2 Many Monsters!

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

This is the final week of editing before we ship the Bestiary 2 off to the printer and that means the whole office is neck deep in monsters. Since we've nowhere else to put them in the ever-more-crowded editorial pit, I thought a nice way to get them out from underfoot would be to exile a few to the blog. So here are a handful of beasties we no longer need immediately on hand. Enjoy!

Art by Damian MammolitiArt by Andrew Hou
Art by Florian StitzArt by Andrew Hou

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Dark Archive

Those monsters by and Mammoliti and Hou:

WTF?!?

Silver Crusade

Nice.

Strongly suspect Monster 2 is some sort of mimic variant. That white gluey aesthetic and all.

Monster 4 has got to be an aquatic draconic something.

Monster 3: Winged griffon?

What the hell is Monster 1?! Alien? Construct? Mecha-daemon?

Liberty's Edge

Mikaze wrote:

Nice.

Strongly suspect Monster 2 is some sort of mimic variant.

Monster 4 has got to be an aquatic draconic something.

Monster 3: Winged griffon?

What the hell is Monster 1?! Alien? Construct? Mecha-daemon?

Worse. He's all of those things. Also possibly a zombie.

Liberty's Edge

Hmmm, Mark says these monsters are no longer needed ‘immediately on hand’– does that mean they’ve been cut from the Bestiary 2? Or am I reading too much into that comment?

Liberty's Edge

Mikaze wrote:

Nice.

Strongly suspect Monster 2 is some sort of mimic variant. That white gluey aesthetic and all.

Monster 4 has got to be an aquatic draconic something.

Monster 3: Winged griffon?

What the hell is Monster 1?! Alien? Construct? Mecha-daemon?

They are nice.

Might be a good call on Monster 2, I hadn't thought of that.

Monster 3 I suspect is a garden variety Hippogriff.

Monster 4 looks like a reasonably 'classic' dragon to me - you might be right on it being aquatic, but I wouldn't immediately jump to that conclusion.

Liberty's Edge

Monster 1 has got to be some sort of construct / golem that an alchemist can create.

Liberty's Edge

I’m steering away from mimic variant for Monster 2 on closer viewing. Maybe its a starving Osquip with a bad case of worms and a serious fungal infection?

Paizo Employee Director of Narrative

Hippogriff!

The outcry was too big.

Edit: Oh yeah, and the thing is frickin' mounted, so take that everyone from a year ago! ;)

Silver Crusade

Love the art of that dragon. Very cool.

Shadow Lodge

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

My guesses:

Monster 1: Some sorta variant Brain in a Jar?

Monster 2: Cordyceps Unilateralis?

Monster 3: Hippogriff

Monster 4: A dragon of some kind :P

Paizo Employee Director of Brand Strategy

Mothman wrote:
Hmmm, Mark says these monsters are no longer needed ‘immediately on hand’– does that mean they’ve been cut from the Bestiary 2? Or am I reading too much into that comment?

You're reading too much into it.

Dark Archive

Mothman wrote:
Monster 4 looks like a reasonably 'classic' dragon to me - you might be right on it being aquatic, but I wouldn't immediately jump to that conclusion.

Look at the tail, there's definite webbing between the horns on the tail, that would make it a daemon swimmer,....

Shadow Lodge

Monster #1 is full of awesome...so much that it's squirting from his joints.

Dark Archive

i bet monster #1 is a scientist golem

Contributor

Okay, here's my (totally unofficial) guesses:
Monster 1: The creator of Mountain Dew.
Monster 2: Trap-Rat-Spider
Monster 4: Aquamarine Dragon... or is that more cerulean?
Monster 3: ...WTF! Awww! How'd that get in there!


Holy carp, Wes; it was 5.18 am when you posted that! Paizo: the staff that never sleeps! O_o


You can tell Mark's new. Doesn't he know he's supposed to make the image file names of the creatures he's displaying?


F. Wesley Schneider wrote:

Okay, here's my (totally unofficial) guesses:

Monster 1: The creator of Mountain Dew.

So what you're saying is that the Bestiary 2 is sponsored by Mountain Dew? Genius! Why hadn't someone thought of this sooner ;)

Contributor

Sketchpad wrote:
So what you're saying is that the Bestiary 2 is sponsored by Mountain Dew? Genius! Why hadn't someone thought of this sooner ;)

Yes, that isn't totally not not what I'm saying. :P


Okay, until I get it, my guesses:
Monster 1 (top Left): Alchemical Golem of some sort (with a formeldehyde preserved brain).

Monster 2 (top right): A rat-plant=spider thing, judging by the "base" of the creature, possibly infectious with parasitic worms of some sort?

Monster 3 (bottom left): Hippogriff. This is great for my soon to be released Hobgoblin Hippogriff Calvalry on some unsuspecting players (mwahahahahahaha)

Monster 4 (bottom Right): Water or Salt Drake. Perhaps an aqua dragon...

