Kalindlara Contributor |
Set |
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I would be happy if they reprinted the Gare linnorm and Fafnir and added one new one. I would prefer a forest/plant related one or at least one from the first world.
A linnorm based on corrupt growth, life out of control, whose breath weapon causes the vegetation around you to heave up and entangle and begin to constrict you, or your own flesh to grow tumorous and encumbering, could be thematic and freaky and body-horror-ish.
It's death curse, naturally, would linger under the surface, and only affect your offspring...
Nightterror |
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If Nidhogg makes it in Pathfinder, I hope it will look like this picture. *Clicky*
I don't know what Fafnir looks like in Pathfinder, but I really hope he is about greed and gold like in the real myth, I hope the curse when you kill him is that you turn into a greedy person and eventually into a new fafnir.
Rysky |
If Nidhogg makes it in Pathfinder, I hope it will look like this picture. *Clicky*
I don't know what Fafnir looks like in Pathfinder, but I really hope he is about greed and gold like in the real myth, I hope the curse when you kill him is that you turn into a greedy person and eventually into a new fafnir.
Pretty much hit the nail on the head.
Granted I don't know how much greedier he is than other Linnorms, since most people tend to offer him stuff, rather than try and take it :3
Set |
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I believe the root-gnawer, the burrowing linnorm called Nidhogg will take care of that.
It would make a perfect plant-based linnorm.
Golarion doesn't have a Yggdrassil analogue, that I know of, but if it did, it would make sense for the top part of it to be flowering into the First World, and it's roots to dig deep into the Plane of Shadow. So Nidhogg, in Golarion, might well be a Shadow plane Linnorm, of sorts, full of dark dreary whispers that come to life around you and wrap you up in your own inner darkness.
Rysky |
Nightterror wrote:I believe the root-gnawer, the burrowing linnorm called Nidhogg will take care of that.
It would make a perfect plant-based linnorm.
Golarion doesn't have a Yggdrassil analogue, that I know of, but if it did, it would make sense for the top part of it to be flowering into the First World, and it's roots to dig deep into the Plane of Shadow. So Nidhogg, in Golarion, might well be a Shadow plane Linnorm, of sorts, full of dark dreary whispers that come to life around you and wrap you up in your own inner darkness.
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Luthorne |
Nightterror wrote:I believe the root-gnawer, the burrowing linnorm called Nidhogg will take care of that.
It would make a perfect plant-based linnorm.
Golarion doesn't have a Yggdrassil analogue, that I know of, but if it did, it would make sense for the top part of it to be flowering into the First World, and it's roots to dig deep into the Plane of Shadow. So Nidhogg, in Golarion, might well be a Shadow plane Linnorm, of sorts, full of dark dreary whispers that come to life around you and wrap you up in your own inner darkness.
Perhaps the irminsul would be the closest to a Yggdrasil analogue? Since they went with the tree interpretation, it doesn't seem too out there...
MMCJawa |
Well Fafnheir is a creature from myth so there is a chance he would get a reprint.
Yeah Set, something along that line is what I would be looking for.
Nidhogg could work.
Fafnir is from myth...Fafnheir is spelled differently and has a different origin, and seems more a nod. So they might not want to print him
Eric Hinkle |
I can see Entothropes being favored by Deskari worshippers and spider Entothropes specifically being prevalent among Drow and followers of Atlach-Nacha.
Wait, Atlach-Nacha exists in the game? I thought they were replaced by Mazmezz.
Though I always did enjoy old A-N was depicted in CAS's classic 'The Seven Geases'.
James Jacobs Creative Director |
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Axial wrote:I can see Entothropes being favored by Deskari worshippers and spider Entothropes specifically being prevalent among Drow and followers of Atlach-Nacha.Wait, Atlach-Nacha exists in the game? I thought they were replaced by Mazmezz.
Though I always did enjoy old A-N was depicted in CAS's classic 'The Seven Geases'.
Atlach-Nacha has never been a drow deity. Mazmezz is meant to replace Lolth, more or less, but is much more obscure even among drow, who aren't 100% spider themed in Pathfinder.
That said, yes, Atlach-Nacha is one of the six Great Old Ones we're publishing in the Strange Aeons Adventure Path, as part of our connection/agreement/team-up with Chaosium. (Since Clark Ashton Smith's creations are not yet in the public domain, we worked with Chaosium to use their license to do game-related content of their versions of his creations.)
