A Book of Creatures covered the Ookempan, and there's going to be another Tehuelche monster on Friday.
So I just heard from a buddy that WotC has put up their old gazeteer from the 90's that detailed their lands of North American Amerindian tribes. It's here if anyone wants to check it out. I haven't read it yet.
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In the Bestiaries, I've only found 25 New World Monsters:
1. Adlet
2. Ahuizotl
3. Akhlut
4. Baykok
5. Carbuncle
6. Guecubu
7. Hodag
8. Huecuve
9. Pukwudgie
10. Sasquatch
11. Tupilaq
12. Tzitzimitl
13. Chaneque
14. Ijiraq
15. Isitoq
16. Manitou
17. Qallupallik
18. Sayona
19. Snallygaster
20. Chupacabra
21. Mothman
22. Thunderbird
23. Wendigo
24. Xtabay
25. Juju Zombie
Ooh, you missed a few! One that may surprise you is the Cecaelia, which originated (at least as far as the NAME for such a thing as an octo-mermaid) in the US-published Vampirella magazine. The Chickcharney is another, coming to us from the Bahamas, and the Chon Chon is from Mapuche lore... there's also the Duppy (Caribbean), Lusca (Bahamas), Saumen Kar (Greenland Inuit), Blood Hag (Caribbean), arguably the Catrina psychopomps (Mexican folk-art), and Tunche (Peruvian).
We should also probably count the Couatl in this batch, and I'm personally inclined to include any Lovecraftian monster (in spite of his Anglophilia, he was very consciously a New Englander, and many of his stories were very emphatically set in the US), as well those made by other writers who get included under his eerie umbrella.
To add a few more Bestiary monsters on top of those mentioned by ayellowbirds:
Amarok
Cipactli
Delgeth
Devil Monkey
Digmaul
Fastachee
Headless Horseman
Hobkin Gremlin (Hopkinsville Goblin)
Melfesh Monster/Moss Monster (Golarion version of Flatwoods Monster)
Rougarou
Sandpoint Devil/Devil Steed (Golarion version of Jersey Devil)
Tizheruk
Wakandagi
Water Orm (specifically created to represent cryptid lake monsters)
Wikkawak
Good list but I don't actually think that the Wikkawak is a real mythological creature. It sounds and looks like some kind of Inuit bogeyman or a Wendigo subspecies, but I've tried looking it up a few times and only found sources related to Pathfinder. Inuit mythology is one of the most well-recorded of the First Nations mythologies online, not that that's really saying much. It could just be a weird variant spelling, or perhaps a rather strange play on "Witiko" or something similar though, so please, by all means, correct me if you know something I don't.
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Yeah, I'm just barely getting back to work on my list today, and I realized my mistake about the Wikkawak when I was reviewing. It's definitely of Pathfinder origin with Inuit themes. Fortunately, I do have a much more thorough list now! Presented here for your viewing pleasure:
UNITED STATES
Delgeth (Navajo “alien god”)
Digmaul (American folklore “fearsome critter”)
Baykok (Ojibway)
Devil Monkey (cryptid)
Fastachee (Seminole)
Melfesh Monster/Moss Monster aka Flatwoods Monster (cryptid)
Gowrow (Ozarks folklore)
Gray (UFO folklore)
Headless Horseman (American folklore)
Hodag (American folklore “fearsome critter”)
Gremlin, Hobkin aka Hopkinsville Goblin (UFO folklore)
Sandpoint Devil/Devil Steed aka Jersey Devil (American folklore/cryptid)
Manitou (various Algonquian tribes)
Mothman (American folklore/cryptid)
Pukwudgie (Lenape and Wampanoag)
Sasquatch (American & Canadian folklore/Pacific Northwest Salish tribes)
Snallygaster (American folklore “fearsome critter”)
Thunderbird (various Native American tribes/crypid)
Water Orm aka Various Lake Monsters: Champ, Altie, etc (various Native American tribes/cryptids)
Wakandagi (Omaha and Mohawk)
Wendigo (various Algonquian tribes)
CARIBBEAN
Chickcharney (Andros Island, Bahamas folklore/cryptid
Duppy (Caribbean folklore of Bantu origin)
Lusca (Caribbean folklore/cryptid)
Juju Zombie (Haitian)
CANADA
Amarok (Inuit)
Akhlut (Inuit)
Adlet (Greenland, Hudson Bay, and Labrador Inuit)
Ijiraq (Inuit)
Qallupilluk aka Qalupalik (Inuit)
Saumen Kar (Northern Greenland Inuit)
Tizheruk (Key Island Inuit)
Tupilaq (Greenland Inuit)
Rougarou (Cajun and French-Canadian folklore)
MESOAMERICA
Ahuizotl (Aztec)
Chaneque (Aztec/Mexican folklore)
Chupacabra (ubiquitous American folklore of Puerto Rican origin)
Cipactli (Aztec)
Couatl (Aztec)
Psychopomp, Catrina (Mexican folklore)
Sayona (Venezuelan folklore)
Tzitzimitl (Aztec)
Xtabay (Mayan)
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Hey, read a bit about Arcadia as part of some prep work I'm doing and noticed this part about the Kansari people: "The Kansari were originally hostile to the colonists of Valenhall, attacking with arrows and tomahawks, until unknown Ulfen diseases thinned their ranks."
