GITP Monster Competition Chat Thread

[Paragon Badger]

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Now I feel silly, since upon skimming this thread for the newest reply, I found the awnser...like...5 posts above my question.

[BisectedBrioche]

I decided to go for a poem after all.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

Unlike last month, I'm going over every entry this time folks

[Stycotl]

^i'm not sure that i would have admitted to not reading through all the entries before handing out the vtchoice award. i think that to be one of those inner-voice kinda conversations, not the outside-voice-transferred-to-www-by-keyboard conversations. but that's just me.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

I did read them all through.

'Going over' means taking a calculator to the entries.

[Stycotl]

ah. that makes more sense. it did give me a chuckle though.

aaron out.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

2 more days to submit. Lets see if we can't at least get a few more in!

[DracoDei]

The skunkfolk have arrived... lock-up your dogs and your daughters... well... not so much your daughters... skunkfolk are usually perfect gentlemen, even if they are consummate charmers (No, I am not talking about their sorcerers you doof!).

P.S. Still missing a lot of the history and other fluff (and a link to an example character or three).

[Guyr Adamantine]

I love the ''Pepe le Pew'' race, Dracodei.

P.S: Check out the Gridolls, you friendly neighborhood anaconda/toad/chameleon race!

[DracoDei]

Already did... noted the source you interpreted them from (Final Fantasy IX), and I highly approve of that as a source.

Edit: They look like they might be LA +1 rather than LA +2...

Edit^2: The skunkfolk weren't inspired by Pepe La Pew really, and they CERTAINLY are anywhere NEAR that pushy, even after correcting for the curse. They would really have more in common with Chanel Fluffle from Oren Otter's comic, "The Fluffles"... and even that is only a tenuous connection...

[Guyr Adamantine]

Already did... noted the source you interpreted them from (Final Fantasy IX), and I highly approve of that as a source.

I tried to make them more, unique... and creepier.

I hope the Qus didn't leak out to much on it, I want to stay original.

Edit: They look like they might be LA +1 rather than LA +2...

They have a lot of ability, I wanted to be sure. If I get more feedback around this, they might change, though.

[DracoDei]

Yeah... I mean they DO make a nasty grappler build... I could see it either way...

Speaking of LA's... let me say that the design of the skunkfolk is based on having played and GMed wereskunks. Wereskunks seem balanced with the perminant racial HD (rather than the +1 LA we started them out with)... the difference between the two is in the lack of shape-shifting, the +2 to CHA, and the +2 to balance, basically. Wereskunks do not have DR or skunk empathy, and can only "infect" their chosen spouse.

[Guyr Adamantine]

Edit^2: The skunkfolk weren't they inspired by Pepe La Pew really, and they CERTAINLY are anywhere NEAR that pushy, even after correcting for the curse.

I just saw some common traits...

Yeah... I mean they DO make a nasty grappler build... I could see it either way...

I guess a Gridoll monk could be annoying.

[Sir Shadow]

aaaaaaand the Xintri are up for your approval/criticism/witty comments.

[Guyr Adamantine]

aaaaaaand the Xintri are up for your approval/criticism/witty comments.

Because of you I am now compelled to daw a picture of my race.

[Sir Shadow]

Because of you I am now compelled to daw a picture of my race.

XD sooooorry Guyr...

[Guyr Adamantine]

XD sooooorry Guyr...

Bah, it ain't so bad! I've been roaming the interweb for toad pictures for inspiration, and I'm coming up with something...

I just felt intimidated by your huge pic and had to counter with my own.

EDIT: Done! Gridolls are now officially awesome.

[Lappy9000]

Welp, this is my first shot at a famous Vorpal Tribble Monster Competition. The soulstitched seemed to be a hit at my gaming table, so I thought, "Hey, I'll give it a go."

EDIT: Oh yeah, I know the entry is rather long, but the Living Construct Subtype along with the traits of a soulstitched's detatched limb seemed necessary.

I had a conversation with MostlyHarmless of the "Tears of Blood" project. It was interesting to see how we thought of a similar idea (i.e. sentient flesh golems) and went completely different ways with it (his race being the fleshwrought).

BTW, best of luck to DracoDei, 'specially since he helped me make the soulstitched in the first place.

