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baron arem heshvaun
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Will you look at that! Sweet !! As a grognard, it is quite plain as day, I know a Dark Stalker when I see one !! The Medusa is 'rocks out' amazing, even the Tiger is 'Grrreat' ! And that Basidirond is just a little (shop of) horror. |
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Misery,
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Medusa's can turn you to stone with a glance. ... so it looks like everyone needs to carry blindfolds to use on HER. (Also, bring a hair net >_>) Man I might be MORE excited to see all the art in the Bestiary then I am to get the Pathfinder Core book itself. |
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Yamazakana,
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What a wonderful Medusa!
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KaeYoss
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Hooray for medusae that aren't ugly any more. |
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Misery,
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What a wonderful Medusa! ... I wonder who's going to make the first "hard/stone/petrified" joke in reference to ... well ... ya know. |
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Asgetrion,
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All of these look very, very good! :) |
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Matthew Morris
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I was hoping the Medusae would look more like Shambleau The tiger confuses me, do some tigers have spots? The pigs running for there lives makes me laugh though. "Run Pumba Run!" We just needed a meerkat somewhere. I do want a 'Monstrous Humanoids Revisited' now moreso with the art. Medusae, Dopplegangers, Dark Creepers/Stalkers... what else? |
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Thraxus
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The tiger confuses me, do some tigers have spots? The pigs running for there lives makes me laugh though. "Run Pumba Run!" We just needed a meerkat somewhere. It is a dire tiger/smilodon. I suspect the coat pattern it to change it from a jungle predator (or to just make it different from the tiger itself). The saber-toothed tiger was not closely related to the tiger, so the there is no need to keep the stripe pattern. |
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Matthew Morris
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Ah, OK. The tag just said 'Tiger' I think I like the Primeval Smilodons though. :-) And I just looked again. Am I an evil man that the one little pig, eyes wide open, running flat out makes me laugh? |
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Dragnmoon
(Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; GameMastery Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),
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What a wonderful Medusa! Looks like the got the art from |
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flash_cxxi
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What a wonderful Medusa! Yeah I think ther is a lot of art commisioned for either the Bestiary or another publication that will get used vice versa... Oh and the Medusa is frickin' awesome! Love me some girls with giant albino snakes! |
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yoda8myhead
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With cleavage like that, the medusa's gaze attack might not work so well. She's just asking for adventurer's to not look her in the eyes. |
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vagrant-poet
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She's a feminist's nightmare, looking at her chest is the right thing to do! |
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aeglos,
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It is a dire tiger/smilodon. thanks you, now I like the pic :-) |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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So here's this thread. I was looking for it under website, I guess. What a great day! They're all good, but I love the tiger and the medusa. So...glad to see I wasn't the only one who was affected by the medusa. My guess is she'll turn plenty of adventures into stone, yet leave them most of their mobility... EDIT: OK, my reference was predicted.
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Cheddar Bearer,
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What a wonderful Medusa! I Suspect that many of the society scenarios were developed so that the monster art from them could be used in the final bestiary. On the plus side there has been some great monster art in the scenarios. Hopefully the remorhaz will make it into the final bestiary. |
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yoda8myhead
(Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber),
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I Suspect that many of the society scenarios were developed so that the monster art from them could be used in the final bestiary. On the plus side there has been some great monster art in the scenarios. Hopefully the remorhaz will make it into the final bestiary. I imagine we'll see the reverse in season one as well, with art that first appeared in the Bestiary serving again as cover art for new PFS scenarios. Or they might start ordering art for Bestiary II. |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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I wonder if we'll ever see any Planet Stories art in Pathfinder products, now that they will be doing more than covers? |
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yoda8myhead
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I wonder if we'll ever see any Planet Stories art in Pathfinder products, now that they will be doing more than covers? My understanding is that they will be trying to get the rights to the artwork which originally appeared with the PS material. In these cases, I don't think it would, but if they have to commission new art and it's both quality (which I'm sure it will be) and is topical, I would love to see some crossover. |
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Zootcat
(Pathfinder Chronicles Charter Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Planet Stories Subscriber),
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... I wonder who's going to make the first "hard/stone/petrified" joke in reference to ... well ... ya know. That would be you. |
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Majuba
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It is nice shots! I'm not even that fond of Dark Stalkers but I recognized it just about instantly. I actually *do* think that's a Tiger, and those are Guinea Pigs! :) Permanent Link to the Blog for those checking this in the future. |
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KaeYoss
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Planet Stories Subscriber),
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Ah, OK. I think they won't have an Animals Appendix or a "Dire Animals" entry. So if you go to T, you'll find an entry with Tiger and Dire Tiger.