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Szuriel as Horseman of War was partially inspired by the truly epic statue The Motherland Calls/Родина-мать зовёт in Kiev.
A little nitpick: the statue linked by Todd is actually the Motherland Calls statue in Volgograd. The statue was built in 1967 to commemorate the Battle of Stalingrad. It's 85 m (279 ft.) tall (not including the pedestal), the figure itself measures 52 m (171 ft.), and the sword 33 m (108 ft.). (For comparision, the Statue of Liberty in New York City is 46 m, or 151 ft.) The statue's grounds also hold the grave of Vasily Zaitsev, a famous russian sniper who took part in the battle, and was portrayed by Jude Law in the movie Enemy at the Gates.
There is a statue of the same name in Kiev too, but it looks rather different.
Dragon78 |
If we get 3 new kaiju, which three would you guys want?
Kaiju
Agmazar-(The Star Titan of the vast jungle.)
Cimurlian-(The Great Bear of the frozen north.)
Ebeshra-(The Winged Razor of the furthest clouds.)
Igroon-(The Dragon Eater of the lost island.)
Mantraska-(The World Talons of the rain forest.)
Shbloon-(The Vortex Maw of the ocean deep.)
Lord Varklops-(The Thrice-Headed Fiend of the dormant volcano.)
Queen Vorgozen-(The Shapeless Feeder of the vast swamp.)
Yarthoon-(The Moon Grub of the darkest nights.)
Yorak-(The Horned Thunder of the great mountains.)
Zimivra-(The Endless Coils of the trackless desert.)
Rysky |
Agmazar-Eh, I'd say there's too much Golarion universe lore to have him.
Cimurlian- FLUFFY KAIJU!
Igroon- Dragon Eater? Oooo...
Mantraska-(The World Talons of the rain forest.) Oooooo...
Shbloon-(The Vortex Maw of the ocean deep.) Yes please.
Lord Varklops-We have to have this one, for obvious reasons :3
Yarthoon-(The Moon Grub of the darkest nights.) Oooooo...
Zimivra-(The Endless Coils of the trackless desert.) Nice.
Kalindlara Contributor |
James Jacobs Creative Director |
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Since I spoiled it elesewhere a few moments ago...
Bestiary 6 will have 3 kaiju in it.
Yes, it's 3 from the list in Bestiary 4.
Nope, not yet ready to reveal which ones they are, although they ARE locked in with art and design already.
And nope, no descriptions of kaiju appearances. I know what the three I chose to be in the book look like, but not the others.
More news will doubtless come once we get closer to the book's release next year.
James Jacobs Creative Director |
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Turns out ALL 200 monsters are 2 pagers :3
Not nearly true (that'd make a 320 page book at least 400 pages long, which is against the laws of physics), but one of the things that this being the 6th Bestiary HAS allowed me to do is to give more monsters than ever before the freedom to spread out into a 2 page format. Fewer monsters over all, but more interesting information per monster on average overall.
(And there's more than 200 monsters in the book anyway—my current back-of-the-envelop count is that there's 233 monsters in there for folks who are interested in exact numbers. That might change in either direction once the book's laid out and we find out exactly how big the appendix is.)
Prince Setehrael |
What I would love most to see in this Bestiary is all 8 of The Archdevils, a few of the Infernal Dukes, the 4 Whore Queens and the 12 Malebranche. All my love for the Legions of Hell. I've been waiting to see their power. Would also like to see a Hell Dragon.
In regard to the Four Horsemen what about the mysterious 5th horseman, The Oinedaemon, could it possibly appear as well??
Also been curious about something from the Behemoth Thalassic entry.... The Dread Leviathans.
Anything you can hint at James?
James Jacobs Creative Director |
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What I would love most to see in this Bestiary is all 8 of The Archdevils, a few of the Infernal Dukes, the 4 Whore Queens and the 12 Malebranche. All my love for the Legions of Hell. I've been waiting to see their power. Would aslo like to see a Hell Dragon.
Also been curious about something from the Behemoth Thalassic entry.... The Dread Leviathans.
Anything you can hint at James?
I've used up October's hint on the kaiju. Maybe next month I'll have more to say about Hell stuff.
Maybe.