tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post6667641719049948304..comments2024-03-16T06:00:04.833-04:00Comments on Sham's Grog 'n Blog: The Dismal Depths, more monstersSham aka Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-70293173125477752172009-01-30T20:27:00.000-05:002009-01-30T20:27:00.000-05:00Matt: That's a good point, actually. I should have...Matt: That's a good point, actually. I should have the complete bestiary done soon if I could just stop adding monster ideas (I just wrote down a few more before checking email). Once it's done I'll play around with the file and see if I like double columned more. It probably should be formatted that way, in retrospect.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-27751612394039635612009-01-30T16:54:00.000-05:002009-01-30T16:54:00.000-05:00Well, I look forward to the whole thing. I took y...Well, I look forward to the whole thing. I took your post and made you a handy little double-columned pdf with a good old font(if I have one criticism, it's that yuor pdf is single-columned. That's just cosmically wrong.) What I love about these things is the way they epitomize the OD&D: simple stats, evocative as hell description.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-68836935153141936622009-01-29T20:36:00.000-05:002009-01-29T20:36:00.000-05:00Matthew: I'm at a loss for words...glad you like i...Matthew: I'm at a loss for words...glad you like it! I've been hung up a bit with the project as I'm somewhat stuck on a few of the Level 7-10 monster entries. The complete bestiary will clock in at over 100 beasts when it's done.<BR/><BR/>I have big plans for The Dismal Depths so I am trying to avoid the time sink side projects that doom so many of my ideas, and just focus on the essentials.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-91242517963331870452009-01-29T16:55:00.000-05:002009-01-29T16:55:00.000-05:00This list is so awesome that I want to have your b...This list is so awesome that I want to have your babies. :)Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-61608778883676020592009-01-12T22:45:00.000-05:002009-01-12T22:45:00.000-05:00Mike: Will do. I thought you had settled on someth...Mike: Will do. I thought you had settled on something for "Ol' Nameless"? Just be thankful we have the time and energy to fret over minutiae like the names of our beloved dungeons. Of course I stole The Dismal Depths from a Eric Holmes blurb somewhere. I found it suitably evocative and generic enough for the "little" project that's keeping me busy.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-11613719699257791752009-01-12T22:27:00.000-05:002009-01-12T22:27:00.000-05:00I haven't come up with a name for levels 4-6 yet.I...<I>I haven't come up with a name for levels 4-6 yet.</I><BR/><BR/>If you find the fabled "List of Great Names for Dungeons", please let me know. I've been looking for that thing for months now! ;)Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-80403260264874417892009-01-12T15:59:00.000-05:002009-01-12T15:59:00.000-05:00Brunomac: That's entirely up to the referee. I had...Brunomac: That's entirely up to the referee. I had intended on giving them some strange attraction to flame, but never sorted it out and was running long on text for them already. <BR/><BR/>Glad you like the stuff. Some of it is very Arduinesque.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-28562098661016754692009-01-12T14:36:00.000-05:002009-01-12T14:36:00.000-05:00For a second there, I thought I was reading an old...For a second there, I thought I was reading an old Dave Hargrave monster list.<BR/><BR/>Not a bad batch of monsters. <BR/><BR/>Are Mothmen themselves hypnotized by flame? And maybe extra damage from fire?Kevin Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14122665488285424578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-30272288724681179772009-01-11T10:53:00.000-05:002009-01-11T10:53:00.000-05:00Mothman! Aiee!Mothman! Aiee!Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-865110411280427622009-01-11T08:07:00.000-05:002009-01-11T08:07:00.000-05:00Great stuff as usual. Thanks for sharing.Great stuff as usual. Thanks for sharing.Mike D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13199531732115178349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-20588818053465924162009-01-11T07:05:00.000-05:002009-01-11T07:05:00.000-05:00"I hope that doesn't detract from the list!"Not at..."I hope that doesn't detract from the list!"<BR/><BR/>Not at all. Re-casting old monsters with new descriptions is good way to scare the hell out of complacent dungeoneers.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285645317925993821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-28208067281224008232009-01-11T02:53:00.000-05:002009-01-11T02:53:00.000-05:00Many of the entries here follow the theme establis...Many of the entries here follow the theme established in Upper Levels, replicating existing D&D monsters. Moth-Men are pure homebrew and pretty cool, if I must say so myself!<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised I was able to distill my (by comparison) huge Bogbears that appeared in FO! 3 to two lines.<BR/><BR/>Here are some of the "transmutations" of the existing Volume 2 or Greyhawk monsters:<BR/><BR/>Nix = Shadow<BR/>Trolde = Troll (duh)<BR/>Experiment-X = Manticore<BR/>Tenta-Bot = Hydra<BR/>One-Two = Minotaur<BR/>Floating Horror = Basilisk<BR/>Hag = Medusa<BR/>Wirry-Cow = Cockatrice<BR/>Watcher = Gargoyle<BR/>Wolf-Worm = Owl Bear<BR/>Drool = Hell Hound<BR/>Odd-Bug = Rust Monster<BR/>Leper-Con = Mummy<BR/>Psi-Clones = Dopplegangers<BR/><BR/>I hope that doesn't detract from the list! I still spent a great deal of creativity (perhaps even more than straight homebrew) writing up these Middling Level entries.Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5621016516937695074.post-91222869023966695722009-01-10T23:44:00.000-05:002009-01-10T23:44:00.000-05:00Love me some bogbears. (Also, I'm swiping your mot...Love me some bogbears. (Also, I'm swiping your moth-man stats.)Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285645317925993821noreply@blogger.com