This is a clear analogue to the plagues Columbus and his men brought with him, but I'd doubt the Ulfen, as viking analogues, would have sufficient plagues with them to do this.
I cite this as a source (and a damn good video about the topic to boot!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYh5WACqEk
Ulfen society doesn't seem to reflect a society that would develop plagues (large cesspool-like cities with thousands of domesticated animals).
Then again, it's one people vs. a whole continent, so perhaps the Ulfen settlers' diseases could be enough??
Suppose one could argue daemonic influence since this is Golarion and all, but I'd consider that outside of the scope of my argument. :P
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The plague and disease thing is old and unfortunate canon and not ideal. It is something that I've tried to debride from out setting for a while.
It looks like you've pulled that quote from the Pathfinder Wiki, which seems to be using an old idea with the relatively new name for the Kansari (who, unfortunately, were originally called skraelings).
So! With that said, there wasn't really a plague/disease thing going on in Arcadia to any mass scale.
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Was fan work on Arcadia just abandoned in 2018? Any new development since December 29, 2018? Did it move to a new thread?
I can't speak to that, but I do know with Luis Loza on the Lost Omens product line, we're all pretty sure we're getting some serious Arcadia stuff here in the next couple of years.
Tyrant's Grasp was 2019 right? The 5th adventure of that is in Xopatl, a nation in Arcadia, and has an article detailing it. There's a page about it on PathfinderWiki too.
There was also that one society scenario set in far northern Arcadia. Has some neat lore but it clashes a bit with what was previously established as the main inhabitants of the area seem to be Mahwek rather than Kansari. Luis Loza wrote that and I believe he's also running a (non-canon) podcast campaign set in a different region of Arcadia.
Don't know about fan made stuff though.
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This thread probably should note that Lost Omens Ancestry Guide has details on a few neat Arcadian tidbits, especially in the Catfolk section.
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This was dropped by Michael Sayre in one of the Guns and Gears playtest threads :
"There's also firing mechanisms and options completely unique to Golarion; in Arcadia, the land is covered with lakes hiding huge reserves of star metal scattered across the continent during Earthfall, and they've developed many unique weapons and forms of ammunition that can only exist thanks to those vast deposits of rare minerals. There's also parts of Arcadia that completely lack these resources but have innovated equivalent devices by harvesting biological components from fantastic creatures and repurposing them through alchemy and taxidermy."
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There was also that one society scenario set in far northern Arcadia. Has some neat lore but it clashes a bit with what was previously established as the main inhabitants of the area seem to be Mahwek rather than Kansari.
Too late to edit so I'll just add on to this: Luis has addressed this in his Q&A thread. The Kansari are still around in that part of Arcadia, but the lore around them is being retconned somewhat to avoid any harmful stereotypes about real-world Native Americans/First Nations people.
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Threads get lost here very easily. Can you link me Luis'?
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This was dropped by Michael Sayre in one of the Guns and Gears playtest threads :
"There's also firing mechanisms and options completely unique to Golarion; in Arcadia, the land is covered with lakes hiding huge reserves of star metal scattered across the continent during Earthfall, and they've developed many unique weapons and forms of ammunition that can only exist thanks to those vast deposits of rare minerals. There's also parts of Arcadia that completely lack these resources but have innovated equivalent devices by harvesting biological components from fantastic creatures and repurposing them through alchemy and taxidermy."
Guns & Gears also describes an Arcadian tradition (from where, who knows?) of gunmaking that swaps out powder and shot for an arcane firing mechanism. I’d love to see that expanded on!
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Guns & Gears also describes an Arcadian tradition (from where, who knows?) of gunmaking that swaps out powder and shot for an arcane firing mechanism. I’d love to see that expanded on!This was dropped by Michael Sayre in one of the Guns and Gears playtest threads :
"There's also firing mechanisms and options completely unique to Golarion; in Arcadia, the land is covered with lakes hiding huge reserves of star metal scattered across the continent during Earthfall, and they've developed many unique weapons and forms of ammunition that can only exist thanks to those vast deposits of rare minerals. There's also parts of Arcadia that completely lack these resources but have innovated equivalent devices by harvesting biological components from fantastic creatures and repurposing them through alchemy and taxidermy."
Most of Arcadia's firearm traditions and techniques come from a specific region of Arcadia, which gets a name, a healthy dose of lore, and some new mechanical options in Guns & Gears!
Most of Arcadia's firearm traditions and techniques come from a specific region of Arcadia, which gets a name, a healthy dose of lore, and some new mechanical options in Guns & Gears!Guns & Gears also describes an Arcadian tradition (from where, who knows?) of gunmaking that swaps out powder and shot for an arcane firing mechanism. I’d love to see that expanded on!This was dropped by Michael Sayre in one of the Guns and Gears playtest threads :
"There's also firing mechanisms and options completely unique to Golarion; in Arcadia, the land is covered with lakes hiding huge reserves of star metal scattered across the continent during Earthfall, and they've developed many unique weapons and forms of ammunition that can only exist thanks to those vast deposits of rare minerals. There's also parts of Arcadia that completely lack these resources but have innovated equivalent devices by harvesting biological components from fantastic creatures and repurposing them through alchemy and taxidermy."
One of the most exciting posts I’ve ever read on this forum!
I hope there is Inventor class specific downtime event related to innovation...
Including "McBlaster", Laser based switchable gun!
They’ve already said that lasers and other high tech are not in this book.