Looking for MRQ creatures for Slaine

[tarkhan bey]

Guys,
I have recently obtained MRQ Slaine. I was just wondering about some of the creatures from the D20 stuff eg the Kelpie and the Fachan from The Invulnerable King. Are there MRQ rules for them available in any of the RQ monsters books?

 

[The Greek]

Nuts. Thought I had managed to track down all the critters. Stupid of me to not twig there would be some in the campaign we did. AAARGH!

Well I guess I will have those to add to my Slaine projects, along with Wurrums, Dobhar-Chu, Cat Sith, Cwn Annwn, Leahaun Shee, Phouka, Urisk...

Not to mention some Midgard and Carnival stuff...

 

[tarkhan bey]

....and the Hairy ones and the Dire Wolf from Tir Nan Og.
Any chance that you could gather them for a Signs and Portents article or two?

 

[The Greek]

I left out a couple of creatures for differing reasons (although is not finding them / incompetence a reason?), one or two I just did not like at all in their (then) current form.

Possibly at a later date I will put together a decent number of critters for Slaine. But at the moment I have the next three books part written / planned out to get through (with other books in the distant horizon, assuming all goes well). But I do want to get through two of these before moving on to a Slaine article or extra critters in a book (say a chapter somewhere in an expansion of some kind).

So far I have over a dozen critters to add to Slaine, with some research I may come up with more.

 

[tarkhan bey]

I look forward to seeing anything that you publish. I did notice that the Nuckelavee is somewhat different from its previous incarnation.

 

[The Greek]

I am tracking down a bunch of critters to go into a book, but I doubt I can get anywhere near the total I require to make a proper go of it.

So any monsters are likely to be part of a wider Slaine sourcebook, one that will include magical items from Celtic mythology and maybe some other bits and pieces as I try and pull it together. But this will be in 2009 at the earliest...

 

[Tal]

I am tracking down a bunch of critters to go into a book, but I doubt I can get anywhere near the total I require to make a proper go of it.

So any monsters are likely to be part of a wider Slaine sourcebook, one that will include magical items from Celtic mythology and maybe some other bits and pieces as I try and pull it together. But this will be in 2009 at the earliest...

a Slaine Companion perhaps?

 

[The Greek]

I am tracking down a bunch of critters to go into a book, but I doubt I can get anywhere near the total I require to make a proper go of it.

So any monsters are likely to be part of a wider Slaine sourcebook, one that will include magical items from Celtic mythology and maybe some other bits and pieces as I try and pull it together. But this will be in 2009 at the earliest...

a Slaine Companion perhaps?

a.k.a. 'The Big Book of Ukko'

 

[The King]

Why not putting some of these critters (that is those from the d20 version) as a free download?

 

[The Greek]

All things Slaine I am doing in my spare time (not at work), digging out a few critters for a download is not as much fun as preparing a new book.

 

[The King]

I can understand but if there is only 1-2 Slaine book a year, we'll have to wait a little before we can get the stats of a fachan (though they can be found in a previous Runequest book).

 

[tarkhan bey]

Absolutely King, the Fachan was one of the creatures in the GW RQ Monsters book. Unforunately, I have no idea what happened to my old GW Monsters book.

 

[The King]

Does it mean you need them?

 

[The Greek]

Okay you bullies :wink: I will see if I can get something done for S&P...sheesh...

 

[The King]

Might makes right.

 

[The Greek]

....and the Hairy ones and the Dire Wolf from Tir Nan Og.
Any chance that you could gather them for a Signs and Portents article or two?

Well these two are not really needed. A Hairy One is a mammoth, which is in the Monsers book. For a dire wolf just use a normal wolf or one of the wolves in the forthcoming Monsters II book (which is mostly RQ Glorantha but does have a fair few more normal creatures in it). I may use a wolf as one of the preview critters for the book, so watch out for it.

 

[The Greek]

Might makes right.

I am going to see if I have time to put together stats for the fachan, kelpie and a few others over the next week, I hope to bash together an article in time for April's S&P.

 

[tarkhan bey]

Thats great news, I look forward to your article.
I have just purchased Granbretan for Hawkmoon from FLGS and have discovered a Dire Wolf therein. Also, I remembered that there were rules for a mastodon in Elric, so that is them both covered.

 

[The Greek]

The Fachan is in the Monsters or RuneQuest deluxe book. Having looked at the campaign there are quite a few of the critters so I think I am going to need the space...

 

[toothill man]

is their room for these monsters in the runequest monster books maybe runequest monsters 6 the naked with woad edition :wink: :twisted: