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Combining creatures. That is, different creatures that can join together to form something else. Could see a lot of variations on that fitting with magical beasts, aberrations, oozes, undead, and constructs off the top of my head.
More group/hive-oriented monsters with different creatures fulfilling different roles. The Thriae are a pretty new example of this. The various life-cycles and types of xenomorphs from the Alien series are another example. The rich ecology these types bring with them is always fun to play with.
Player appropriate aberration, ooze, and construct-themed races are fine too. Love Kobold Quarterly/Open Design's gearsmen for example.(are they open content?)
Also, repeating the hope for some good-aligned "Dark Is Not Evil" creatures, especially of the celestial variety. Bestiary 3 managed to get 'em all the way up to neutral. Just a bit more of a push....
Please paizo, give all those crying people a book of templates + more player races books so they can all enjoy their own books!
I object to being labeled as "crying" if I happen to like templates.
Yeah, I won't necessarily mind seeing a book of just templates (in fact I have the pdf of the Advanced Bestiary), but I do mind the sentiment that templates should be excluded from the Bestiaries.
That's what I love about Paizo, there Bestairies have a little bit of everything like playable races, templates, familiars, animal companions, creatures from myth, cryptids, classic D@D monsters, new/original creatures, creatures from classic literature, creatures based on movies, and so much more.
I would love an intelligent Phoenix like magical beast that you can get as a familiar.
A book of monster templates would be nice but it would have to be a small paperback because I do not see them using the limited number of hardback book slots for it.
I would love an intelligent Phoenix like magical beast that you can get as a familiar.
you watched too much conan the animated series?
Well I wouldn't be a "big dumb barbarian" to have it as a familiar now would I;)
While Sincubus's tone in unnecessarily antagonistic and characteristically arrogant, I wouldn't mind a giant book full of templates. Advanced Bestiary + Book of Templates: Deluxe Edition 3.5 + a few new ones, all Pathfinderized = yummy goodness.
Hmm... A template book. I like the idea. Think it'd ever make hardcover?
(If nothing else, I can always dream)
While i'm unnecessarily antagonistic and characteristically arrogant most of the time, this time it was meant friendly.
The poor souls all asking out for more templates, creatures taken directly from animal planet and playable races (even dwarves, humans and normal elves)
They should create +1 playable races guide (I don't mind playable races in the Bestiaries at all so thats one thing you were wrong about) a template book (I do not like templates as I don't play the game but some templates like vampires and zombies are needed) and a book full of critters you can watch in the zoo (I don't really like animals in the books as they aren't monsters but animals...) would all be great ways to.
1- Appeal to fans who are really into those things.
2- Make more books
3- Make more money
4- Have more fans satisfied
5- And most important of all, appease me. :D
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A book of monster templates would be nice but it would have to be a small paperback because I do not see them using the limited number of hardback book slots for it.
Advanced Bestiary - 256 pages
Book of Templates: Deluxe Edition 3.5 - 190 pagesI think that Paizo could easily publish a templates book that rivaled the Bestiaries in physical size, or even exceeded them. I'm not even sure that I'd see a problem in the using the fourth quarter slot for a template book INSTEAD of a Bestiary that year. A normal Bestiary adds approximately 300 new monsters to the game. A well done template book of approximately the same size would essentially add THOUSANDS of new monsters to the game. If they were to go that route, I'd happily see Bestiary 4 pushed back until Q4 2013, or even later.
...as I don't play the game
I laughed when a I read this.
Have you ever heard about the word collector? Collection, reader-only?
Its not that hard, really...
EDIT: I also have other used for the stats, pictures and info in some of the books as I write stories and create RPGs with them (in case of the pictures its personal use only too bad)
Why would you expect a game design company to cater to those who don't play they're games?
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Recently, I noticed we still had a hole in one set of monsters: the nagas. We have LE, LN, LG, N, CE, and CN nagas, but we still need CG, NG, and NE nagas. And the epic Ha-Naga from the SRD.
Others that I would like to see are:
Infernal and Elemental Titans
the Abyss Gigas, Hell Gigas, and some new gigas (gigases? gigasi?)
