Call to Brew! [Crossroads]

[Mith]

I'm not sure about this. These are all Tricksters, true, but they're wildly different characters, from wildly different areas. Even Coyote had many faces, which varied from tribe to tribe (and even band to band): some saw him as a clown, others as a hero, and still others as a dark and powerful sorcerer.
I guess that all the different Tricksters of the world could conceivably be manifestations of a single ur-Trickster, but I think that'd make the cosmology a lot less interesting, and it would invalidate BRC's awesome adventure concept, "The Epic Bromance of Coyote and Anansi". I think there's room in the cosmos for all of the Named Spirits and Trickster-gods to be unique beings.

But I am eager to see what you draw up for the "Manifestation of Coyote"!

Perhaps they are different beings (Coyote, Raven, and the rest), and the various interpretations of the same being (Coyote being Trickster, Chief Without Fires, and other roles) could be dealt with as similar to domains (i.e. character picks two aspects of their guide to gain power from.) Each aspect has different abilities, so it is very rarely that Old Man Coyote walks the world in all his aspects.

I know I am focused on Coyote a bit much here, but that is more that I feel that he is the most difficult one to balance, since he is so varied in abilities.

So it'd basically be like the summoner, except instead of summoning an eidolon, you're actually calling down a tiny piece of a god?

I think that I mis-wrote that. I was thinking that at higher levels, you can summon a manifestation of a god which can help you more effectively than he can from the Spirit World. However starting a summoning earlier and expanding on the abilities of the manifestation at higher and higher levels could work.

Does that make sense?

EDIT: Looking over the Medicine Man class, I think I am going to have to do this in two parts:

1) Research the various Gods, and define them in terms of abilities and the Medicine they provide.

2) See if I can work them into the current Medicine Man class, or if we are going to want to re write things. Especially since I do not know what Hero points are supposed to do with regards to this idea, if they still apply.

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Kind of a strange request... Can you make another table that sorts the creatures by type? I really need some aberrations for a thing that you would rather not know about.

[SuperDave]

Kind of a strange request... Can you make another table that sorts the creatures by type? I really need some aberrations for a thing that you would rather not know about.

I don't know if Giantitp can support sortable tables, but a reorganization of the monsters in the first post might be a good idea.

Squish, would it be possible to set up a table for the monsters, with separate columns for CR, size/type, environment/region, and description? It might be extra work on our part, but it would make it much easier for DMs (like myself, for example) to find exactly the monster they're looking for.

Oh, and are you ever going to post all those Chinese monsters to the main page? I put a lot of work into them, and I feel kind of like they're being neglected.

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I don't know if Giantitp can support sortable tables, but a reorganization of the monsters in the first post might be a good idea.

Squish, would it be possible to set up a table for the monsters, with separate columns for CR, size/type, environment/region, and description? It might be extra work on our part, but it would make it much easier for DMs (like myself, for example) to find exactly the monster they're looking for.

Oh, and are you ever going to post all those Chinese monsters to the main page? I put a lot of work into them, and I feel kind of like they're being neglected.

Yeah, I meant a separate table. Thanks for clarifying my post.

[SuperDave]

Yeah, I meant a separate table. Thanks for clarifying my post.

Wait, so a new table instead of the post we have now, where they're all listed as plain text? Or in addition to the current list?

Also, what's the project? Now you've got me curious.

[Admiral Squish]

Well, I don't know if I really want to make and maintain a bunch of different tables in different organizations. However, I WILL make it easier to sort through the entries at a glance, by making a cool table.

Name	Status	Creator	Decription	CR	Type

Am I missing any columns that should be added?

As to Chinese monster, again, sorry, there's just ALWAYS SO MUCH TO DO. Which is not particularly helped by you deciding you wanted to playtest NOW when there's so much still extremely incomplete...

[SuperDave]

The proposed grid looks great, that's exactly what I hoped for. This is gonna look really slick!

Sorry for getting antsy about the Chinese monsters, I just put a lot of effort and research into them (and I mean a LOT of effort and research), and they've languished unused for more than two months, while the whole list of Chinese monsters in the Crossroads setting (including classic Paizo monsters which can be ported over) still amount to fewer than twenty monsters, which does not a playable region make.

Sorry for the suddenness of my desire to playtest, but the opportunity presented itself without much warning, and I felt I had to strike while the iron was hot. If we waited until the setting was complete, then we'd have built so much of it on faulty assumptions that it would be even more work to remove them than it would be to playtest in the first place. I understand that it makes more work for us, but if we don't have something that's playable after almost two years, then what have we been doing with our time?

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On a completely unrelated note, here's my (second) draft for the Great Tree of Peace as a major artifact. Let me know what you think of it, folks!

Spoiler: The Great Tree of Peace (major artifact)

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Slot none; Aura strong abjuration; CL 20th; Weight 50 tons

DESCRIPTION
The Great Tree of Peace is a colossal white pine, more than one thousand feet tall. Its branches are strong and straight, covered in rich green needles which grow in clusters of five, symbolizing the eternal unity of the Five Nations. The tree has four strong roots which spread out in the cardinal directions from a trunk wider than even the longest longhouse.
It is said that when Deganawida the Great Peacemaker brought the Great Law of Peace to the Five Nations, he uprooted the Great Tree, and told the Five Nations to cast their tomahawks and war-clubs into the pit, literally burying the hatchet beneath the white roots of the Great Tree. Deganawida then gently replaced the Great Tree, forever sealing away the terrible weapons which the warriors of the Five Nations had used to kill their brothers and sisters.
The Great Tree of Peace constantly generates the following spells at CL 20th, out to 1,000 feet: calm emotions, calm weather, and peace aura {or maybe aura of peace?}. Any sentient creature standing within this range gains a +10 sacred bonus to Diplomacy checks, but takes a -10 penalty to Intimidate checks.
Attacks against the Great Tree itself draw the attention of the awakened celestial dire eagle who nests atop the tree: he is instantly aware of any attempt to harm the Great Tree, regardless of where he is in the multiverse at that moment, and will react accordingly.

DESTRUCTION
{Breaking the Confederacy? Digging up the buried weapons, and/or using them to cut down the tree or hack away its roots?}

I increased the Diplomacy/Intimidate bonus/penalty to +/- 10, since that seemed more appropriate for a CL20 object. Maybe it should be increased to +20 instead?

I also wasn't sure about which spell to use. I wanted to stick with Paizo spells so it could be reprinted, but the closest thing I could find to what I was looking for the spell do do was hymn of peace.

[Mith]

I do not see any problem with this. Do we still want to do the Sentient Hatchet of War to be buried there, or are we good with a large cache of high quality weapons?


EDIT: I see that you do think that that would be a good idea.

CONCEPT: War Bringer, Law-Breaker, The Twisted Seed (If one can find a Oneida name that would fit along these lines that would be great.)

DESCRIPTION/History: An old Mohawk war hatchet, the War Bringer was a ceremonial hatchet that was passed on from the best warriors of each warrior of the Mohawk tribe until the coming of the Great Peacemaker and the formation of the Great Law of Peace, where it was buried with all the weapons of the 5 Nations under the Tree of Peace becoming the origin to the term "Bury the hatchet". Sealed away, the old weapons became the symbol for war, and thus over the centuries have been shaped by the powerful beliefs and stories of the past to become some of the most dangerous weapons in the area. The War Bringer, the strongest of the weapons buried has awakened, and aware of it's imprisonment, it awaits to be free, so that it can revel in bloodshed unending. The name The Twisted Seed is in reference to the twisted tree that the Great Peacekeeper used to symbolize the tribes prior to the arrival of the Great Law of Peace, as War-Bringer seeks to return the people of the 5 Nations back to that way of life.

ABILITIES: The War-Bringer greatly improves the warrior's ability, at the cost of making them unable to stop killing until either he dies or no one else is standing. The wielder of War-Bringer will seek out warriors who they see as a challenge, since they must be the best warrior. War-Bringer also works as a throwing weapon, with a boost to accuracy as well as being difficult to dodge, returning to the wielder's hands after being thrown. Potential secondary effect from War-Bringer takes a percentage of the HP from the attacked victim, and uses it to restore the health of the wielder.

IDEAS FOR MECHANICAL EFFECTS:

• Will Save or be compelled to use War_Bringer. Wielder enters a Rage, attacking the strongest warrior closest to them. The Rage states lasts for 1d6+CON mod. rounds, after which, the wielder collapses.
• The War-Bringer is a +5 War-Hatchet (tomahawk?) and deals [X] slashing damage and is an effective thrown weapon with [X] damage.
• In Meelee combat, if a greater than average damage is dealt (ex: 4,5,6 on a d6), the wielder gets 1d4 worth of HP restored, up to maximum HP.

These are rough ideas to get the ideas flowing. What do people think so far?

[Admiral Squish]

Spoiler: Native Monsters

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Name	Status	Creator	Decription	CR	Type
Acheri	Done	LOTRfan	The spirit of a child who died in some gruesome and untimely fashion, coming back to attack other children.	3	Undead
Agloolik	Done	Perturbulent	A friendly water spirit that lives under the ice and gives aid to fishermen and hunters. Protects seals and seal cubs.	5	Fey
Alebrijes	Done	Perturbulent	Chaotic animal-like beings native to the spirit world, brightly colored and varied in form.	+1	Magical Beast
A-Mi-Kuk	Done	Perturbulent	Large, slimy-skinned monster with four human arms and hands for legs. Lives in the bering sea, but can burrow into inland lakes and walk on land.	7	Magical Beast
Anaye	Claimed	Amechra	A group of extremely powerful beings born to virgins who partook of unnatural practices. Most were destroyed. Remaining anaye include Hunger, Poverty, Old Age, and Cold.	-	-
Auvekoejak	Claimed	LOTRfan	Mermaid-like creature with polar bear fur instead of scales.	-	-
Auvvik	Done	Dracomortis	A monstrous, blood-sucking caterpillar, actually rather friendly.	1/2	Magical Beast
Az-I-Wu-Gum-Ki-Mukh-'Ti	Done	Debihuman	A giant walrus with the front legs and head of a dog, black scales covering it’s body, and a huge fish tail that can kill a man with one blow.	4	Magical Beast
Binaye Ahani			Evil, limbless twins that can kill with a glance.
Chenoo	Done	Perturbulent	Humans turned into man-eating giants after committing a crime terrible enough to freeze their heart.	7	Humanoid (Giant)
Cihuateotl	Done	Debihuman	The spirits of women who died in childbirth, with skeletal faces and eagle claws.	12	Undead
Cipactli	Done	Superdave	Horrible creatures that are part crocodile, part fish, and part frog, with fanged mouths on every joint of their bodies.	5-8-12-17	Abberation
Disemboweler	Done	Perturbulent	A female monster who kills people walking alone at night, and sometimes makes victims laugh until their stomach bursts.	6	Monstrous Humanoid
Dust Devil			Dead human spirits who temporarily return to the mortal world. If it spins clockwise, it’s a good spirit, if it spins counterclockwise, it is evil.
Emogoalekc			Once human, turned partially into a sea monster when he threw himself into the sea to drown.
Ewah			A demon that drives anyone who sees it insane, so there are no reports of what it looks like
Fsti Capcaki	Done	Bhu	Tall, hairy, extremely strong humanoid. Carries a tree trunk as a weapon, and is known to tear trees in half.	7	Humanoid (Giant)
Flying Head	Done	Superdave	After a particularly violent demise, the decapitated head of a victim becomes an enormous, flying head with long, shaggy hair and fangs.	2	Undead
Gaasyendietha	Done	Perturbulent	A large, aquatic dragon that can fly on a trail of fire and breathe fire. Also known as ‘meteor dragon’.	7-10-15	Dragon
Geldegwsets	Done	KitsuneBoxing	Giants that live in rivers and eat fish, living in harmony with humans	5	Humanoid (Giant)
Haakapaizizi	Done	Bhu	A giant that takes the form of a grasshopper.	15	Humanoid (Giant)
Haietlik			Flying serpents of electricity that often travel with thunderbirds.
Hakulaq			A female monster that controls the weather. Her infant looks human and she sets him to float in a basket, such that kind-hearted people will rescue him. When they take him to shore, she appears and wipes out their village, claiming they stole her child.
Harvestmen	Done	Perturbulent	Monstrous daddy-long-legs.	1/4-11	Vermin
Hayicanako			A colossal woman who lives deep underground and supports the earth (somewhat like atlas). Earthquakes happen when she gets weak from hunger, and can be stopped by throwing meat into deep holes.
Hinqumemen			A living lake that drowns victims, particularly when they try to take buckets of it away.
Hoga			An enormous fish-like monster with pig ears, thick whiskers, and large tusks. It can change colors.
Horned Alligator	Done	KitsuneBoxing	Alligators with magical horns, horns can be removed from the body and used for various potions and rituals.	4	Magical Beast
Hvcko Capko	Done	Perturbulent	Creature with the head of a wolf, large eyes, and a horse’s tail. It stinks horribly and carries diseases, infecting everyone who touches it.	9	Magical Beast
Ikuutayuq			A female monster who kills victims at a ritual circle by drilling holes in them until they die.
Imap Umassoursa			An enormous monster that looks like a floating island, and hunts by flipping boats and eating the drowned sailors.
Indacinga	Done	Bhu	Forest giants strong enough to rip up trees or rip up people’s houses.	20	Humanoid (Giant)
Inung			A spirit pest that enters the body of a living creature and lives there until they die. After death, it emerges as a flickering light.