[Guyr Adamantine]

Good one Lappy! I'm glad I'm not the only "new guy" here.

(I prefer making races than monsters, generally.)


Now! I have gone where no man has gone before!

BEHOLD! Racial Feats!

[DracoDei]

Welp, this is my first shot at a famous Vorpal Tribble Monster Competition. The soulstitched seemed to be a hit at my gaming table, so I thought, "Hey, I'll give it a go."
<<Snip>>
BTW, best of luck to DracoDei, 'specially since he helped me make the soulstitched in the first place.

Breaks my heart to have to tell you this, but better now while you still have time to find another entry... Entries can not have been posted before... double check the contest rules... it is in there... actually makes sense since these contests are to inspire people to KEEP thinking of NEW stuff, and re-posts don't do that. Rule 6, second sentence.

Edit^2: DON'T delete your entry if you have made any improvements in the reposting of it. And you have... the picture, at the very least is new... edit the changes into the original at the VERY least. Vorpal Tribble will omit your entry from the list of possible ones to vote for, and people will still be able to see it in both locations for as long as the archives last (nothing is FOREVER, especially on the 'net).

Edit: Having said that... I could use a race of constrictor snake like people for a campaign idea I have (would actually be using them to base the hybrid form of a wereconstrictor on). Not actually a campaign I intend to ever run... but once I write it up, someone might end up using it...
NO POISON
2 arms, no legs (or MAYBE 2 arms, 2 legs and a tail)
Probably medium size...
Come up with a simple system for making them cold-blooded, and the torpor associated with being at a lower temperature.


... on second thought that is probably too simplistic by itself...

[pyrefiend]

Breaks my heart to have to tell you this, but better now while you still have time to find another entry... Entries can not have been posted before... double check the contest rules... it is in there...

I did the same thing, reworked the whole race, fixed all the grammar mistakes and embellished upon what I'd written already... only to discover it wasn't valid. Cest la vi*

*that is almost certainly spelled very, very wrong.

[Guyr Adamantine]

I did the same thing, reworked the whole race, fixed all the grammar mistakes and embellished upon what I'd written already... only to discover it wasn't valid. Cest la vi*

*that is almost certainly spelled very, very wrong.

Let me help you:

C'est la vie.

Or I could elaborate:

Maudit soit mon enthousiasme, j'ai oublié le règlement. Une autre fois peut-être?

[DracoDei]

I did the same thing, reworked the whole race, fixed all the grammar mistakes and embellished upon what I'd written already... only to discover it wasn't valid. Cest la vi*

*that is almost certainly spelled very, very wrong.

Hope you will (or did) at least upload the edits in the original location...
Which race was it BTW?

[DracoDei]

Good one Lappy! I'm glad I'm not the only "new guy" here.

(I prefer making races than monsters, generally.)


Now! I have gone where no man has gone before!

BEHOLD! Racial Feats!

I WAS going to go there with my entry... and now I have... in SPADES (or at least... what is one step lower than Spades? Hearts?)... anyway... 6 feats, including 2 Epic ones...
Edit:considering adding one that will let them use a shield on their tail (Requirements: BAB +6?, and of course proficient with shields), thus letting them get both a shield and a 2-hander if they take it... equivalent to spending a feat to get an animated shield... what do people think?


BTW: If I want to make up a domain or two for the goddess of the skunkfolk, but they aren't supposed to be the sort of things that any adventurer in his right mind would care about then do I HAVE to come up with the specific spells and/or granted powers? Also I could use a suggestion for a name for that goddess. She won their devotion after she cursed them because they were using sex to tempt others to evil (imagine the mortal, non-magical counterparts to succubi... yeah...). Basically, they committed crimes against her portfolio, she punished them, they learned their lesson and went straight. In my own games I call her Athena... but that would cause conflicts and loss of suspension of disbelief in other people's campaigns.

[Guyr Adamantine]

That'll teach me to have such a big mouth.

I WAS going to go there with my entry... and now I have... in SPADES (or at least... what is one step lower than Spades? Hearts?)... anyway... 6 feats, including 2 Epic ones...

I won't go through the "I can pee more often than you" feats, but rather the others.

Holy Spray [Skunkfolk]

At first I was intrigued. 2d4? Per level? Ouch! But now I know better.

