Serpent Folk? Where!?

[Gurubabaramalamaswami]

James Jacobs offhandedly mentioned serpent folk down in the Four Horsemen thread.

I was wondering if we're talking serpent folk ala "The Shadow Kingdom" by Robert E. Howard. That would be really, really friggin' cool.

Lovecraft's getting plenty of love. I'd like to see Howard get his due. We gamers owe him a lot.

[Mikaze]

Gurubabaramalamaswami wrote:

James Jacobs offhandedly mentioned serpent folk down in the Four Horsemen thread.

I was wondering if we're talking serpent folk ala "The Shadow Kingdom" by Robert E. Howard. That would be really, really friggin' cool.

Lovecraft's getting plenty of love. I'd like to see Howard get his due. We gamers owe him a lot.

I can't remember the exact name(Something-wall), but there is a secluded fortress of some sort in Varisia with great carvings of serpents constantly spewing poisonous gas into the surrounding area. No one knows who built it or what may be living in it yet.

Yuan-ti aren't OGL are they? As much as I'd like to have them available as an option, it will be cool to see a new serpent race put forth free of that backstory.

[Atrocious]

Mikaze wrote:

I can't remember the exact name(Something-wall), but there is a secluded fortress of some sort in Varisia with great carvings of serpents constantly spewing poisonous gas into the surrounding area. No one knows who built it or what may be living in it yet.

Yuan-ti aren't OGL are they? As much as I'd like to have them available as an option, it will be cool to see a new serpent race put forth free of that backstory.

That would be Viperwall, and no Yuan-Ti are not OGL. It is a shame since the Yuan-Ti are among my favorite monsters (along with the Slaad, damn you product identity!), but the idea of a serpent-man is hardly new and deserves a place in Golarion.

[Matthew Morris]

The Yuan Ti may be, but the Serpent People (Green Ronin) and Assathi (Sword and Sorcery) aren't.

Both are cool.

Edit Tome of Horrors has OGL Slaad, fwiw.

[Gurubabaramalamaswami]

Matthew Morris wrote:

The Yuan Ti may be, but the Serpent People (Green Ronin) and Assathi (Sword and Sorcery) aren't.

Both are cool.

Edit Tome of Horrors has OGL Slaad, fwiw.

Yea, it's funny. Slaad are product identity but the Slaad Lords are OGL.

[BenS]

The Mwangi Expanse or The Screaming Jungle are obvious choices. It's a pity Yuan-ti aren't OGL, as mentioned, but I'm sure Paizo will come up w/ a suitably cool replacement.

[Callous Jack]

Gurubabaramalamaswami wrote:

Lovecraft's getting plenty of love. I'd like to see Howard get his due. We gamers owe him a lot.

I think this is a great idea.

[Lilith]

Gurubabaramalamaswami wrote:

I was wondering if we're talking serpent folk ala "The Shadow Kingdom" by Robert E. Howard. That would be really, really friggin' cool.

Agree!

[Aberzombie]

Lilith wrote:

Gurubabaramalamaswami wrote:

I was wondering if we're talking serpent folk ala "The Shadow Kingdom" by Robert E. Howard. That would be really, really friggin' cool.

Agree!

Also agree. And, after reading through the Freeport stuff, it seems to me that settings civilized serpent folk were modeled after the "Shadow Kingdom" monsters. That's what I liked about them.

[Mothman]

James has reiterated a number of times that whilst Yuan-ti are not OGC, the concept of serpent people are in the public domain.

He’s also mentioned Howard’s serpent folk and the Freeport serpent folk in passing … make of that what you will.