Yes, you are. Become a vegetarian right now. |
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James Jacobs
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Yeah I think ther is a lot of art commisioned for either the Bestiary or another publication that will get used vice versa... I made a count to satisfy my curiosity, and the results of my highly-nonscientific investigation seems to indicate that about 60% of the art in the Bestiary is new an 40% is reprinted from other sources (such as is the medusa's case). (Unless I reversed my maths and it's 40% new and 60% reprints.) |
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James Jacobs
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I think they won't have an Animals Appendix or a "Dire Animals" entry. So if you go to T, you'll find an entry with Tiger and Dire Tiger. Correct. |
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Dark Psion,
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I would like to see a book on the "Semi-Human" creatures, those just just human enough to be disturbing. Lamia, Sphinx, Manticore, Harpy, Saytr, Mermen, Naga, Tabaxi, etc,.. |
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Thraxus
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I actually *do* think that's a Tiger, and those are Guinea Pigs! :) Maybe, but those top canines are near saber-tooth in size. Also, the smallest smilodon was the same size as the siberian tiger. Still, let's just call it a dire tiger. |
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brent norton,
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Is it me or does the Medusa remind you of Britney Spears at the MTV awards. Love the art work. |
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James Jacobs
(Editor-in-Chief, Pathfinder),
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I actually *do* think that's a Tiger, and those are Guinea Pigs! :) I guess I can spoil this: In the PFRPG, smilodon = dire tiger. For most of the dire animals, while they're still listed as "dire" animals for compatibility issues, we are presenting them with their real-world megafauna prehistoric analogies as well. And in most cases, the art is going to reflect that. As to why it has an unusual striping/spotted pattern to its fur... that's mostly artistic license and an implication about where the smilodon/dire tiger does its hiding. Either way, those little piggies are hosed. |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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For most of the dire animals, while they're still listed as "dire" animals for compatibility issues, we are presenting them with their real-world megafauna prehistoric analogies as well. And in most cases, the art is going to reflect that. Yay! Yay! And yay! I was really hoping for this and I thought there were hints, but this spoiler makes my day. Well, okay, after the preview pics...it gives the afternoon a boost! |
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Gene,
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I guess I can spoil this: In the PFRPG, smilodon = dire tiger. For most of the dire animals, while they're still listed as "dire" animals for compatibility issues, we are presenting them with their real-world megafauna prehistoric analogies as well. And in most cases, the art is going to reflect that. Out of curiosity, how will you be noting their real-world counterparts? Something akin to Dire Tiger (Smilodon)? EDIT: Nevermind, you covered it in your next post. Thankies! :D |
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James Jacobs
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For most of the dire animals, while they're still listed as "dire" animals for compatibility issues, we are presenting them with their real-world megafauna prehistoric analogies as well. And in most cases, the art is going to reflect that. It's a bit frustrating that most of those prehistoric monster names are SUPER LONG. Which means they often don't fit well alongside "Dire Crocodile" in the statblock title or the top of the page. So in order to find out that it's also called a sarcosuchus or whatever, you'll need to actually read the monster's flavor text. But it's there! |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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Begins filing extraneous bone spikes off of his dire minis... So long EXTREME! dire animals. |
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taig
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What is the prehistoric equivalent of a dire badger? |
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Fake Healer,
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What is the prehistoric equivalent of a dire badger? Badgers! BADGERS!!! We don' need no stinkin' badgers!!!! |
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Gorbacz
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Good riddance, the 90s-style EXXXTREME OVERLOAD dire animals were silly... |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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OK, still love the little CDBs. Repenomamus giganticus? Chamitataxus avitus? Sorry, not finding illustrations. Gorbacz -- good point! How could I forget that EXXXTREME can't be spelled with one "x"? |
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Ross Byers
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What is the prehistoric equivalent of a dire badger? A wolverine? Disclaimer: The above is a joke. I have no idea what the folks back in the editorial pit are up to. Sean chases me out with a paintbrush and hobby knife whenever I go back there. |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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Ross, don't you know anything about mammalogy? I can tell a wolverine from a badger. The miniatures are COMPLETELY different.... |
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Gene,
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James Jacobs
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In cases where there's not really a clear or obvious real-world primeval critter (such as the case with the dire bat) we generally just call it a dire bat. There might be a few exceptions, but none come to mind. As for the badger... Faith Healer's right: we don't need no stinkin' badgers! NOTE: Just because an animal doesn't show up in the Bestiary doesn't mean it can't be an animal companion supported by the Core Rulebook... the animal companion rules are actually pretty awesome that way! |
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Dhampir984
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As for the badger... Faith Healer's right: we don't need no stinkin' badgers! Not even a celestial one? |
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taig
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In cases where there's not really a clear or obvious real-world primeval critter (such as the case with the dire bat) we generally just call it a dire bat. There might be a few exceptions, but none come to mind. That's it! I'm cancelling all my subscriptions! |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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We do need badgers! Scent attack optional. |
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taig
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!!!Dire Badger!!! That link "cannot be found" on my internets. :( Edit: There it is. Thanks for the link! |
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yoda8myhead
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That's it! I'm cancelling all my subscriptions! Badgers are just fat weasels anyway. Just add the obese template to it and there you go. |
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Mairkurion {tm}
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All this hatin' on badgers just breaks my heart. Didn't any of you badgtards grow up on Wind in the Willows? |
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Gene,
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That link "cannot be found" on my internets. :( Here's a copy/paste: Spoiler:
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taig
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That link "cannot be found" on my internets. :( Thanks! So, the dire badger would be capable of killing and eating, say, the dinosaur pictured for James "No Badgers" Jacobs. |
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Gene,
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I give him one round at the most... assuming he sees it coming! :D |
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taig
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That's it! I'm cancelling all my subscriptions! And where would I find the obese template? Is that in the SRD somewhere? |
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