tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post50807970545573511..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: the flumph beat this? part 1Jeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-69447193788985385342011-03-05T14:36:11.951-06:002011-03-05T14:36:11.951-06:00So I came here looking for crabmen and wound up wi...So I came here looking for crabmen and wound up with an obviously Mayan statue monster that will bust right through your hovel wall to deliver its calendrical reckoning. Beautiful. I collected WD ca 25 to 150 or so, and somehow I let it all go. Now I want my Sahuagin's Heel back, along with my Houri and all the rest (except maybe The Travellers). But I'm still looking for crabmen stats. Any pointers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-88262579557785354592010-04-15T14:26:46.018-05:002010-04-15T14:26:46.018-05:00Maybe "Geringschätzung" fits the bill. I...Maybe "Geringschätzung" fits the bill. It definitely has the 'obvious' in quotation marks.Settembrininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-42431390456934460392010-04-14T14:24:45.520-05:002010-04-14T14:24:45.520-05:00Does Doctor Who count as folklore? :)Does Doctor Who count as folklore? :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-16878658084795032422010-04-14T14:20:19.551-05:002010-04-14T14:20:19.551-05:00Y'know, I'm pretty sure that the flumph, t...Y'know, I'm pretty sure that the flumph, the adherer, and the lava children weren't part of any actual folklore. I'm just sayin'.Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612692415592670468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-83560210230915469022010-04-14T11:40:49.206-05:002010-04-14T11:40:49.206-05:00The British monsters always hit the right spot for...The British monsters always hit the right spot for me. They had a creativity that I often didn't find in the American monsters, something drawn from being steeped in the folklore, maybe.John Matthew Staterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310914386482078369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-3252029750543042812010-04-14T10:54:23.580-05:002010-04-14T10:54:23.580-05:00Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I reme...Thank you so much for sharing this with us! I remember getting the Fiend Folio when I was 15 or 16, and being simultaneously enthralled and confused. I have a real soft spot for what I have termed the "Dude! Awesome!" era of D&D monster design. And anyone who thinks the FF is the pinnacle of either bizarre or lame should pick up any copies they can find of All The World's Monsters, Volumes 1-3.Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612692415592670468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-61695067804114885852010-04-14T10:36:38.524-05:002010-04-14T10:36:38.524-05:00I think the word you are looking for is unbegeiste...I think the word you are looking for is unbegeistermachlich... Germanlish for "that which makes one unenthused"... except, of course, for the Mezzo and Nycadaemons...James Mishlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10588233931813111541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-82833229137441404602010-04-14T04:46:39.621-05:002010-04-14T04:46:39.621-05:00The disk vaguely reminds me of a device called the...The disk vaguely reminds me of a device called the Warlock's Wheel that showed up in a Larry Niven story, <i>The Magic Goes Away</i>. In short, it is a copper disk set to spin and hoover out all the local magic, then explode when the magic is depleted and no longer holds the disk together. It also showed up in Magic: the Gathering as Nevinyrral's Disk.Gary Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446935053126432456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-80477092591127865832010-04-14T02:20:31.448-05:002010-04-14T02:20:31.448-05:00Before I'd ever played D&D, a friend gave ...Before I'd ever played <i>D&D</i>, a friend gave me his copies of the <i>Monster Manual</i> and <i>Fiend Folio</i>. Since I wasn't playing the game, I ignored the statistics and read them for the fluff text and the art. The <i>Folio</i> was the clear favourite. You just can't argue with that stable of artists, and that slightly more gonzo approach to the game.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-60647654631997139152010-04-13T22:03:25.654-05:002010-04-13T22:03:25.654-05:00I had to write a longer response about the Flumph....I had to write a longer response about the Flumph... <a href="http://robertsongames.com/role-playing-games/not-bad-monsters" rel="nofollow">They're Not Bad Monsters...</a> :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-9350717069358842912010-04-13T21:07:55.432-05:002010-04-13T21:07:55.432-05:00Jeff,
Any chance you could write a bit more about...Jeff,<br /><br />Any chance you could write a bit more about your Bandit Kingdoms campaign? I've long been contemplating doing a campaign there in Greyhawk, and would love to hear more about what you were using, how it went, etc. If you just have any old posts discussing it, that'd work, too.Zachary Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01166638173640517627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-23965160357538530062010-04-13T19:00:42.234-05:002010-04-13T19:00:42.234-05:00Flumph - living, dead and even undead featured pro...Flumph - living, dead and even undead featured prominently in our game last week. Not in a silly way either. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-55080449492176363082010-04-13T18:47:15.763-05:002010-04-13T18:47:15.763-05:00"Can you cast Floating Disc, Animate Object, ..."Can you cast Floating Disc, Animate Object, Haste and Permanency? Then you can make your own Tenser Beast."<br /><br />I like the name in particular, I can see them used in a variety of locales and even as the bodyguard of socially inept magic users.<br /><br />Mmm, how smart were animated objects again? Need to check.<br /><br />Thanks for the ideas, I liked them with exception of the man-scorpion thing (which I've seen too many times already to be surprised by)Anonymoushttp://(optional)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-80917913311476325242010-04-13T18:22:09.560-05:002010-04-13T18:22:09.560-05:00From a book I'm working on with illustrator Ma...From a book I'm working on with illustrator Max Brooks:<br /><br />http://blog.fantasyheartbreaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/GottaRun.png<br /><br />Flumph = Metroid.Rose Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201318275929153053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-18587975405301685582010-04-13T18:03:51.681-05:002010-04-13T18:03:51.681-05:00"and can totally bust through walls to get at..."and can totally bust through walls to get at you."<br /><br />I wholeheartedly support this monster concept and am going to have to get my hands on a copy of that White Dwarf.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884401206802336531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-46236516784251866092010-04-13T17:44:10.223-05:002010-04-13T17:44:10.223-05:00Don't feel bad for the Flumph, he was able to ...Don't feel bad for the Flumph, he was able to cash in on his Fiend Folio arch-goofiness and get a new job as everyones favorite deity, the Flying Spagetti Monster:<br /><br />http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/fsm.jpgThe Hex Masterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08687756788484550789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-79653230155613178712010-04-13T17:18:00.063-05:002010-04-13T17:18:00.063-05:00That is actually the first issue of White Dwarf I ...That is actually the first issue of <em>White Dwarf</em> I bought. I got it for the <em>Chronicles of Thomas Covenant</em> monsters, but I remember that article. I wouldn't own the FF for years but did use the ogress...Pulp Herbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486803457210325703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-55792228099458898382010-04-13T17:14:30.933-05:002010-04-13T17:14:30.933-05:00Cool cool cool
I like it when people comb through...Cool cool cool<br /><br />I like it when people comb through old RPG products so I don;t have to, and I like it even better when the result is awesome.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com