What is your favourite Gloranthan creature and why?

Zombie scorpion-trollkin which use their heads, carried in sacks, as clubs.
Utterly unofficial, but they exist (not spuriously either) in my game :)

Oh, and batbroo. Which go "Meep"

And the Chaos Oliphaunt.
 
Mandacaru said:
Zombie scorpion-trollkin which use their heads, carried in sacks, as clubs.
Utterly unofficial, but they exist (not spuriously either) in my game :)
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The Scorpion-Walktapus, for no other reason than it has exactly 20 locations.

One of our old GMs had poleaxe-wielding zombie pixies, they were strong (being zombies) so could use a poleaxe and had no negative damage modifier, they were small and so harder to hit, they had no concept of totla hits and, best of all, they were invisible until they attacked. So the first you knew about it was when a poleaxe appeared in front of you and smashed into your abdomen.

I liked the Vampire TigerSon because it had 4xSTR in Tiger Form and scared the willies out of players. The same GM as above looked through the bestiary and saw that Sharkmen had 2.5xSTR in shark form, so he did a Vampire Sharkman that had 5xSTR in shark form, then he sent it against us as we were on a boat in the River of Cradles. As it approached, he gleefully told us what it was, expecting us to cower in fear until we pointed out that running water destroyed vampires and it vanished in a puff of logic.

I like centaurs because they are quick and hard. I also like vampires and especially Gloranthan ones because they can walk around in the daylight.

Even though I personally hate spiders, I like Cragspider, who is one of the best Gloranthan characters, in my opinion.

Trolls are funky as well. But vampires and centaurs are probably my most favourite Glorantha critters, even though neither is particularly Gloranthan.

As for Gloranthan-specific creatures, they all seem to be a bit rare.

Creatures that are different in Glorantha are more interesting. Trolls, of course, are always fun and have a good background. I prefer tolkein-style elves, rather than talking bushes, although talking bushes themselves are perfectly good Aldryami. I've never cared much for dwarves, since they turned against the horses in the Narnia books (Dwarves for dwarves, indeed) and Gloranthan dwarves don't particularly interest me. Ogres are much more fun. Broos can be a laugh when they start messing about. Wind Children are interesting, but not much fun indoors.
 
What, this one?

A duck walks into a bar and asks "Got any worms?". The barman says this isn't a fishing shop, but the duck asks again "Got any worms?". The barman is getting a bit annoyed and says "No, this is a bar, we don't sell worms." The duck waits for a few seconds and asks "Got any worms?". The barman is really ticked off and says "No! If you ask me again, I'll nail your beak to the bar!". The duck looks aghast and asks "Got any Nails?". The barman sighs and says "No".

"Got any worms?"
 
soltakss said:
"Got any worms?"
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:lol:

That's the one. Don't know if it's the same as Bruce's mate's or not. The version I know has a rabbit at the butchers, tho'. And ends with "Cool! Got any carrots?"

:lol:

Of course, it's all in the telling. That's why we need ninthcouncil to do the honours...he IS the forum's official Frank Carson, after all.

Or Ru could stand in. Problem is, his DEX is so low it would take him ages to get here (I mean, SEVEN??? Poor Rurik. How many CAs?).

- Q
 
A duck and a drake are in a hotel room and things start to get a little amorous

After a while the duck says "No no! not without some protection. "

So the drake goes down to the hotel lobby and asks for some condoms.

The assistants takes some from a draw and says "shall I put it on your bill sir?"

To which the drake replies "what kind of a pervert do you think I am !?
 
I like the Crimson Bat. When rumours spread that the Crimson Bat is coming to town the ensuing chaos is equivalent to preparations for a major natural catastrophe.

I love the surreal and comic creatures of Glorantha. They give it a unique and colourful atmosphere. My favourites are: Walktapus, Jack-o-bear, Duck (the feathered variety) and The Left Hand.
 
Adept said:
What sort of a duck doesn't have feathers then?
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The Mighty Trojan Duck?

http://gloarmy.free.fr/images/subscription/me/duck2.jpg

TN_duck2.JPG
 
Trifletraxor said:
Hehehe!!!! That was a cool picture! :D

SGL.
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Gregory's website is well worth checking out for Gloranthan minis.

http://gloarmy.free.fr/

If you can catch him and the Glory Geeks at a convention you get to see the might of the Watchdog of Corflu, Hill of Gold or the Dwarf Mine - depending on how mad Gregory's feeling that year!
 
His model of the Crimson Bat was awesome.

oh, and my favorite creature is the Newtling. How those guys survive in a world like Glorantha, where their tails are a delicacy, makes them my faves.
 
pentallion said

oh, and my favorite creature is the Newtling. How those guys survive in a world like Glorantha, where their tails are a delicacy, makes them my faves.
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So I take it you prefer the tailed over the untailed variety......
 
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