Question for James Jacobs - The various types of "spawn" critters in Red Hand of Doom have no visual descriptions, just a stat block, so I have no idea what these things should look like. The needed info also is not in the Web Enhancement at Wizards' web site. Are they actually published in some other book? Or is this information available/forthcoming anywhere else? (Can you maybe give a single-sentence visual description of each?) Same question for the Bonedrinker, is it from some other source or can you say what it should look like? Any help would be appreciated.
By the way, this adventure is simply superb. It is imaginative, taking the characters in directions I've never seen in a published adventure. The "Designers' Notes" and the "Developments" sidebars both contribute tremendously. I highly recommend this module to anyone who hasn't seen it yet...
Question for James Jacobs - The various types of "spawn" critters in Red Hand of Doom have no visual descriptions, just a stat block, so I have no idea what these things should look like. The needed info also is not in the Web Enhancement at Wizards' web site. Are they actually published in some other book? Or is this information available/forthcoming anywhere else?
Anyone know the answer to this?
Same question for the Bonedrinker, is it from some other source or can you say what it should look like? Any help would be appreciated.
Couldn't tell you about the spawn, since I don't have the adventure, but bonedrinkers are statted out in the MM III. Essentially they are undead goblinoids, looking like thin cadavers with gaping sores. Weird tentacles push out of a few of the sores.
From what I heard from James on a thread on EN World, the spawn of Tiamat were originally going to get full write-ups in an appendix, but this was cut for space.
They are original to Red Hand of Doom, although there's hints that they'll appear in MMIV with full writeups.
FYI there are pictures of both monsters in the module…
Question for James Jacobs - The various types of "spawn" critters in Red Hand of Doom have no visual descriptions, just a stat block, so I have no idea what these things should look like. The needed info also is not in the Web Enhancement at Wizards' web site. Are they actually published in some other book? Or is this information available/forthcoming anywhere else? (Can you maybe give a single-sentence visual description of each?) Same question for the Bonedrinker, is it from some other source or can you say what it should look like? Any help would be appreciated.
By the way, this adventure is simply superb. It is imaginative, taking the characters in directions I've never seen in a published adventure. The "Designers' Notes" and the "Developments" sidebars both contribute tremendously. I highly recommend this module to anyone who hasn't seen it yet...
The critters are all in the MM, MM 3 and MM 4, which was released a bit after the RHoD hit the shelves. You'll forgive me if this is a wee bit late of a post...