tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post1073153875100884319..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: 5e's Monster of a Manualtrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-9139877070879903192014-09-23T05:55:47.193-05:002014-09-23T05:55:47.193-05:00Ha! That's what I said. She wanted a fey sea h...Ha! That's what I said. She wanted a fey sea horse, so I gave it little butterfly wings.<br /><br />I'm letting it fly around and carry stuff, and also do a tail slap attack for one damage on the off-chance that ever comes up. Mostly so far she's just been using it to scope out high places and spy on goblins, so it's seeing some use, at least.Big McStrongmusclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067031012393190130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-19124464114783411752014-09-22T13:23:17.787-05:002014-09-22T13:23:17.787-05:00Big McStrongmuscle: what?!? She passed up the cha...<b>Big McStrongmuscle:</b> what?!? She passed up the chance for a shoulder-dragon? ;)<br /><br />Are you letting it carry light objects in its curling tail? That could actually be cool in a slightly trippy sort of way.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-817603249247139272014-09-22T13:20:52.648-05:002014-09-22T13:20:52.648-05:00JB: most of the monsters, including the dragons, a...<b>JB:</b> most of the monsters, including the dragons, are alphabetically by type. The red dragon is under DRAGONS near the front of the book, further subdivided between CHROMATIC and METALLIC, and then all four life-stages of red dragons are listed next-to-last among the chromatics since red comes alphabetically after all the other colors but white. It's almost exactly as you'd expect from previous editions of D&D. <br /><br />It's just the monsters in Appendix A that are listed in the same insane fashion as what you saw in the Basic document. trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-88626235699848746802014-09-22T12:25:32.244-05:002014-09-22T12:25:32.244-05:00Regarding the organization: is it similar to the o...Regarding the organization: is it similar to the online (Basic) PDF that lists Adult Red Dragon under "A" for adult? Or would such a creature at least be listed under "R" for red?<br /><br />Just curious. That is just a really odd choice for organization of a cyclopedia of monsters.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-51172312635608267152014-09-22T06:59:55.809-05:002014-09-22T06:59:55.809-05:00I think you're close about the seahorse. From ...I think you're close about the seahorse. From what I can tell, it's only in there because it's on the Find Familiar list.<br /><br />It's literally one of the two worst choices on the list, but my fiancee was really excited about it, so I let her summon a little airborne one in the hopes of not having it be totally useless.Big McStrongmusclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067031012393190130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-58743106270719055592014-09-21T22:54:07.568-05:002014-09-21T22:54:07.568-05:00very good review .. and i agree totally on the art...very good review .. and i agree totally on the art. the line art illustrations are so much fun and show more skill than about 80% of the colored pieces. wish they had gone black and white with a few color pieces...makes me miss errol otus :D.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-48831145588258016632014-09-21T17:44:54.680-05:002014-09-21T17:44:54.680-05:00Oh, right! Can't believe I forgot about the H...Oh, right! Can't believe I forgot about the Hag Countess. >.< Does this mean they've got plans for the Hells? I'm thinking so, but until they give us more info, I'll probably go back to 1e's hierarchy. Maybe.<br /><br />According to <a href="http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Zariel" rel="nofollow">this forgotten realms wiki</a> and <a href="http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Zariel" rel="nofollow">the Greywiki at canonfire.com</a>, Zariel was a past ruler of the first plane of Hell until she sided with the rebels during the Reckoning of Hell and was deposed. This is all new to me (most of it appears to be based on 3.0's Manual of the Planes), but if it means Tiamat is no longer Lawful Evil, I'm all for it. ;p<br /><br />And yeah, I can only think the sea horse is part of a spell or something somewhere. Otherwise, yeah, very WTF?!?trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-14671737374184732242014-09-21T16:04:15.613-05:002014-09-21T16:04:15.613-05:00It's definitely not the BoVD hierarchy of the ...It's definitely not the BoVD hierarchy of the Nine Hells (the Hag Countess has been replaced with Glasya), nor is it quite the late 3.5/4e one (Zariel, the new ruler of the First, is brand-new as far as I'm aware.)<br /><br />I think... maybe the seahorse is there because it would make a cool familiar for a merman or something? I dunno. Or maybe they just felt that every animal with a giant counterpart needed a normal-size version.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.com