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Hi everyone,
this is a question for the experts of D&D "genealogy" and monster mythology:
In previous german translations of D&D (up to v. 3.0) the wyvern was translated as "Lindwurm". Lindwürmer (plural of Lindwurm) are creatures from germanic sagas - basically giant snake like dragons. Siegfried of Bern was supposed to have killed one and his skin turned impregnable after a bath in the dragon's blood.
After german 3.5 officially re-christianed the wyvern (by now it's called wyvern in german, too), I wonder: What is the (closest) equivalent of the Lindwurm of the sagas?
- the wyvern of MM? (contra: wings and "arms")
- the landwyrms of Draconomicon? (contra: has a similar ring to it, but seems to be a totally different creature to me)
- the Linnorm of MM2? (contra: "too" powerful)
I lean towards the Linnorm, but what is your opinion about that matter?
Greetings,
Günther
According to wikipedia, a lindworm is a serpent-like dragon with two or no legs. A Wyvern has wings, while a lindworm does not. Scandinavia knows it as lindorm, which I would see as a different spelling of linnorm. Wikipedia states that they were very large, which would fit the linnorms. So, I would go for the linnorm to depict a lindwurm. The power level can be tuned, of course.
Stefan
Keep in mind that the monsters in the MM2 are all exceedingly powerful - the majority of monsters CR 12 and above are found in that book. It would probably be appropriate to "remake" the Linnorm at a lower CR based on the one in the book.
Keep in mind that the monsters in the MM2 are all exceedingly powerful - the majority of monsters CR 12 and above are found in that book. It would probably be appropriate to "remake" the Linnorm at a lower CR based on the one in the book.
I dunno about that. Fafnir was one bad dude.
Also remember that MM2 is also the MM with the most CR problems and technically a 3.0 book to boot.
GGG
Also remember that MM2 is also the MM with the most CR problems... (snip)
... and the worst art and some really bad design.