Acid Spray [Skunkfolk, Reserve]

This one inspires me less dread. Unless the player goes epic, he won't blow up the planet with it.

Edit:considering adding one that will let them use a shield on their tail (Requirements: BAB +6?, and of course proficient with shields), thus letting them get both a shield and a 2-hander if they take it... equivalent to spending a feat to get an animated shield... what do people think?

Improved Buckler Defense let you wield a buckler and weapon in the same hand while keeping its AC bonus. Prehensile Tail (Savage Species) let you use your tail as a third hand.

BTW: If I want to make up a domain or two for the goddess of the skunkfolk, but they aren't supposed to be the sort of things that any adventurer in his right mind would care about then do I HAVE to come up with the specific spells and/or granted powers?

If nobody would take that domain, forget about it.

Also I could use a suggestion for a name for that goddess. She won their devotion after she cursed them because they were using sex to tempt others to evil (imagine the mortal, non-magical counterparts to succubi... yeah...). Basically, they committed crimes against her portfolio, she punished them, they learned their lesson and went straight. In my own games I call her Athena... but that would cause conflicts and loss of suspension of disbelief in other people's campaigns.

Allurehn. Next!

[Lappy9000]

Breaks my heart to have to tell you this, but better now while you still have time to find another entry... Entries can not have been posted before... double check the contest rules... it is in there... actually makes sense since these contests are to inspire people to KEEP thinking of NEW stuff, and re-posts don't do that. Rule 6, second sentence.

Edit^2: DON'T delete your entry if you have made any improvements in the reposting of it. And you have... the picture, at the very least is new... edit the changes into the original at the VERY least. Vorpal Tribble will omit your entry from the list of possible ones to vote for, and people will still be able to see it in both locations for as long as the archives last (nothing is FOREVER, especially on the 'net).

Well...bummer
I had assumed that rule referred to things previously posted by other people. Especially since the race is so much more balanced now.

Oh well.

BTW, dug up the original thread:
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...t=Soulstitched

[Guyr Adamantine]

BTW, dug up the original thread:
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showt...t=Soulstitched

Same link without highlight if someone cares.

[Lappy9000]

Same link without highlight if someone cares.

Geez, way to show me up

[Guyr Adamantine]

Geez, way to show me up

Sorry! I wanted to PM you first, but I'm a lasy, lasy man.

Just change the link if you want and we'll forget this happened.

(You can remove the highlight by cutting the "&highlightwhatever" part of the URL, BTW)

[DracoDei]

That'll teach me to have such a big mouth.

Hey, we spur eachother on to better and better creations... that is half the point of making it a competition... so people will become better by trying to outdo eachother... someone adds a picture, and suddenly everyone feels like they need one... you do racial feats, and I get off my duff and add the ones I was thinking of.

Holy Spray

At first I was intrigued. 2d4? Per level? Ouch! But now I know better.

Are you saying to dial it back to say... 1d4 (1d6?) per turning level? Your next comment seems to imply so, but I thought I would double-check...

Acid Spray

This one inspires me less dread. Unless the player goes epic, he won't blow up the planet with it.

Well... not in one shot... but "Holy Spray" is capped by the number of times you can turn undead in a day, whereas "Acid Spray" can be used once every 20 minutes (since it requires musk) all day long if you keep an Energy Substituted Delayed Blast Fireball prepared. However it DOES do ~1/4 the damage per shot of the other feat (half the dice per increment, and max spell level ~= half character level).

Improved Buckler Defense let you wield a buckler and weapon in the same hand while keeping its AC bonus. Prehensile Tail (Savage Species) let you use your tail as a third hand.

Sounds like it should be a "Go" then. How tough are the prerequisites for those feats? For one thing I PROBABLY need to make "Tail Shield Use" easier to get than "Prehensile Tail" since I ASSUME that the latter at least gives a bonus to climbing trees, and probably allows you to wield 3 hands worth of weapons.

If nobody would take that domain, forget about it.

Ok. Of course VT's word is going to be important on this, since it is one of the contest rules, but there WAS a reason I was asking publicly since it is ALSO important that if he says it is "legal" that I know it also won't be seen as a negative point for my races details.

Allurehn. Next!

Thank you, I may very well use that...