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I may have already whispered my cover artist requests into James Sutter's ear. :)
I'm sure whoever does it will do a fantastic job!
Relatedly, I just spent a week with family, and several conversations went like this:
Dad: I thought you were supposed to be doing work while you're here.
Me: I am! Playing with the dog is totally research!
<3
Quick, somebody draw me a Dire Apple! (I wonder what its stat block would look like.)
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N Large plant
Init +0; Senses blindsight 60 ft.; Perception +1
DEFENSE
AC 12, touch 9, flat-footed 12 (+3 natural, -1 size)
hp 15 (2d8+6)
Fort +6, Ref +0, Will +0
Immune sonic, plant traits
OFFENSE
Speed 5 ft.
Space 5 ft.; Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks None
STATISTICS
Str 12, Dex 10, Con 17, Int --, Wis 12, Cha 10
Base Atk +1; CMB +2; CMD 12 (can't be tripped)
Languages none
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Congrats to Gabrielle! It's always deeply rewarding to see folks on the message boards connect with an author's characters, and I'm excited to be the editor who gave her her first novel contract. :)
I think the dire apple needs:
Special Qualities: Cyanide Seeds (Ex): Eating a dire appl or attacking with a bite attack subjects the consumer to cyanide poison.
Hmmm... no. If it was a dire bitter almond, maybe. The dire apples are vicious creatures that happen to have no attacks, but they think REALLY wicked thoughts about people nearby. If they smash someone by falling on them, they rejoice all the way inside their cores.
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Hmmm... no. If it was a dire bitter almond, maybe. The dire apples are vicious creatures that happen to have no attacks, but they think REALLY wicked thoughts about people nearby. If they smash someone by falling on them, they rejoice all the way inside their cores.I think the dire apple needs:
Special Qualities: Cyanide Seeds (Ex): Eating a dire appl or attacking with a bite attack subjects the consumer to cyanide poison.
Apple seeds actually do contain cyanide, though you'd need to eat roughly 10,000 of them to get a lethal dose.
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Apple seeds actually do contain cyanide, though you'd need to eat roughly 10,000 of them to get a lethal dose.Hmmm... no. If it was a dire bitter almond, maybe. The dire apples are vicious creatures that happen to have no attacks, but they think REALLY wicked thoughts about people nearby. If they smash someone by falling on them, they rejoice all the way inside their cores.I think the dire apple needs:
Special Qualities: Cyanide Seeds (Ex): Eating a dire appl or attacking with a bite attack subjects the consumer to cyanide poison.
I actually first learned the "apple seeds have cyanide" factoid from an animated episode of G.I.Joe (episode #128, "The Germ").
Bitter almonds are much worse.
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With the days cooling and the nights growing longer, can it be any wonder that the Dire Apples are beginning to stalk the night?
With the days cooling and the nights growing longer, can it be any wonder that the Dire Apples are beginning to stalk the night?
So much love for this rendering of a Dire Apple!! I would NOT want to face a bushel of these in a dark alley...
Can't believe I missed this thread the first time around - much excitement!
Gabrielle - are you not making it to PaizoCon? Haven't seen a post in the freelancer thread.
Majuba - I honestly don't know at this point. I was a definite, but there's been some family-health madness going on that makes me an indefinite. It depends on whether I'm still on call as the caregiver's understudy in a couple weeks.
Apple seeds actually do contain cyanide, though you'd need to eat roughly 10,000 of them to get a lethal dose.
A dire apple's seeds WOULD be significantly more lethal than a regular apple's seeds...