Mist Dragon
new Weirds (there are some in the ToHC, but how about other ones like sand or shadow)
Mušḫuššu (aka the Sirrush)
Enenra (a good-aligned smoke elemental from Japanese myth)
Isonade (a type of sea monster)
Shachihoko (monstrous carp with tigerlike heads [often seen as statues and roof decorations in real life])
Ushi-Oni (minotaur-based oni)
Some others from the Epic Level Handbook SRD that haven't yet been brought over:
Ha-Naga (as mentioned above)
Anaxim (a CR 22 construct that could become a new type of Inevitable)
Atropal (reduced in power)
Dream Larva (reduced in power)
Phane
Xixical
Force Dragon (reduced in power)
Prismatic Dragon (reduced in power, I can see these and the mist dragon being used in an outer planar dragon sept, with two other dragon types)
Gibbering Orb
Gloom
leShay (reduced in power, becoming nascent archfey/Eldest)
Lavawight
Thorciasid
Uvuudaum (reduced in power, could be another inhabitant of Abaddon)
Vemiurge
From the Psionics SRD:
Cerebrilith
Dromite
Thought Eater (with an appearance closer to its original form in the AD&D1e MM)
From the Modern SRD:
Leechwalker (from the Arcana Creatures SRD)
Doom Hag (from the Menace SRD)
I agree with you bluescale Nagas with missing AL types would be nice, Gigas existing and new types, Elemental Titans would be awesome, Mist Dragon, Force Dragon, Prismatic Dragon, Giddering Orb, and Thought Eater all sound like interesting stuff to me.
It has been awhile since I had the Epic Level handbook so I do not remember all the monsters in there but some toned down versions of most of them would be interesting.
I would also like Giants from cultures such as African, Celtic, and Asian.Do Native Americans or Australians have Giants in there myths? If so then them as well.
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But everyone else plays the game wrong!
More Elementals that are have two or more elemental subtypes(Air, Earth, Fire, Water)
Plant creatures that have a basic shape of humaniod or animal like(wolf, spider, snake, bird, octopus, etc.)
Less Humaniod undead, more animal/plant/vermin etc. undead
Ghost like template for animals that give them ghost touch property for natural attacks but use Cha instead of Str score for damage
Race of Humaniod or Outsider(native) that have a third eye.
Race of playable medium size cyclops like humaniods like from the movie Krull.
Something similiar to the Tinman from the Wizard of Oz.
A rabbit based monster, preferably the Almiraj, but something like the rabbit from Monty Python would be awesome.
More Cat based monsters like The Cheshire Cat, Nekomata, Bakeneko, Caterwaul, etc.
Another group of five true dragons, not sure what theme I would like to see yet.
More types of Linnorms, particurly one with at least three heads and another type(s) of dragon that has two or more heads.
A giant Mongoose, Weasel, or Ferret; also Giant version and regular versions of the Platypus
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More types of Linnorms, particurly one with at least three heads and another type(s) of dragon that has two or more heads.
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ok now I have my idea for the Storm linnorm (CR 22)
* Metroid
* Yeah, metroids are Nintendo's IP. But something that's "inspired by" could be pretty cool.
There are two monsters that we've done that have Metroids as their inspiration. That no one seems to notice just means to me that we did them right (and have nothing to worry about legally). :P
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Biblical Locust. Like with the human heads and scorpion tails and whatnot.
In Yon Olden Tymes I statted up this monster in Green Ronin's "Armies of the Abyss." James and the boys still sometimes reference that book in products, and we try not to violate its continuity unless we have to.
So it's not at all outside the realm of possibility that we might see this creature in Pathfinder some day. It's already there, if un-officially!
The point of this topic is to say what we want to see in a future bestiary, not to say no to what other people want to see.
Too true. But don't fret too much. The only parts of this I'm reading are the monster suggestions, so keep them coming!
There are two monsters that we've done that have Metroids as their inspiration. That no one seems to notice just means to me that we did them right (and have nothing to worry about legally). :P* Metroid
* Yeah, metroids are Nintendo's IP. But something that's "inspired by" could be pretty cool.
Oh? What monster?
And I'm sure I can dig up my mesoamerican monster list again.
You guys did two monsters inspired by metriod, are we talking about in one of the Bestiaries or the APs?
A lot of interesting ideas there Jek.
A storm linnorm would be cool, one head that breaths lightning, another that breaths thunder(sonic), and maybe a third for rain/clouds. But it have to have a name that uses the same language that translates to storm.