Inupasugjuk	Done	Bhu	Great arctic giants that live on the sea ice at the north pole and visit the mainland during winter when the sea ice is thick enough to support their weight.	RUN	Humanoid (Giant)
Ishigaq	Done	LOTRfan	Tiny humanoids only a foot tall that leave no footprints in snow.	1/2	Humanoid
Jackalope	claimed	Dayaz	A rabbit with deer antlers and a pheasant’s tail.
Jogah, Ga-hon-ga			A tiny fairy-like being with power over rocks and rivers.
Jogah, Gan-da-yah			A tiny fairy-like being with with the power to make earth fertile.
Jogah, Oh-do-wa			A tiny fairy-like being that keeps spirits on the spirit world from returning to the mortal world.
Jokao/Stonecoats	WIP	Bhu	Men with stone skin and stone canes that eat people. Repelled by menstruating women.	-	-
Kachina			Highly varied spirits representing embodiments of various things in the world, such as stones or insects or stars.
Kaitorak	Claimed	KitsuneBoxing	A powerful forest spirit. Twigs cut from the spirit still have much of it’s power.
Katutajuk/Katyutayuuq/Katyn Tayuuq			A large head with stubby legs and arms. Devours everything, and is strong enough to burst through the walls of an igloo.
Kaneakeluh			A great cosmic bird that first brought fire to men.
Kashehotapolo			A man-deer that dwells in the forest, that runs so fast nobody has seen it clearly.
Kawatilikalla			Wolves that can take off their skins and become humans.
Kelok			A winged beast whose body explodes in flames.
Kitzinackas			A friendly water serpent with supernatural power that can be invoked in rituals.
Kiwahkw	Done	Bhu	Intelligent, cold undead that grow as they eat humans.	+X	Undead
Koguhpuk			Huge mammalian creatures that live underground because the sun will kill them. They only come to the surface during the long night in the depth of winter.
Kolowisi			A horned water serpent with sharp fangs that can take the form of a baby.
Kushtaka			Were-otters. Some stories paint them as cruel tricksters, other paint them as friendly and helpful. They may turn humans into kushtaka to save them from drowning.
La Llorona	Claimed	Amechra	An ancient ghost that drowned her children before drowning herself. Appears around rivers and lakes all through mexico and drowns children that come too close.
Lenapizka			An amphibious creature that lives in lakes.
Mamagwasewug			Forest-dwelling fairy-like creatures that are two feet tall with fur on their faces. They sail stone canoes.
Matlose	done	Bhu	A humanoid monster covered in black fur. Paralyzes it’s victims with a terrifying scream.	5	Outsider
Mi-Ni-Wa-Tu			A large mammalian creature with red fur, one eye, one forehead horn, and a spiked beaver’s tail that lives in rivers and swims very fast.
Moogie			A lizard-like creature that lives in the Ozarks.
Nagual			Humans with the power to shape shift into an animal related to their day of birth.
Nalusa Falaya			A small shadow-creature that consumes the souls of the depressed.
N-dam-keno-wet			A hybrid of fish and human (not a merman) who loves to molest women in the bath.
Neglected Ancestral Spirit			The spirits of ancestors that chose to remain on the spirit world to guide their progeny and have since been neglected and twisted to evil.
Nunyenunc			A giant predatory bird that grabs people and flies them off to it’s nest to be consumed.
Obsidian Butterfly Swarm	Done	Superdave	A swarm of obsidian butterflies that leave bleeding wounds and shred objects in their wake.	4	Construct
Ogopogo			40-50 foot sea serpent that dwells in Okanagan lake.
Old Man of the Mountain			An enormous stone giant slumbering, buried in a mountain.
Onnoint			A giant horned snake that uses its magic horns to control the earth and crush enemies.
Oshadagea			A great eagle that carries water through the air in a hollow on it’s back. Puts out fires and spreads dew.
Paija	Done	Bhu	Extremely grotesque cannibalistic female. Covered in hair, with only one leg which emerges from her… lady parts. Gaze may petrify.	5	Outsider
Paiyuk			A highly aggressive aquatic elk that hunts humans as it’s prey.
Pal-Rai-Yuk			Bizzare creature with six pawed legs, two fox heads, three stomachs, three dorsal fins, Thick fur, a froglike tongue, a fish/whale like tail and a serrated ridge on it’s back.
Palulukon			A powerful water serpent that can stop the earth’s spin and stop springs from flowing if people stop living in harmony with nature.
Piasa			A huge, scaled, catlike creature with deerlike horns, a very long tail with a fish tail on the end, and red eyes.
Pskegdemus			A female ghost that dwells in swamps. In some stories, it’s malevolent being, luring children to their demise. In others, it’s a tragic figure, having lost her own children she call out to children from loneliness.
Quailertetang			A seal-man hybrid that serves Sedna, the sea goddess. It observes humans and reports on their wrongdoings.
Quinametzin			The former residents of the world, extinguished by the god for failure to worship them. Giants large enough to move great blocks of stone by themselves.
Raw Gums			A fearsome magician and cannibal, raw guns is a human transformed through his own evil magic and his diet of eating chiefs. He raises the bodies of the chiefs he eats as undead servants.
Sa-Yin			A water monster that resembles a centaur.
Siat (male) / Bapet (female)	Done	Bhu	Males kidnap children, females suckle them on their poisonous milk, killing them. Only killable with an obsidian arrow.	5	Humanoid (Giant)
Sio Humis			Happy and friendly rain spirits.
Sisuitl	Dne	Superdave	A two-headed sea serpent with a human-like head in the middle of its body.	16	Magical Beast
Skatene	Done	Bhu	An ogre-like female who can turn into an owl and cuts the head off her victims.	4	Humanoid (Giant)
Skunk, Dire			Self-explanatory
Snawfus			A pure white deer with plants and flowers gowing from it’s antlers. It’s hooves split into fingerlike digits, allowing it to climb and swing through the trees. It creates thunder, and blue clouds in autumn.
Stcemqestcint			Humanlike creatures that wear nothing but buffalo skin and can turn into trees to hide. If you stare at one that’s hiding as a tree for a long time, it may become stuck as a tree.
Stikini			A race of people able to turn into horned owls. At night they regurgitate their organs and turn into owls to enter the homes of their victims and steal their still-beating hearts. Once they turn back into humans, they re-swallow their organs. Owl-feathered arrows deal extra damage to them.
Sundew, Giant			A giant predatory plant.
Tah-Tah-Kle‘-Ah	Done	Bhu	Evil ogre women who kidnap children in baskets lined with pitch they carry on their backs. They’re also known to capture hunters to be their husbands. Or dinner.	10	Outsider
Tammatuyuq	Done	Bhu	Male cannibal monster, who turns human to gain the trust of a mother with a young child, then kidnaps said child and kills them by piercing it’s head with a needle/straw and drinking it’s life.	4	Humanoid (Giant)
Tcipitckaam			A crocodile-like sea serpent with a yellow horn projecting out of it’s forehead. It can turn into a handsome young man to lure women close to drown them.
Teehooltsoodi			A massive otter with bull-like horns. It can control water and create floods.
Teyu-Yagua			A reptile monster with seven dog heads that breath fire, and shiny skin. Very powerful, but calm and harmless.
Thelgeth	Claimed	Bhu	Hairy, headless, man-eating creatures. Members of the Anaye family of monsters.
Tizheruk	Done	Perturbulent	Huge, serpentine aquatic mammal with a ‘seven-foot head‘	10	Magical Beast
Tlahuelpuchi			A human who develops the power to shape shift during puberty. They must suck the blood of infants. Females are more common, and more powerful, than males.
Tlanuhwa			Great red-tailed hawks with great mystical power.
Tsanahale			Resembling harpies, they have human female torsos with eagle-like wings and taloned legs.
Tsiatko	Done	Bhu	Extremely tall and thin people that live in the rockies, and speak in whistles. They live like animals and steal human food and children.
Ugjuknarpak			Enormous rodent with a prehensile tail and extremely hard-to-break skin. Capable of swimming.
Uncegila	Done	Perturbulent	A huge serpent with almost-unbreakable scales as black as shadow, with sharp claws and fangs. Swallows victims whole, but it’s vulnerable from within.	21	Magical Beast
Wakandagi Pezi			A water serpent with deer antlers and hooves on it’s feet. It gets jealous when people swim in its waters, and shoots bombs of water to blow up canoes.
Wasgo			Sea wolves, a sort of seal with a longer, more wolfish snout. They hunt in large packs to take down small whales, and may attack swimmers.
White Buffalo	Done	Perturbulent	Sacred animals and messengers, the white buffalo can speak like men and have great magical powers.	15	Outsider
Xiuhcoatl	Done	Perturbulent	A massive flying turquoise serpent. Ic can breathe lightning and it’s body burns with blue flames. The great serpent is believed to be the weapon of the gods, wielded against those who displease them.	6-22	Dragon
Yagim			A fearsome sharklike creature, with a bright red body. It’s extremely bloodthirsty.
Yumilekax	Done	LOTRfan	forest spirits in the form of deer with wooden antlers. Some carry beehives in their antlers. They play tricks on and even attack hunters who kill for sport rather than need. Immune to arrows.	3	Magical Beast

Spoiler: European Imported

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Name	Status	Creator	Decription	CR	Type
Baba Yaga			An evil old woman who flies in a cauldron and lives in a cottage that walks on chicken legs. A powerful witch.
Black Shuck	Done	Amechra	A large, black, supernatural canine that appears mysteriously at night, and is often considered a portent of death.	15	Undead
Clurichaun	Done	LOTRfan	A cousin of leprechauns, these small, fairy-like men are constantly drunk and can be quite surly if mistreated, but they’ll guard one’s cellar if they are well-treated.	2	Fey
Gwyllion			A terrifyingly ugly female elf. You must be polite and kind or it will bring destruction on your home. Known to cause travelers to become lost.
Jersey Devil			Human babies cursed while in the womb or during birth, they become horrible demonic creatures upon birth, with batlike wings, hooved feet, a goat’s head, and a forked tail.
Le Nain Rouge			A French dwarf-spirit that came from Europe and now lives near Fort Detroit.
Lutin	Done	LOTRfan	House-spirits that can take the forms of animals and move through the air, earth, water, and walls, and turn invisible.	2	Fey
Pixie, Feral	Claimed	Superdave	Garden pixies that have escaped and spread into the wild, becoming much wilder than their more tame cousins.
Pixie, Garden	Done	Superdave	Pixies that live in gardens and tend flowers, and serve as living decorations and security.	2	Fey
Rhinemaiden	Done	Debihuman	Seductive water spirits that hoard treasures of shiny materials at the bottom of their pools and rivers.	6	Fey
Sinterklaas			Saint Nickolas, who has recently added a new world leg to his journey.
Wittewijven			Undead spirits of wise women that haunt burial sites and sacred places, offering either help or harm to those who approach, depending on the nature of the spirit in question.

Spoiler: Chinese Imported

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Name	Status	Creator	Decription	CR	Type
Bì Xié	Done	Amechra	A winged lion creature whose presence repels evil.	9	Magical Beast
Feng Huang	Done	Dracomortis	Mystical birds. The males are known as Feng, and the females as Huang. Their presence is a sign of extreme fortune and harmony.	12	Magical Beast
Hsigo	Claimed	Zzuxon	Noisy beasts, resembling monkeys with feathered arms that can unfold into wings. Good at throwing things.
Jīn Chán	Claimed	Superdave	A red-eyed bullfrog with only one back leg and seven spots on it’s back. It’s attracted to gold and valuable materials.
Nián Shòu	Done	LOTRfan	A large, lion-like creature that sleeps in the ocean, coming out once a year around the Chinese new year to eat people, particularly children. Can be repelled by the color red and loud noises.	16	Magical Beast
Péng			An enormous creature that transforms from a fish to a bird and back.
Penghou			A forest spirit with the body of a black dog with no tail, and the face of a man. Dwells in trees and escapes when the tree is cut down.
Sin-you	Done	Baniff	A large creature with a body that looks like a hybrid of lion and a bull, with a single straight horn. It’s eyes see the truth, and it can sense guilt and lies. It attacks liars and guilty people.	6	Magical Beast
Zhènniǎo	Done	Dracomortis	Poisonous birds with green and purple feathers. Touching a feather results in numbness, but being pricked, pecked, or scratched by the bird or the feather is highly lethal.	5	Magical Beast

[Bhu]

I can help expand the list of chinese critters if you want. I have a couple bestiaries.

[Bhu]

http://www.giantitp.com/forums/shows...&postcount=995 Stone coat done.

I didn't find anything about stone canes or being repelled by women. Will do Ikuutayuq next, possible as one of the minor giants.

