017-04-22T00:14:30Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Sir RicHunt Attenwampi wrote:</div><blockquote> If you have magical balloon snek monsters, then you likely also have at least one giant clown inflating them. I know which I'd perceive as the bigger threat. </blockquote><p>...anyone seen Cosmo?Sir RicHunt Attenwampi wrote:If you have magical balloon snek monsters, then you likely also have at least one giant clown inflating them. I know which I'd perceive as the bigger threat.
...anyone seen Cosmo?Master Pugwampi (alias of Feros)2017-04-22T00:14:30ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersSir RicHunt Attenwampi (alias of Ambrosia Slaad)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#842017-04-24T08:15:19Z2017-04-22T00:13:12Z<p>If you have magical balloon snek monsters, then you likely also have at least one giant clown inflating them. I know which I'd perceive as the bigger threat.</p>If you have magical balloon snek monsters, then you likely also have at least one giant clown inflating them. I know which I'd perceive as the bigger threat.Sir RicHunt Attenwampi (alias of Ambrosia Slaad)2017-04-22T00:13:12ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersRyskyhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#832017-04-24T08:15:37Z2017-04-21T21:46:56Z<p>That problem is solved by having a LOT of magical balloon snek monsters.</p>That problem is solved by having a LOT of magical balloon snek monsters.Rysky2017-04-21T21:46:56ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersFeroshttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#822017-04-21T15:53:25Z2017-04-21T15:53:25Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote> Ah, I like magical balloon snek monster. </blockquote><p>Those sort of things tend to be very vulnerable to rapiers and stilettos though. Or any other weapon shaped like a big needle...Rysky wrote:Ah, I like magical balloon snek monster.
Those sort of things tend to be very vulnerable to rapiers and stilettos though. Or any other weapon shaped like a big needle...Feros2017-04-21T15:53:25ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersRyskyhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#812017-04-24T08:15:33Z2017-04-21T08:16:12Z<p>Ah, I like magical balloon snek monster.</p>Ah, I like magical balloon snek monster.Rysky2017-04-21T08:16:12ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersLuthornehttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#802017-04-21T08:07:19Z2017-04-21T08:07:19Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Michelle A.J. wrote:</div><blockquote><p> tons•</p>
<p>Not pounds. </blockquote><p>Whoops, my bad. This is correct, it weighs 260 tons.Michelle A.J. wrote:tons*
Not pounds.
Whoops, my bad. This is correct, it weighs 260 tons.Luthorne2017-04-21T08:07:19ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersMichelle A.J. (Contributor)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#792017-04-21T01:25:23Z2017-04-21T01:25:23Z<p>tons•</p>
<p>Not pounds.</p>tons*
Not pounds.Michelle A.J. (Contributor)2017-04-21T01:25:23ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful Monsterspad300https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#782017-04-21T00:52:28Z2017-04-21T00:52:28Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Luthorne wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Hinkle wrote:</div><blockquote> Can some kind person provide a few names of the high-CR monstrous humanoids? </blockquote><p>The monstrous humanoids from lowest to highest CR are:
<p>•• spoiler omitted ••</p>
<div class="messageboard-quotee">The Shifty Mongoose wrote:</div><blockquote> Just how big is Ouroborous? Bouncing across the landscape, over houses, or just big enough to land on your shoulders and violently compress? </blockquote>It's Colossal, roughly 50 feet in diameter, and weighs 260 lbs. So more the former than the latter. </blockquote><p>OK, let me get this straight, we have a 50 ft in diameter ( I am assuming that is diameter of the circle when it grabs it's own tail, not the diameter of the body itself, otherwise this is even crazier) snake that weighs 260 lbs?!? Is it assumed to be made of pixie dust? 50 ft in diameter is 157 + overlap long!Luthorne wrote:Eric Hinkle wrote: Can some kind person provide a few names of the high-CR monstrous humanoids?
The monstrous humanoids from lowest to highest CR are: ** spoiler omitted **
The Shifty Mongoose wrote:Just how big is Ouroborous? Bouncing across the landscape, over houses, or just big enough to land on your shoulders and violently compress?
It's Colossal, roughly 50 feet in diameter, and weighs 260 lbs. So more the former than the latter. OK, let me get this straight, we have a...pad3002017-04-21T00:52:28ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersRyskyhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#772017-04-24T08:15:43Z2017-04-20T17:04:12Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Ambrosia Slaad wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">The Gold Sovereign wrote:</div><blockquote> •surprised that this... thing... nightmare... isn't an aberration• </blockquote><p>It's not an Aberration... by the <i>Astral Plane's standards</i>.
<p><b>You don't want to see an Astral Plane Aberration.</b> </blockquote>Well, <i>now</i> I do. </blockquote><p>Hmm, yeah, me too now.Ambrosia Slaad wrote:Rysky wrote: The Gold Sovereign wrote: *surprised that this... thing... nightmare... isn't an aberration*
It's not an Aberration... by the Astral Plane's standards. You don't want to see an Astral Plane Aberration. Well, now I do. Hmm, yeah, me too now.Rysky2017-04-20T17:04:12ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersEctarhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#762017-04-22T15:09:35Z2017-04-20T16:57:11Z<p>The Fen Mauler sounds like THe Genoskwa from the most recent Dresden Files novel. Though, my bestiary 6 is still in transit, so it may be a few more days until I get to see it, myself.</p>
<p>Plus that book featured a Rawhead AND the wild hunt. I'm all kinds of excited for this book. And not just because of the Dresden Files references.</p>The Fen Mauler sounds like THe Genoskwa from the most recent Dresden Files novel. Though, my bestiary 6 is still in transit, so it may be a few more days until I get to see it, myself.
Plus that book featured a Rawhead AND the wild hunt. I'm all kinds of excited for this book. And not just because of the Dresden Files references.Ectar2017-04-20T16:57:11ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersAmbrosia Slaadhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#752017-04-24T08:15:46Z2017-04-20T16:49:39Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Rysky wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">The Gold Sovereign wrote:</div><blockquote> •surprised that this... thing... nightmare... isn't an aberration• </blockquote><p>It's not an Aberration... by the <i>Astral Plane's standards</i>.
<p><b>You don't want to see an Astral Plane Aberration.</b> </blockquote><p>Well, <i>now</i> I do.Rysky wrote:The Gold Sovereign wrote: *surprised that this... thing... nightmare... isn't an aberration*
It's not an Aberration... by the Astral Plane's standards. You don't want to see an Astral Plane Aberration. Well, now I do.Ambrosia Slaad2017-04-20T16:49:39ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersRavingdorkhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#742017-04-24T08:15:51Z2017-04-20T14:42:19Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">James Jacobs wrote:</div><blockquote>I specifically set up Yarthoon to show the "least powerful" a kaiju can be. Whether or not that translates to future kaiju, we'll wait and see I guess. </blockquote><p>Haha. I first read that as "Yoon" and imagined a <a href="http://pathfinderwiki.com/mediawiki/images/c/c8/Yoon.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Kaiju-sized Yoon</a> bringing fiery death upon all of the tiny ant people below! lol.James Jacobs wrote:I specifically set up Yarthoon to show the "least powerful" a kaiju can be. Whether or not that translates to future kaiju, we'll wait and see I guess.
Haha. I first read that as "Yoon" and imagined a Kaiju-sized Yoon bringing fiery death upon all of the tiny ant people below! lol.Ravingdork2017-04-20T14:42:19ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersLuthornehttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#732017-04-21T01:59:10Z2017-04-20T10:22:55Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Hinkle wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Luthorne wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Hinkle wrote:</div><blockquote> But the Saurian and the Rawhead, what are they like? </blockquote><p>So, the rawhead is this terrifying seven foot tall entity with claws except for their index fingers which are long boneless tentacles that can walk on air, ripping away at both flesh and your mind, and if you're helpless it can deal a lot of damage and rip your skeleton out of your body, creating a new kind of intelligent undead called a bloody bones that can jump between reflections or lurk inside of them, and the rawhead is also aware of what direction each is in and what their general condition is. Overall, they're pretty nasty entities, and probably one of my favorites.
<p>Saurians are twenty foot tall dinosaur men who consider themselves protectors of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life, and will kick your ass to defend them. They're big, beefy, good at befriending dinosaurs, can walk on air, have a nasty roar, and some miscellaneous spell-like abilities, including <i>meteor swarm</i> 1/day. So, I guess, revenge of the dinosaurs in general. </blockquote><p>Yikes. Those two sound impressively nasty.
<p>I suppose the Saurians are either evil or neutral? They sound like they'd work well in either the Mwangi Expanse or that one Darklands realm overrun with dinosaurs and advanced troglodytes/Xulgath. </blockquote><p>Saurians are true neutral in alignment. In general they're inclined to be respectful of life, though given their ferocious protection of primal animals, it's easy enough to set up conflicts with them...Eric Hinkle wrote:Luthorne wrote: Eric Hinkle wrote: But the Saurian and the Rawhead, what are they like?
