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Drakli (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Modules Subscriber), Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 10:41 AM

I know Orv is crawling with them, and there are Lost Valleys here and there in the north where volcanic vents and springs pull a lost world... but to what degree is the world aware of dinosaurs?

Are they like sasquatch and the loch ness monster, scoffed at by many, deeply believed in by a few, and searched for by many, or just exotic animals like the giraffe and the elephant? Do sages and more scholarly druids engage in long treitises about mysterious survivals? Do they even know dinosaurs used to be the big thing?

Am I missing any Golarion dinosaur habitats? How crazy is it to have a stegosaurus animal companion in most parts of the world (like Adventure Path territory?)

James Jacobs (Creative Director), Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 12:10 PM

Drakli wrote:

I know Orv is crawling with them, and there are Lost Valleys here and there in the north where volcanic vents and springs pull a lost world... but to what degree is the world aware of dinosaurs?

Are they like sasquatch and the loch ness monster, scoffed at by many, deeply believed in by a few, and searched for by many, or just exotic animals like the giraffe and the elephant? Do sages and more scholarly druids engage in long treitises about mysterious survivals? Do they even know dinosaurs used to be the big thing?

Am I missing any Golarion dinosaur habitats? How crazy is it to have a stegosaurus animal companion in most parts of the world (like Adventure Path territory?)

The world is very aware of dinosaurs. They're pretty common on Garund in spots (particularly in and around the Mwangi Expanse), and are basically thought of as exotic animals. It's more likely that someone would scoff at the existence of the drow than they would at the existence of dinosaurs.

Greg A. Vaughan (Contributor), Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 03:18 PM

Drow? Pshah! No such thing.

The Red Raven, Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 04:41 PM

Greg A. Vaughan wrote:

Drow? Pshah! No such thing.

That's just an elf you've painted black. You could have at least done something creative like sew a duckbill on it.

Wolf Munroe (Pathfinder Chronicles Superscriber; GameMastery Superscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber), Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 06:31 PM

The Red Raven wrote:

Greg A. Vaughan wrote:

Drow? Pshah! No such thing.

That's just an elf you've painted black. You could have at least done something creative like sew a duckbill on it.

Daffy Duck is a drow?

blackrose_angel, Fri, Nov 6, 2009, 06:45 PM

Wolf Munroe wrote:

The Red Raven wrote:

Greg A. Vaughan wrote:

Drow? Pshah! No such thing.

That's just an elf you've painted black. You could have at least done something creative like sew a duckbill on it.

Daffy Duck is a drow?

HAHAHAHAHA good one

DM_aka_Dudemeister (Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber), Sat, Nov 7, 2009, 01:35 AM

"Elf Theathon!"
"Drow Season!"
"Elf Theathon!"
"Drow Season!"
"ELF THEATHON!"
"ELF SEASON!"
"DROW THEATHON FIRE!"

*Wizard Fire Orbs Daffy Drow*

*Daffy Drow straightens beak*

"...Of courthe you realithe. Thith meanth war."

KaeYoss (Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Chronicles, Pathfinder Companion, Pathfinder Fiction, Planet Stories Subscriber), Sat, Nov 7, 2009, 11:41 AM

The Red Raven wrote:

Greg A. Vaughan wrote:

Drow? Pshah! No such thing.

That's just an elf you've painted black. You could have at least done something creative like sew a duckbill on it.

Yeah! Duckbills make everything awesomer! In fact, I hear that for 5e, they plan to add duckbills to every monster!

DM_aka_Dudemeister wrote:

"Elf Theathon!"
"Drow Season!"
"Elf Theathon!"
"Drow Season!"
"ELF THEATHON!"
"ELF SEASON!"
"DROW THEATHON FIRE!"

*Wizard Fire Orbs Daffy Drow*

*Daffy Drow straightens beak*

"...Of courthe you realithe. Thith meanth war."

Hahaha! I was about to do something similar:

"Praithe Cyth-V'thug, Printhe of the Blathted Heath"
"Cys-Vsug? Prince of the Blasted Hease?"
"NO, BLATHFEMER! YOU THALL BE PUNITHED!"
"Why don't you say "thou shall be punished?"
"I WILL TORTHURE YOU TO DEATH"
"To des? HAHAHAHA"

The Red Raven, Sat, Nov 7, 2009, 05:51 PM

Wolf Munroe wrote:

Daffy Duck is a drow?

You're despicable.