Monsters of Legend Update

[MongooseMatt]

You can now download an update for Monsters of Legend free, which gives some proper stats for Ogres and adds a few new options. It can be grabbed at;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpgs/legend/legend/monsters-of-legend.html

 

[alex_greene]

Very nice. I'd just bought the PDF on Sunday night and received the notice about the update from the vendor I bought it from the day after.

I'd have got the hardcopy book as well from my FLGS yesterday, if they'd had a copy there. I decided that just getting my hardcopy of Legend core would have to do for the day.

 

[Stainless]

It has to be asked. Will this update be incorporated in the next printing of the book?

 

[Cowboy]

Will these errata be incorporated into the PDF of the book? And if so, will I be able to download an updated version of the PDF (that I got through the bits'n'mortar program - not through a dedicated PDF vendor like DTRPG)? Because having a corrected PDF on my iPad would really be much more convenient than having the original PDF and a saparate errata document.

Deviating a bit from this purely practical concern, I can't hep but notice that this ogre is still very Gloranthaish: Human-size and of human intelligence, not the big, dumb brute that we're used to ogres being in other games (and which I'd frankly prefer as that is what I associate with the word "ogre").

 

[alex_greene]

Deviating a bit from this purely practical concern, I can't hep but notice that this ogre is still very Gloranthaish: Human-size and of human intelligence, not the big, dumb brute that we're used to ogres being in other games (and which I'd frankly prefer as that is what I associate with the word "ogre").

You mean you want him all green and ugly? With a runty, talking donkey companion?

 

[tneva82]

Deviating a bit from this purely practical concern, I can't hep but notice that this ogre is still very Gloranthaish: Human-size and of human intelligence, not the big, dumb brute that we're used to ogres being in other games (and which I'd frankly prefer as that is what I associate with the word "ogre").

You mean you want him all green and ugly? With a runty, talking donkey companion?

I don't think he's refering to orcs but ones that are generally bigger than orcs.

And yeah when I too think of ogres I'm not generally thinking human sized creatures. But each to his own If I want I can simply rename these ogres something else and create new stats for my taste of ogres.

 

[alex_greene]

Deviating a bit from this purely practical concern, I can't hep but notice that this ogre is still very Gloranthaish: Human-size and of human intelligence, not the big, dumb brute that we're used to ogres being in other games (and which I'd frankly prefer as that is what I associate with the word "ogre").

You mean you want him all green and ugly? With a runty, talking donkey companion?

And yeah when I too think of ogres I'm not generally thinking human sized creatures. But each to his own If I want I can simply rename these ogres something else and create new stats for my taste of ogres.

Seriously, Shrek from those execrable cartoons is an ogre, which is another word for troll, aka giant. They're all the same species - orcs are an invention of Tolkien, and before his arrival there were basically just giants, trolls and ogres, with the occasional Icelandic draugr mentioned - but all the mythologies are about the same thing: the big, ugly, stupid creatures ... that the Greeks called the Titans.

The oldest gods are always thus painted as the next epoch's monsters and ugly beasts, and gradually they shrink in size from creatures big enough to form an entire world from their earwax through to just being mountainous, then ultimately mansion - sized, house - sized and eventually the size of that ugly big dude just down the word who's built like a brick latrine, and who plays prop forward with the local rugby crowd every Sunday in the sports field round the back.

The further forward the myths come, the more we couch them in the language of the modern day.

Now imagine an ogre. Svelte, sophisticated, gorgeous - drop-dead gorgeous - but with strength enough to pin down a man twice her size, teeth and jaws powerful enough to bite through a merchantman's hawser ... and a literal insatiable appetite for, er BICEP! *wipes sweat off brow*

She could eat her way through an army, literally, and somehow not put on an ounce around her perfect wasp waist.

Now imagine her smiling and casually telling the characters "I would love to have you over for dinner some time."

Thanks, Glorantha, for making ogres sexy. *grins with slightly too sharp teeth*

 

[Nickbergquist]

Bumping this....still hoping for word on whether or not subsequent printings of the Monsters of Legend book incorporate the missing errata.

 

[MongooseMatt]

They certainly will do, as we update our files with the printers immediatly - I'll have to look in as to whether we have actually done a reprint yet (the first run was quite extensive).

 

[Prime_Evil]

They certainly will do, as we update our files with the printers immediatly - I'll have to look in as to whether we have actually done a reprint yet (the first run was quite extensive).

It's a very good sign for the commercial viability of the system if you are already looking at reprints.

It's amazing that the core rulebook hasn't dropped out of the top three products on DriveThruRPG since it was released - and keeps grabbing the top spot most of the time. I can't think of another product that's dominated the PDF market for so long...

 

[Nickbergquist]

They certainly will do, as we update our files with the printers immediatly - I'll have to look in as to whether we have actually done a reprint yet (the first run was quite extensive).

Cool! It's good to hear. I'll keep my 1st edition copy for quick reference at the game table, and snag a 2nd printing when it becomes available.

 

[danskmacabre]

I bought the hardcopy of the Monsters of legend.
Is there a possibility to download the pdf for free or do I need to purchase that separately?

 

[warlock1971]

I bought the hardcopy of the Monsters of legend.
Is there a possibility to download the pdf for free or do I need to purchase that separately?

I downloaded it for free from the web site.