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Hey there. I just finished reading The Bullywug Gambit, and it's really cool. one thing bothered me, though. in Kraken's Cove, there is a Savage Phantom. I don't know anything about Phantoms, and it makes me nervous. I mean, using a creature I'm unfemiliar with is a recepy for trouble in the first place since if a player becomes inquesitive I will remain speechless. but using an unfimilier creature with a template? to risky for my own taste. so I was wondering if I shell replace him when runing TBG- shell I?
-thanks!
The phanaton are a small humanoid race who are living on the Isle of Dread. I think the stats for phanatons are in one of the further adventures, probably tides of dread, if I remember correctly.
If you do not want to use the phanaton: they are a small monkey-like race, based on makis and lemures. So I guess you could use any type of monkey to replace it, except that it will not be intelligent. But savage creatures do not have much intelligence anyway. Perhaps one of the pirates had a dressed-up monkey pet (such as in Pirates of the Caribbean)?
You could also use any small humanoid, such as a gnome or halfling. Or a small monstrous humanoid.
Stats for phanatons are in Tides of Dread (Dungeon #143). A more complete description of phanatons (with stats) is included in an article in Dragon #339.
I believe that stats were first published in the Monster Manual 2.
I believe that stats were first published in the Monster Manual 2.
You believe incorrectly. Max is correct.
It's real simple. They're Ewoks. That simple. I think they have membranes like a flying squirrel, and of course they’re not as roly-poly, but they fill the same, basic concept in the story as Ewoks. Watch Return of the Jedi and you’ll know all you need to know about Phanatons. Of course, if your players hit you with a question you don’t know the answer to, Rule 0 it! Make it up. Nothing says they have to be the same in your campaign world as any other.
I am, of course, assuming, as everyone else has, that you meant “Phantaton” and not “Phantom.” Phantoms are ghosts, which is all together different.
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It's real simple. They're Ewoks. That simple. I think they have membranes like a flying squirrel, and of course they’re not as roly-poly, but they fill the same, basic concept in the story as Ewoks. Watch Return of the Jedi and you’ll know all you need to know about Phanatons.
Anyone played Savage Tide with a gold-plated Warforged, who speaks 3 million dialects (including the binary language of moisture evaporators)?
It's real simple. They're Ewoks. That simple. I think they have membranes like a flying squirrel, and of course they’re not as roly-poly, but they fill the same, basic concept in the story as Ewoks. Watch Return of the Jedi and you’ll know all you need to know about Phanatons.Anyone played Savage Tide with a gold-plated Warforged, who speaks 3 million dialects (including the binary language of moisture evaporators)?
Sorry to be a prig, but that would be over 6 million forms of communication including the programming language of binary load lifters, which are very similar to vaporator in most respects.
I may not be able to find an Ewok miniature on this inter web when I look of one, but I can recite to you the entire script of Star Wars, including music, sound effects and alien languages.
You can call me a geek if you want to, but I don’t think there is a word for what I am.
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Anyone played Savage Tide with a gold-plated Warforged, who speaks 3 million dialects (including the binary language of moisture evaporators)?
Uh, actually yes. My DM made the mistake of saying "make what you want", which for most of us was something a little different (I play an aventi druid with an awakened crocodile cohort) but one player made a Sainted (BoED template) Vow of Poverty (more BoED) warforge monk. I've been calling him 3p0 for months now. He argued that he's not but he has permenant Tongues running...