tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post3218795734519172283..comments2024-03-29T20:04:30.755+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: The Island CampaignUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-14835835669324788892019-06-20T14:04:52.428+08:002019-06-20T14:04:52.428+08:00Well, I had never heard of the Melbourne suburb un...Well, I had never heard of the Melbourne suburb until this comment - we both learned something!noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-71161475270469445542019-06-20T14:03:34.762+08:002019-06-20T14:03:34.762+08:00I like that idea. My problem with animals as encou...I like that idea. My problem with animals as encounters is that I can never get past the fact that animals are very cautious and wouldn't just attack a group of well armed humans. Truly GIANT animals, on the other hand...noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-5568049421456795352019-06-18T09:05:58.353+08:002019-06-18T09:05:58.353+08:00When I saw St Kilda, I immediately thought it was ...When I saw St Kilda, I immediately thought it was some reference to the suburb of Melbourne of the same name. I was expecting drug and prostitution references, possibly something about football, seaside living and a run down amusement park. I had no idea it got its name from this island (via a boat called 'the Lady of St Kilda' apparently) until this post.Afrenasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071764371283017180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-91950766521189806232019-06-18T08:48:34.542+08:002019-06-18T08:48:34.542+08:00I believe the first edition of Warhammer Fantasy R...I believe the first edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying had a species of larger than average (though certainly not giant) puffins called "Razorbills". A colony of them around an old shipwreck known to contain treasure would make for an interesting adventure. Especially if the treasure is heavy and slow to move, making it impossible to simply run away with it before the puffins are attacking.<br /><br />I wonder if all those seemingly unnecessary bestiary entries for normal animals could be repurposed into an island module. An island like St Kilda, full of old ruins, and home to lots of "normal" animals grown large and feral and aggressive. There are no real monsters, and the dungeons are hardly even trapped, but just walking down the beach would run the risk of drawing a beast's attention.Malcolm Svenssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14324502676937817722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-91716601234652835842019-06-17T04:13:03.118+08:002019-06-17T04:13:03.118+08:00I will check it out - thanks.I will check it out - thanks.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-43138246595847471082019-06-17T04:12:45.424+08:002019-06-17T04:12:45.424+08:00Giant puffins would be genuinely terrifying. Giant puffins would be genuinely terrifying. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-35429588412855545472019-06-14T09:34:09.762+08:002019-06-14T09:34:09.762+08:00Alasdair Roberts and Robbie Robertson did an inter...Alasdair Roberts and Robbie Robertson did an interesting record about St Kilda called Hirta Songs a number of years back. The track "Leaving St Kilda" is ten minutes of Robertson journeying around the island giving the names of various areas and how they maybe came to have them. Well worth a listen if you haven't seen it before.cardboardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-2388465469280869492019-06-14T05:36:39.295+08:002019-06-14T05:36:39.295+08:00Yes, that's all perfect.
We were on the Isle...Yes, that's all perfect. <br /><br />We were on the Isle of May a couple of months ago, along with 42,000 breeding pairs of puffins (orcish or otherwise ...), and the gaming potential was inescapable. Those basking seals? Selkies or worse. Curious and curiously tame rabbits? Replace with some small humanoid. And then add in all the potential effects of island gigantism or dwarfism taken to extreme degrees ...JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964744140140515737noreply@blogger.com