All things give way to rot in the end. Food spoils on the table, men’s minds go mad with age and disease. Even The World itself, when left untended and uncared for, can turn to black muck and stinking air. Things dwell in these parts of Dungeon World. Things gone just as a bad as the swirling filth that fills the swamps. In these cesspit … Continue reading Monsters of the Stinking Mire (Lyonesse)
All things give way to rot in the end. Food spoils on the table, men’s minds go mad with age and disease. Even The World itself, when left untended and uncared for, can turn to black muck and stinking air. Things dwell in these parts of Dungeon World. Things gone just as a bad as the swirling filth that fills the swamps. In these cesspit … Continue reading Creatures of the Stinking Mire (Lyonesse)
There are three significant areas of “Great Woods” (Cymry: “Coed”, pronounced “Coyd”) in Lyonesse: Snowdonia in the north, Fforest Fawr in the southeast (where the play is now -Aberhonddu town is roughly the northern edge), and Cantre’r Gwaelod in the west. Continue reading Monsters of the Great Woods (Lyonesse)
There are three significant areas of “Great Woods” (Cymry: “Coed”, pronounced “Coyd”) in Lyonesse: Snowdonia in the north, Fforest Fawr in the southeast and Cantre’r Gwaelod in the west. Continue reading Creatures of the Great Woods (Lyonesse)
Beware the Saexa Menace!
(Stats for Dungeon World) Continue reading Saexa “Monster” Stats
Tiamat’s exact functions as a goddess are difficult to establish. As her name indicates (see below), she was a deification of the primordial sea. Our best source of information for Tiamat is the myth Enūma Eliš , and in fact, there are only a handful of references to her outside of it. Enūma Eliš begins with a description of the two primeval seas, the salt … Continue reading The Salt Goddess is Dead. Long Live the Salt Goddess!
On the one hand, maybe I drop them with the chaos-bred of Kusarikku. On the other hand, maybe they are specifically snake/lizard/dragon-kin enough that they should go somewhere else (like the previously mentioned lizardfolk). Last campaign (all five sessions of it before the TPK), I was definitely playing up the later version D&D interpretation of scaled folk, rather than the early dog-faced version (which if … Continue reading Kobolds
So right now it looks like we’ve got (via the demonic offspring of Tiamat, ultimately): Undead, Lesser Corporeal (Gallu) Wights, Ghouls, Zombies, Skeletons (3, 2, 2, 1 HD) Non-Corporeal (Edimmu) Specters, Wraiths, Shadows (6, 4, 2 HD) Undead, Greater (via Rabisu) Liches, Vampires, Banshee (12, 7-9, 7 HD) Chaos Bred (via Kusarikku) Minotaurs, Ogres, Bugbears, Gnolls, Stone Goblins, Goblins (6, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1/2 … Continue reading Monster Genealogy for fun and profit
Bašmu or Bashmu (lit. “Venomous Snake”) was an ancient Mesopotamian mythological creature, a horned snake with two forelegs and wings. It was also the Akkadian name of the Babylonian constellation equivalent to the Greek Hydra. The Sumerian terms ušum (portrayed with feet, see Ninurta’s Dragon) and muš-šà-tùr (“birth goddess snake”, portrayed without feet) may represent differing iconographic types or different demons. Continue reading Bašmu
Pazuzu is often depicted as a combination of diverse animal and human parts. He has the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, talons of an eagle, two pairs of wings, and a scorpion’s tail. He has his right hand up and left hand down. Pazuzu is the demon of the southwest wind known for bringing famine during dry seasons, and … Continue reading Pazuzu Izzat Ewe
Perilous Paths 