So, the rawhead is this terrifying seven foot tall entity with claws except for their index fingers which are long boneless tentacles that can walk on air, ripping away at both flesh and your mind, and if you're helpless it can deal a lot of damage and rip your skeleton out of your body, creating a new kind of intelligent undead called a bloody bones that can jump between reflections or...Luthorne2017-04-20T10:22:55ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersCole Deschainhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#722017-04-20T03:41:32Z2017-04-20T03:41:32Z<p>Oh yeah... Old Raw Head Bloody Bones. Takes me right back to my childhood!</p>
<p>Little Eight John's punk demise was a recurring favorite out of <i>The People Could Fly</i>.</p>Oh yeah... Old Raw Head Bloody Bones. Takes me right back to my childhood!
Little Eight John's punk demise was a recurring favorite out of The People Could Fly.Cole Deschain2017-04-20T03:41:32ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersEric Hinklehttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#712017-04-20T03:34:13Z2017-04-20T03:34:13Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Luthorne wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">Eric Hinkle wrote:</div><blockquote> But the Saurian and the Rawhead, what are they like? </blockquote><p>So, the rawhead is this terrifying seven foot tall entity with claws except for their index fingers which are long boneless tentacles that can walk on air, ripping away at both flesh and your mind, and if you're helpless it can deal a lot of damage and rip your skeleton out of your body, creating a new kind of intelligent undead called a bloody bones that can jump between reflections or lurk inside of them, and the rawhead is also aware of what direction each is in and what their general condition is. Overall, they're pretty nasty entities, and probably one of my favorites.
<p>Saurians are twenty foot tall dinosaur men who consider themselves protectors of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life, and will kick your ass to defend them. They're big, beefy, good at befriending dinosaurs, can walk on air, have a nasty roar, and some miscellaneous spell-like abilities, including <i>meteor swarm</i> 1/day. So, I guess, revenge of the dinosaurs in general. </blockquote><p>Yikes. Those two sound impressively nasty.
<p>I suppose the Saurians are either evil or neutral? They sound like they'd work well in either the Mwangi Expanse or that one Darklands realm overrun with dinosaurs and advanced troglodytes/Xulgath.</p>Luthorne wrote:Eric Hinkle wrote: But the Saurian and the Rawhead, what are they like?
So, the rawhead is this terrifying seven foot tall entity with claws except for their index fingers which are long boneless tentacles that can walk on air, ripping away at both flesh and your mind, and if you're helpless it can deal a lot of damage and rip your skeleton out of your body, creating a new kind of intelligent undead called a bloody bones that can jump between reflections or lurk inside of...Eric Hinkle2017-04-20T03:34:13ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersCole Deschainhttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#702017-04-24T08:16:02Z2017-04-19T23:36:23Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">MMCJawa wrote:</div><blockquote> Varklops does a decent job of being a readily identifiable homage without venturing into lawsuit territory. </blockquote><p>Much like Mogaru!MMCJawa wrote:Varklops does a decent job of being a readily identifiable homage without venturing into lawsuit territory.
Much like Mogaru!Cole Deschain2017-04-19T23:36:23ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersMMCJawahttps://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#692017-04-24T08:16:03Z2017-04-19T23:06:34Z<p>Varklops does a decent job of being a readily identifiable homage without venturing into lawsuit territory.</p>Varklops does a decent job of being a readily identifiable homage without venturing into lawsuit territory.MMCJawa2017-04-19T23:06:34ZRe: Forums: Product Discussion: Paizo Blog: Powerful MonstersThe Gold Sovereign (alias of D. Castro)https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5ljqg&page=2?Powerful-Monsters#682017-04-19T22:46:53Z2017-04-19T22:46:53Z<p>Before the preview and the comments from the subscribers, I was also expecting a rather Ghidora-like Varklops, but he is pretty much different from the dragon like kaiju. It does incorporate some traits from King Ghidora, but Lord Varklops sure is impressive by itself.</p>Before the preview and the comments from the subscribers, I was also expecting a rather Ghidora-like Varklops, but he is pretty much different from the dragon like kaiju. It does incorporate some traits from King Ghidora, but Lord Varklops sure is impressive by itself.The Gold Sovereign (alias of D. Castro)2017-04-19T22:46:53Z