[Admiral Squish]

I can't seem to find the original one I looked at, it was much better-formatted, but here's what looks to be the same tale copy/pasted:

http://www.ucan-online.org/legend.as...939&category=9

[Bhu]

Thanks!! I shall work it in somehow. Lemme know how you like the current Stonecoat.

I also seem to remember someone saying something about them being healers.

[Admiral Squish]

Sorry about how long it took to get back to you! I've been flailing around trying to get a bunch of stuff done at once.

Stonecoats
Stonecoats are pretty cool-lookin', they seem pretty solid.

Math check:
Initiative should be +3, but other than that, great!

Slam base damage should be 1d8 for huge, or possibly even higher due to stone fists.

I think bless weapon could use a bit of rewording. 'As a standard action, a stonecoat can give a single weapon they touch their blessing. A blessed weapon deals untyped damage, allowing it to overcome damage reduction, and if it deals slashing damage, it also gains the keen property. This effect is permanent, but the stonecoat can only bless one weapon at a time. If the stonecoat grants their blessing to a new weapon, any previously blessed weapon loses the blessing.' Then we can add a blessed weapon to the treasure.

I think the uproot ability could also use some rewording, namely on the part about the base damage of the trees. 'A medium tree's base damage is 2d6 and can be wielded as a one-handed weapon. A large tree's base damage is 3d6 and can be wielded as a one-handed weapon. A huge tree's base damage is 4d6 and can be wielded as a two-handed weapon.'. The strength one would apply to the damage is implied by how it's wielded.

Cure looks good, but maybe we could cover the transformation here. You should probably mention a volume of drink and how they turn human again, too. Does the stone just fall apart and reveal a regular medium human?

I don't think the luck ability seems to relate much to luck. Maybe just say 'great ally'?

Nothing major needs changing, though I would like to see menstruation vulnerability somewhere. Or maybe that would be a distinct monster, since that one seemed to be human-sized.

[SuperDave]

Stonecoats

1. Under "Cure", you should probably specify that the victim returns to Medium size, and any ability adjustments they gained after becoming stonecoats go away.
2. This "Cure" implies that being a stonecoat is a cursed state, which would mean that their stony exteriors could potentially be dispelled by a sufficiently powerful spellcaster, right? What would be the CL they'd have to roll against in order to dispel said curse?
3. So they have Rock Catching, but not Rock Throwing? This seems odd to me.
4. I really like the weak-against-menstruation thing (it's highly unique fluff, and very memorable), but I wonder if asking a female player to roll a d% to see if her Aunt Flo is in town might be... well, a little awkward for everyone at the gaming table. Maybe we should just leave that part out after all.

Other than that, I'd say they look OK. Great job, as usual!

Pixies
I decided it was time to try my hand at the feral pixies the other day, but I'm just not sure where to go with them, thematically. I want them to be a dangerous invasive species, mutated by the strange and more powerful magics of the New World, but I'm just can't figure out a way to make them truly "devastating" to the local ecosystem. I've already established that laying their eggs under plants doesn't harm the plants, they're not carnivorous (unless insects count?), and unlike the Australian feral rabbits I had hoped to base them on, pixies breeding cycle would be interrupted yearly by harsh New World winters. Unless the pixie population takes hold a little further south (Aztatlan and Nueva Espana, instead of Columbia), I'm not sure how I can make the pixies fit the fluff I've written for them.

Any ideas how I might be able to salvage these creatures?

Native American Weaponry
So in the process of beginning to playtest the Crossroads campaign, I've realized that not much Native American weaponry and armor has been statted up yet. I found stats for a few Native weapons and armor from the old 2nd Edition "Maztica" campaign setting, but I'm not sure how well it ports over to Pathfinder; and besides, what we really need more of is weaponry/armor for peoples who lived a little north of there.

Here's what I've figured out we're going to need, so far:

Spoiler: Native American Weaponry, Armor, and Shields

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Simple Weapons
Light Melee Weapons

• dagger, stone
• dagger, metal
• dagger, obsidian (tecpatl)
• knife, ulu
• whip, horsehair

One-handed Melee Weapons

• battle hammer, stone-headed
• club, cactus
• club, jawbone
• club, wooden (improvised)
• club, wooden (carved)
• coup-stick
• ītztōpīlli (stone-blade axe)
• long knife, Athabascan
• short sword (NW Coast)
• war club, ball-headed
• war club, gunstock
• war club, spiked

Two-handed Melee Weapons

• lacrosse stick
• oar/paddle (improvised weapon)
• pick axe (spiked war club?)