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There are two monsters that we've done that have Metroids as their inspiration. That no one seems to notice just means to me that we did them right (and have nothing to worry about legally). :P* Metroid
* Yeah, metroids are Nintendo's IP. But something that's "inspired by" could be pretty cool.
I know about the Ghorazagh. What's the other?
I know about the Ghorazagh. What's the other?There are two monsters that we've done that have Metroids as their inspiration. That no one seems to notice just means to me that we did them right (and have nothing to worry about legally). :P* Metroid
* Yeah, metroids are Nintendo's IP. But something that's "inspired by" could be pretty cool.
Hmm, now I'm intrigued. I'm willing to bet that the two Metroid-inspired monsters wouldn't be in the same book, and of Bestiaries 1 and 2 I think 2 would be more likely. Heh, now I want to find it. :P
--Edit: The most likely two monsters I can find are the Rast in B2 and the Ascomoid in B3. Darn this is tricky.
Well, the Kongamato from Bestiary 3 is practically Ridley :)
Well, Ascomoids are pretty much EXACTLY like this one monster in Metroid Prime. Also, keep in mind that Wes might be talking about a monster based on one of the later stages of the metroid life cycle, where it doesn't bear much resemblance to the original metroid.
I tried to keep that in mind, but I don't know much of the other Metroid life-cycle stages, short of what a quick Googling prior to searching the books told me. ^_^'
Humm... Well anyways, on the subject of monsters I want. Something like Cancer (i.e. the Biomass) from the webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic would be both terrifying and awesome. (It reminds me of B3's Kytons actually. Might make a good Kyton)
The Caulborn looks like one of the later evolutions of the Metriod creature and the Xenomorphs from Alien movies.
Well, the Kongamato from Bestiary 3 is practically Ridley :)
Huh. You're not wrong. Thanks Africa!
Can't unsee.
Right!? :P
Humm... Well anyways, on the subject of monsters I want. Something like Cancer (i.e. the Biomass) from the webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic would be both terrifying and awesome. (It reminds me of B3's Kytons actually. Might make a good Kyton)
Whoa. What? Got a link?
Well, the Kongamato from Bestiary 3 is practically Ridley :)Huh. You're not wrong. Thanks Africa!
Can't unsee.Right!? :P
muahahaha! So what's the other Metroid based monster in the bestiary?
Well, the Kongamato from Bestiary 3 is practically Ridley :)Huh. You're not wrong. Thanks Africa!
Can't unsee.Right!? :P
...now if I ever send one of these against my players I'm going to have Ridley boss music start going through my head!
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...now if I ever send one of these against my players I'm going to have Ridley boss music start going through my head!Well, the Kongamato from Bestiary 3 is practically Ridley :)Huh. You're not wrong. Thanks Africa!
Can't unsee.Right!? :P
Try Metroid Metal's track Ridley, from the album Varia Suite.
Humm... Well anyways, on the subject of monsters I want. Something like Cancer (i.e. the Biomass) from the webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic would be both terrifying and awesome. (It reminds me of B3's Kytons actually. Might make a good Kyton)Whoa. What? Got a link?
http://romanticallyapocalyptic.com/
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-granfaloon/legion
Here's where I admit I haven't played very many video games...
This request seriously tripped me up. First, I couldn't see ANY connection between Granfalloon and Legion that warranted a "/", but that's because the references provided by my brain came from Vonnegut and the Bible.
...But after a little searching, I found my answer.
(Also, we can't use other folk's IP, but, thankfully, a lot of these ideas are old and are just retold, reimagined from folklore, to novels, to movies, to games, and so on. The trick is sticking to the folklore and making the story your own. It may look different, but it's got the same feel and place.)
Humm... Well anyways, on the subject of monsters I want. Something like Cancer (i.e. the Biomass) from the webcomic Romantically Apocalyptic would be both terrifying and awesome. (It reminds me of B3's Kytons actually. Might make a good Kyton)Whoa. What? Got a link?
Certainly, I've got a few in fact.
Here's two pages that I think really showcase the horror of the biomass quite well:
Romantically Apocalyptic 73
Romatically Apocalyptic 57
And the latter half of this page shows off the "mass" aspect of the biomass, rather than the "avatar" aspects of singular creatures as shown in the other two pages. It also shows off the monster's terrifying absorbtion abilities:
Romantically Apocalyptic 59