Yeah, it would suck to go all the way to Triaxis just to fight goblins.
Yeah, it would suck to go all the way to Triaxis just to fight goblins.
I know Adam Daigle and Rob McCreary have worked hard (with the authors) to try to utilize the new AP monsters in the actual adventures, even if it means that they appear in a later chapter.
The fact that Distant Worlds author James Sutter and Adam himself contributed monsters is a good sign we'll have some Triaxis coolness. (Not to dismiss Amanda in anyway)
Too bad it was a small bestiary of 4(well 3 monsters+ one 0HD race) monsters instead of 6+ bestiary we sometimes see. Though I am sure there is info of what monsters you could use on the planet and maybe some advice on re-skinning them to fit the planet.
Well what are the monsters then?
Are we there yet?
Well what are the monsters then?
You'll find out once subscribers get it. Till then, gotta wait.
Even if its just a joke, I can't place that 0HD race in any of those catogories...
Its not scary, dangerous, horrible and all that interesting.
:-p <-- Watch the smiley
So has anyone gotten there PDFs today?
:D I GOTS IT!!
SPILL.
So what are the Triaxian's stats, traits, abilities, etc.?
What are the other monsters like?
Just got mine, the new monsters are...
STORMGHOST: Matching the color of snow and ice, this menacing creature
stands on four pointed legs like those of an insect. A conical head
ringed with tiny eyes and sporting gnashing teeth sits atop this
creature’s humanoid torso.
TRIAXIAN: This warrior looks like an attractive humanoid with pointed,
featherlike ears and eyes shaped into long, horizontal slits.
Though he has no true hair, his entire body is covered in short,
sleek white fur.
URSIKKA: This enormous, insectlike creature is covered in downy white
fur, broken only by glossy black claws and portions of its
exoskeleton. A pair of iridescent eyes gleams above a horrid
three-part mouth that drips viscous f luid.
WOLLIPED: This shaggy, multi-legged creature has a f lattened face with wide nostrils and four eyes. Ivory tusks jut downward from its mouth.
I don't understand any of those monsters spare for the Triaian, I think I have to see pictures of them.
Insect-like can be anything, beetle, Wasp, Mantis, mosquito, moth, even spiderlike creatures like scorpions and crabs, so what insects do they resemble?
Why the heck am I checking if it's showed up in my downloads when it's 3:30 in Seattle?
Because I can always hope that one of the warehouse-raptors have switched teams.
Thanks for the info Mikeawmids.
Will anyone tell what the Triaxian's stats, abilities, traits, etc. are?
Is the bonus feat set or is it like a human's were you can choose?
Keen Senses, is this a bonus to perception or something else?
Regarding the Triaxian stats ... is that all, or is there more? I'm asking because otherwise - from the information supplied - the Triaxians look like a 7 RP race at the most.
According to the ARG:
Keen senses (like an elf) = 2 RP,
One completely open bonus feat = 4 RP.
Thanks for info guys, I am surprised they don't get some ability to help them in what season they were born in though.
F5, F5, F5!
Actually Dragon, everyone is forgetting their Seasoned Racial Trait
This makes them 10 RP
I don't understand any of those monsters spare for the Triaian, I think I have to see pictures of them.
Insect-like can be anything, beetle, Wasp, Mantis, mosquito, moth, even spiderlike creatures like scorpions and crabs, so what insects do they resemble?
It's hard to explain...but they have insectoid characteristics, but don't really map onto any real life arthropods.
The lower parts tend to remind me of tauric creatures like drow, but the upper parts are...well alien and rather unique. I like them. Best comparison I can make is one is a monstrous humanoid with an insectoid like lower body and humanoid torso, with a humanoid head with a mouth and no eyes.
The other one has a lower part that has claws like a scorpion, but it's surmounted by this stalk like torso with a head that looks like a cross between a bug and a sinspawn...sorta.
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After reading about why the Stormghosts do what they do, I can't help but think that these things have Dominion of the Black written all over them. :O
Also, as if that information and their appearance and methods for killing weren't enough to make one go "OH @#$%!", you find out what their actual probable targets on Triaxus are. Freaking yikes.