There's me guesses, I hope that at least ONE of them is right :P

/d


I suspect monster 2 was influenced by the real world parasite Cordyceps unilateralis.


HIPPOGRIFF! Finally.

Contributor

Monster 1 is a brain a jar without any of the physical limitations! This is one of the scariest concepts I've ever encountered. I seriously gasped as the picture loaded.

Dark Archive

Turquoise dragon critter was cool.

Also the alchemical whatever-the-hell-it-is with injector arms...

Monster 2 is disturbing, not so much the idea of an giant ant / dire rat hybrid that's been colonized by a yellow musk venus fly trap, as the bed of writhing white larva it's walking over. Ew.


Thraxus wrote:
I suspect monster 2 was influenced by the real world parasite Cordyceps unilateralis.

Wow- just read the wiki article. Fascinating! Thanks for posting...

Sovereign Court

Yoda/Mark

I can't tell if that punning title is awesome or awful?


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber

I just can't help wondering if the first one is one of the new Inevitables.


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber

Hou ftw!

Grand Lodge

wow these are great!

I throw my iron helm in with monster 1 being some sort of golem an alchemist makes.

Monster 2, whatever the hell it is looks to be JUST the monster I have been looking for! Been needing a new monster for a horror/chtulhu adventure.

Monster 3: about time!

Monster 4: thinking some kind of gem monster. In the Dragons book it talks about different types of dragons, one of them being a few gem dragons. And those were always popular enough to be in secondary Monster Manuals for ages past.

RPG Superstar 2010 Top 32

Mikaze wrote:
What the hell is Monster 1?! Alien? Construct? Mecha-daemon?

That's easy. It's my worst freaking nightmare.

ihateneedlesihateneedlesihateneedlesihateneedlesihateneedles

Paizo Employee Director of Brand Strategy

GeraintElberion wrote:
I can't tell if that punning title is awesome or awful?

Awesome.


Thraxus wrote:
I suspect monster 2 was influenced by the real world parasite Cordyceps unilateralis.

I read the article which led me to another one about a parasite that makes grasshopper commit suicide

linky


F. Wesley Schneider wrote:
Sketchpad wrote:
So what you're saying is that the Bestiary 2 is sponsored by Mountain Dew? Genius! Why hadn't someone thought of this sooner ;)
Yes, that isn't totally not not what I'm saying. :P

Damn, that Hyrum guy works quick on the marketing.

Jon Brazer Enterprises

yeah!!! horror needley constructy thingy.


Love the needle for arms "Mars Attack" Martian dude. Simply awesome. Hope it's a construct so my wizard can create one. Who'll @#$@ with me when I have one of those as a bodyguard!


Best. Blog. Post. Ever!


I can't tell if Monster 2 is some sort of carnivorous, symbiotic plant or the rat-spider creature it is riding on. Or both...

Monster 1 is disturbing.

Shadow Lodge

Monster 1: The brain has eyes. I'm not saying anymore about this one.

Monster 2: ...


Me thinks, Monster # 1 is what´s left of the Alchemist when he doesn´t stop taking those mutagens, grin.

Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8

#1 Intellect Devourer Battle Armour!


Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber
Blog Police wrote:
Best. Blog. Post. Ever!

FOUL!!!

:D


Actually, he doesn´t have to place the injection all by himself anymore with this little construct, nice device.


Mark Moreland wrote:
GeraintElberion wrote:
I can't tell if that punning title is awesome or awful?
Awesome.

Seconded. All in favor?

Jon Brazer Enterprises

Matthew Morris wrote:
#1 Intellect Devourer Battle Armour!

you win the thread. have a kobold-shaped cookie with sprinkles.

Dark Archive Bella Sara Charter Superscriber

Has anyone taken the position that monster #3 is not a hippogriff, and that anyone who thinks it's a hippogriff is wrong, and should feel bad about being so wrong? Because, if not, I call dibs on that position. I will henceforth be intractable regarding the identity of monster #3 (which I believe is actually a pegasus with a magic item that makes it look like a beak) and belligerent* towards any who claim otherwise.

*More belligerent than normal.

Dark Archive

Sebastian wrote:
Has anyone taken the position that monster #3 is not a hippogriff,

Well, clearly it's a My Little Pony with the Pretty Wings template.

Scarab Sages

Matthew Morris wrote:
#1 Intellect Devourer Battle Armour!

One of my players actually has two intellect devourer corpses in jars in his laboratory (I planted them in Carrion Hill as set-dressing). I might have him find one of the jars has gone missing, and his laboratory is in shambles. Would be a fun little side-trek :-).


#3 is an elf riding something it found in his cabbage patch this morning.

Liberty's Edge

#3 is clearly a magical, intelligent shortbow.


Actually, monster #1 is Krang's first attempt at a body suit.

Seriously though... what I like the most is that monster #1 has a round "circle" in the middle of his chest... just large enough for the "brain" to enter and exit the "body".

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