Medieval-Man's Monster Thread (Retired)

[MedievalMan]

If you can't reconcile the hags, you should consider renaming one or the other of them. I'd suggest looking at the 1E era source material and awarding the Hag title to whichever one is closer, then come up with a different name for the other.

That's a good idea. Better than trying to mash two monsters together in my opinion.

I will just rename mine the Bog Crone and be done with it.

[LibraryLass]

I think it could stay as it was. If you've got regular hag and sea hag, why not also bog hag?

[MedievalMan]

I would just do that Lass, but Smoot says I have to combine it with someone else' hag. Looking their hag over the differences are too great for me to agree to do that, simpler just to scrub the hag title and be done with it.

[Solomoriah]

To be fair, though Smoot recommended combining them, I believe I said you didn't have to merge it with another. Realistically, we can't have two very different monsters called the same thing. I'm sure you see that.

If you feel that you can't make it congruent enough to be just another kind of hag, that's your call. I personally am cool with the Bog Crone name... it's definitely evocative.

[MedievalMan]

Yeah I like the name bog crone myself. Its nice to break away from the term "hag" while still having a connection to it.

And you're right Smoot only suggested that I merge with the other hag, but they were just too different in my opinion.

[MedievalMan]

NUKED

[Solomoriah]

Interesting. I've seen them called Skinwalkers in several sources. In the Everness series, Selkies are sentient seals who do that; they can wear skins in layers, and skins they prepare con be used by others.

[MedievalMan]

Yeah I pulled them from and old Ravenloft Denizens of Darkness, thought they looked pretty cool. In fact I pulled wolfwere's from that book as well and have plans for the Vampyre and Nosferatu as well. So many great old monsters in that book.

[MedievalMan]

Added the Black Fiend, a demon from the outer dark known for its sorcery.

[dymondy2k]

I like the Black Fiend.. and he is right about the HD I need for an adventure I am working on...