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Tiny nitpick: On the Random Encounters page, it took me a long time to figure out that the Horrid Visitor encounter was a devourer. I had to look up what kind of creature has Essence Points. It was only afterwards that I realized that it said devourer in the table. I'm used to these mentioning the creature type in the encounter text, so I don't have to find it in the table.
Much better thing: The Elven delegation is a pretty cool encounter, idea, I gotta say. :)
After reading about why the Stormghosts do what they do, I can't help but think that these things have Dominion of the Black written all over them. :O
Also, as if that information and their appearance and methods for killing weren't enough to make one go "OH @#$%!", you find out what their actual probable targets on Triaxus are. Freaking yikes.
Oh, yeah. You got that right.
The Stormghosts are only one system over...not everything outer space = Dominion of the Black, although the bio probe sure hints at that.
I like that at least some of the elves on Triaxus are there for political asylum. makes me wonder if a whole colony of rebellious elves exists.
Really want to find out more about the poet whales mentioned in passing...
Hope this AP does well so we can get more Distant World love :)
Really want to find out more about the poet whales mentioned in passing...
I had actually entirely forgotten about those! I love dropping new creatures into write-ups with just a sentence or two, as it means that when we go back later to expand things, we already have some obvious places to start. :)
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Tiny nitpick: On the Random Encounters page, it took me a long time to figure out that the Horrid Visitor encounter was a devourer. I had to look up what kind of creature has Essence Points. It was only afterwards that I realized that it said devourer in the table. I'm used to these mentioning the creature type in the encounter text, so I don't have to find it in the table.
Much better thing: The Elven delegation is a pretty cool encounter, idea, I gotta say. :)
Oops. I should have made that more clear. Sorry about that.
Also... Thanks for reading and enjoying that page! I always wonder how many people use/read that page in the APs.
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I had actually entirely forgotten about those! I love dropping new creatures into write-ups with just a sentence or two, as it means that when we go back later to expand things, we already have some obvious places to start. :)
Really want to find out more about the poet whales mentioned in passing...
Name dropping weird things like that is one of your super powers!
Nice read on the article about Triaxus plus a lot interesting sounding creatures that were mentioned there as well. Also some cool alien monsters and an actual made up type of animal.
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I had actually entirely forgotten about those! I love dropping new creatures into write-ups with just a sentence or two, as it means that when we go back later to expand things, we already have some obvious places to start. :)
Really want to find out more about the poet whales mentioned in passing...
And I love it when you do that! :)
I really enjoyed the URSIKKA monster in the bestiary, its one of my favorite monsters now!
Don't really like the Wolliped's 8 legs, I think its a bit too much that most alien animals should have more than 4 legs...
I do like the Playable Monster's season stuff, and the Stormghost is ok too, don't really like the head in the picture.
But Ursikka makes my day!
I like all the creatures in this book, wish this one got a double sized bestiary though.
I like it that Wolf-In-Sheeps-Cloths got some love in this AP
Can't wait for Alraune and Charybdis, my two all-time-favorite Pathfinder beasties to shine in an AP, hopefully with artwork.
Loved finding the Delegation from Castroval in this issue, the first thing that popped into my head when I saw them was WILD HUNT!
Name dropping weird things like that is one of your super powers!
You say such sweet things, Daigle. :D
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I was really happy with this bestiary. I certainly wish it could have been bigger, but that would have taken away from the Triaxus article, something I think had more value to the book than additional monsters ().
Clearly this means we need a hardcover Distant Worlds Bestiary!
:D?
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Yes we do need a Distant World's hardcover book and a Distant Worlds Bestiary(like the Innersea bestiary).
Yes we do need a Distant World's hardcover book and a Distant Worlds Bestiary(like the Innersea bestiary).I dream of a day when we might have a hardcover campaign setting book and a Bestiary for each of the planets. :)
Having the entire planetary system covered in hardcover setting books would be kinda cool.