Comments on: Were-What?

By: Snarg_Longtooth

Snarg_Longtooth — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:12:44 +0000

I admit that I “borrowed” the following from someone, somewhere and cant remember “were”, but I have toyed with a Lycanthropic Gelatinous Cube on the wotc monster builder.

But this idea brings out a bit more creativity….a Rycanthropic Gelatinous Cube…hummm…the dawn of the Jelly Man!!!!

By: Elderon The Dragon

Elderon The Dragon — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:45:03 +0000

I have heard of such cases in dragons as well. Though most can change from form to form when the curse is active it limits us to their human form and nothing else. It may not be such a burden to most dragons, but it would at least be a nussense, sepecially if their hoard is in a place thet can only be reached by flying. Thought I’d throw thet out there for anyone to use.

P.S. Hope to see Expy back some time soon. Hope to talk about his recent adventures and travels.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:24:03 +0000

@Ilmarinen, I completely agree with you, Gold is a heavy, soft and unweildly metal that is useless for both weapons and armour. So magical weapons would be the only approach. However i did leave it open to interpretation because some DM’s might allow plain gold weapons (even though they are not feasable in real life) or they PC’s might poison the creature with ‘gold flakes’. Even throwing money at the creature would hurt it (providing the money iis gold.

@Savannah, I was aware that ‘were’ was the equivalent of man, ala Man-Wolf. However i believe that the general populace now associate ‘were’ immeadiately with Lycanthropic creatures and not the other way around. So to help the instant recognition of the creature i left the ‘were’ part in there. If it bothers you, please feel free to call it whatever you would like.

Thanks

Scott

By: Savannah

Savannah — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:42:49 +0000

Minor nitpick: the “were” in werewolf refers to “man” not “change”. So you’re calling these things human-humans, human-elves, etc. It’s not huge, but it bothered me when I was reading this.

With a quick name change, I think it’s an awesome idea.

By: Ilmarinen

Ilmarinen — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:56:55 +0000

I love this idea, except for one thing : Gold is soft, and can’t be sharpened.
So it would have to be a magical weapon made out of gold, or else the blade would be incredibly heavy and bendable, hitting once would break it.