Obviously I use the stick, while James prefers the carrot.I can see why. Carrot cake is delicious, but stick cake just sounds like a bad idea.
Personally I like sticky cakes.
Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned whale!
If we're being thrown "Lovecraft" by Greg Vaughn, I'd say that Monster #3 could be either a shantak or a hunting horror.
You know what confused the Hell out of me as a kid? The Wendigo shows up in the Hulk and fights Hulk and Wolverine, and basically looks like a big white hairy beast.
Then a few years later, there is this weird issue of Spider-Man where the Wendigo flies through New York during a snow storm while the entire piece is threaded through with a poem. But this time its a long green spirit looking thing.
I got to say I liked the Hulk Wendigo better.
What were we talking about?
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so i herd you liek bunyipz
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SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER
WHEN YOU SEE THE WHITE WHALE
BREAK YOUR BACKS AND CRACK YOUR OARS MEN
IF YOU WISH TO PREVAILTHIS IVORY LEG IS WHAT PROPELS ME
HARPOONS THRUST IN THE SKY
AIM DIRECTLY FOR HIS CROOKED BROW
AND LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYEWHITE WHALE
HOLY GRAIL
WHITE WHALE
HOLY GRAIL
Mastodon FTW. That's one of my all-time favorite songs.
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needs the dire ... chihuahuaOr better yet, dire chinchilla.
R.
Don't get them wet! And don't forget the double-damage from bludgeoning!
(I swear every time I hold my sister-in-law's I'm terrified they're going to break in my hand)
Mastodon FTW. That's one of my all-time favorite songs.so i herd you liek bunyipz
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SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER
WHEN YOU SEE THE WHITE WHALE
BREAK YOUR BACKS AND CRACK YOUR OARS MEN
IF YOU WISH TO PREVAILTHIS IVORY LEG IS WHAT PROPELS ME
HARPOONS THRUST IN THE SKY
AIM DIRECTLY FOR HIS CROOKED BROW
AND LOOK HIM STRAIGHT IN THE EYEWHITE WHALE
HOLY GRAIL
WHITE WHALE
HOLY GRAIL
My GM said he's going to play this during a fight with the Leviathan! Should be fun! :D
That one at top left looks like something from American folklore called the Whirling Whimpus, but I'm probably mythtaken.
The wendigo is an easy guess.
And the other two... a ghost whale and somethign vaguely draconic (a kongamoto)?
"Oh, my burning feet of fire!"
"You ain't Defaygo!"
Sorry, but for some reason I'd swear I remember those lines in connection with the Wendigo.
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No Dire-Chihuahua is just another name for Dire-Rat. Damn kick-me. ;PManatee is only one of the critters that really, really needs the dire treatment. Others include squirrel, badger, chihuahua and rhea.Wouldn't a dire chihuauhua be a Great Dane?
I thought a Dire Chihuahua is simply a regular rat. :)
I thought a Dire Chihuahua is simply a regular rat. :)
It is, but it gets a +10 racial bonus to disguise checks to appear to be a house pet that may be somewhat canine in nature.
Mastodon FTW. That's one of my all-time favorite songs.
The music is good, but I just can't stomach the "singing".
It is, but it gets a +10 racial bonus to disguise checks to appear to be a house pet that may be somewhat canine in nature.
I thought a Dire Chihuahua is simply a regular rat. :)
... just like the kobolds of old?
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A shantak? Really? With those back spines?
Shantaks are often used as steeds within the dreamlands. Its going to be a bumpy ride.
Gary
There will be a sidebar with the new "rectum guard" property that can be applied to saddles. ;)
That's a picture of a male Shantak, the females don't have those ridges.According to Scott Purdy's DeviantArt page, that's exactly what it is.A shantak? Really? With those back spines?
Shantaks are often used as steeds within the dreamlands. Its going to be a bumpy ride.
Gary
Okay, I'll probably be sorry but I'll ask anyway.
What do the female Shantaks have?
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According to Scott Purdy's DeviantArt page, that's exactly what it is.A shantak? Really? With those back spines?
Shantaks are often used as steeds within the dreamlands. Its going to be a bumpy ride.
Gary
If we statted up Lovecraftian monsters that were comfortable to touch, we'd be doing it wrong.
If we statted up Lovecraftian monsters that were comfortable to touch, we'd be doing it wrong.
Are shoggoths all hugable?
Bendable? Bugable?Foldable? Moldable?
Cuddly and holdable?
You say that they're Knids, all vile and vermicious?
I say you're wrong! They look simply delicious!
--from the lost chapter "The Shoggoths think Veruca is Delicious Too" from CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR: ON BEYOND AZATHOTH
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Manatee is only one of the critters that really, really needs the dire treatment. Others include squirrel, badger, chihuahua and rhea.Wouldn't a dire chihuauhua be a Great Dane?
Given that my professional grief dog a) is a chihuahua and b) thinks he's a great dane, I vote for this.
[spoiler]I take Rocky to the vet and they ask his name. I say, "Rocky, though he also responds to 'Fuzzbutt' and occasionally 'Get over here, Damnit!'"
Are shoggoths all hugable?
Bendable? Bugable?
Foldable? Moldable?
Cuddly and holdable?
You say that they're Knids, all vile and vermicious?
I say you're wrong! They look simply delicious!--from the lost chapter "The Shoggoths think Veruca is Delicious Too" from CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR: ON BEYOND AZATHOTH
Outstanding.
If we statted up Lovecraftian monsters that were comfortable to touch, we'd be doing it wrong.Are shoggoths all hugable?
Bendable? Bugable?
Foldable? Moldable?
Cuddly and holdable?
You say that they're Knids, all vile and vermicious?
I say you're wrong! They look simply delicious!--from the lost chapter "The Shoggoths think Veruca is Delicious Too" from CHARLIE AND THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR: ON BEYOND AZATHOTH
That is quite possibly the most disturbing Lovecraftian mashup ever imagined.
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Are shoggoths all hugable?
Bendable? Bugable?
Foldable? Moldable?
Cuddly and holdable?
This one was... it's sold out now, though.
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If we statted up Lovecraftian monsters that were comfortable to touch, we'd be doing it wrong.Ultimately, its just a piece of art. I get that.
But, dude, Randolph Carter flies upon a shantak in "Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath". Granted its summoned by Nyarlathotep and is a trick to take him to the throne of Azathoth, but still he rides it ... clings to it even. To quote the master:
And Randolph Carter, gasping and dizzy on his hideous shantak, shot screamingly into space toward the cold blue glare of boreal Vega; looking but once behind him at the clustered and chaotic turrets of the onyx nightmare wherein still glowed the lone lurid light of that window above the air and the clouds of earth’s dreamland. Great polypous horrors slid darkly past, and unseen bat-wings beat multitudinous around him, but still he clung to the unwholesome mane of that loathly and hippocephalic scaled bird.
-- H.P. Lovecraft "Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"Hideous? Loathly? Maned and hippocephalic? Yep, yep, and yep. But dear old HPL neglects to mention pointy spines on the shantak's back.
So I submit, you can cuddle up to your shantak. You just better do it quick before it deposits you at the sanity-shattering throne of big-daddy Azathoth.
Gary
I also submit that those "spines" on its back are actually spurts and swipes of grease and slime. Smear a layer of lard or crisco over a rhino, sit on it, then jump off and note how the dismount leaves spiny looking smears and swaths of sticky sludge to give evidence to your recent positioning atop the lumbering beast.
(And yes, the shantak does indeed have a "slippery" ability, which IS supported by other passages in "Dream Quest".)
(AND yes, I guess that does confirm the fact that the art is of a shantak.)
woh James changed his avatar, neat however
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This one was... it's sold out now, though.Are shoggoths all hugable?
Bendable? Bugable?
Foldable? Moldable?
Cuddly and holdable?
I missed out on my own shoggoth? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! [Hugs my Cthulhu plushie for comfort]
It is, but it gets a +10 racial bonus to disguise checks to appear to be a house pet that may be somewhat canine in nature.
I thought a Dire Chihuahua is simply a regular rat. :)
I can't wait for the Trapdoor Were-Chihuahua. It hides in débutante's purses and springs out at prey; unfortunately, afflicted infected victims must make Control Shape checks or revert into Paris Hiltons.
Tyler Walpole's looks like a demonic jackalope.
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By the end of the year, everyone who's a Paizo employee will have unique avatarsActually, I really like this. It's frustrating when an employee has been active in a thread but then someone with the same Avatar comes in making a few comments that seem "out-of-character" if you're reading quickly and only glancing at the avatar rather than name for ID.
R.
And that is the primary reason behind the mandate, I suspect.
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And that is the primary reason behind the mandate, I suspect.By the end of the year, everyone who's a Paizo employee will have unique avatarsActually, I really like this. It's frustrating when an employee has been active in a thread but then someone with the same Avatar comes in making a few comments that seem "out-of-character" if you're reading quickly and only glancing at the avatar rather than name for ID.
R.
Out of curiosity are these avatars taken from art for future products (and if you don't mind me asking which future products?) Or have they been custom made?
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Out of curiosity are these avatars taken from art for future products (and if you don't mind me asking which future products?) Or have they been custom made?And that is the primary reason behind the mandate, I suspect.By the end of the year, everyone who's a Paizo employee will have unique avatarsActually, I really like this. It's frustrating when an employee has been active in a thread but then someone with the same Avatar comes in making a few comments that seem "out-of-character" if you're reading quickly and only glancing at the avatar rather than name for ID.
R.
According to James in another thread - both! The art is for an upcoming book, but it's creation for that book was at least partially influenced by James' need for a new avatar.
According to James in another thread - both! The art is for an upcoming book, but it's creation for that book was at least partially influenced by James' need for a new avatar.
Hmm, that artwork does look familiar, though, but I can't quite place it.
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My new avatar was taken from an illustration that will be appearing next February in the upcoming "World Guide: The Inner Sea." Specifically, it's part of the half-page illustration that opens up the four pages about the Mwangi Expanse.
If the artwork looks familiar, that might just be because there's been awesome dinosaur illustrations for centuries. ;-P