Ranged Weapons

• hunting bow
• blowgun
• javelin
• sling
• whip, yucca

Ammunition

• arrows
• slingstones

Martial Weapons
Light Melee Weapons

• tomahawk

One-handed Melee Weapons

• lance (horseback only)
• cuahuitl (baton) - maybe "light" instead?
• spear

Two-handed Melee Weapons

• stone war-club, solid (ceremonial)
• tepoztopilli (metal spear)

Ranged Weapons

• harpoon
• tomahawk, throwing

Ammunition

• arrows, barbed
• arrows, bird
• arrows, bleeding (grooved)
• arrows, bone/ivory
• arrows, flint
• arrows, porcupine-quill
• arrows, obsidian
• arrows, stunning

Cultural Weapons (aka "Exotic Weapons")
Light Melee Weapons

• bola

One-handed Melee Weapons

• macuahuitl (obsidian-toothed sword)
• macuahuitl, steel

Two-handed Melee Weapons

• fish spear, two-pronged

Ranged Weapons

• atlatl
• fishing-spear, Inuit ("kakivak")
• pellet-bow, Paraguayan

Ammunition

• atlatl dart

Armor
Light Armor

• ghost-shirt
• ichcahuipilli (quilted cotton armor)
• pipe-bone breastplate
• shirt of wampum
• tlahuiztli (feathered war-suit)

Medium Armor

• hide
• bark

Heavy Armor

• wooden armor
• scute armor

Shields
Light Shields

• chimalli (wooden featherwork shield)
• medicine shield

Medium Shields

• war shield

I realize that this is by no means a complete or exhaustive survey of Native American warfare-implements, and that some of these are already partially covered in the Crossroads Equipment Thread; I just thought it would be useful to pull all the Native stuff out of the thread and put it in one place, so everyone knows what we need statted up.

So, any takers? I'm particularly having difficulty with weight and pricing. Does anyone know of a big database of historical weapons, or a system for developing entirely new weapons?

Edit: I guess what I'm asking is if someone has codified how weapons work in D&D. Could anyone say, for example, that "An ulu weighs about twice as Mich as a dagger, so normally it would deal 2d4, except it's made of duller material, so it only deals 1d3 instead?" Is there a system in place which would allow me to do that?

[Bhu]

Made some edits to the Stonecoats. I may do the one you pointed out as a unique critter as he seems different from the others.

I gave them rock catching because they were able to do that in the stories, but for weapons they always uprooted trees, so I didnt put rock throwing.

I didn't make their curse dispellable because in the myth there is only one specific way to undue it.
Also I've found a minor translation of some of Arctic Giants. Do any of these story names sound familiar:

Inugaruligasugjuit : the lesser giants of the Arctic --
Awapazugrook : the cannibal of the Bering Strait --
The hunter of the Inuit --
The tyrant of Saglek Bay --
A giant underestimates his opponent --
Narija : the glutton --
The Ijiqqan : the mysterious tribe of lesser giants --
Kulluittuq : the huge walrus hunter --
Sikuliarsiujuitsuk : the cruel giant --
Sanngijurjuaq : the great protector of Kangersuak --
An orphan's revenge --
Nahaingajaaq : the terror of the western arctic --
Aklajuk : the grave-robbing orge --
The Amautalik : the most feared of the soul stealers --
The Paijaat : The predators of the innocent --
Igalilik : the wicked crone of the tundra --
Aujuittuup Inukpasugjungit : the glacier giants --
Pinguup Inungit : the hill giants of song and magic --
Qungnirjuaq : the Ice-crack Inua --
The spirit of the Ice Crack and the orphan --
Kayarissat : the great kayakmen --
The revenge of one of the great giants --
Ahungahunaqa : the stone giant --
Anurirjuaq : the great wind giants : The end of the giants --

[SuperDave]

Sorry, I'm not recognizing any of the names. Though "Paijaat" is probably related to "Paijaa", which you already started up.

Incidentally, where did you find this list?

Edit: I just noticed that the link on the main page for "Paijaa" actually leads to the stats for "Matlose" instead.

[Bhu]

http://www.worldcat.org/title/arctic...oclc/676689815

[Admiral Squish]

Stonecoats
I can see you made some changes, but there are still a few from my previous post that have yet to be implemented.

Bless weapon is still a free magic enhancement that can be applied to as many weapons as the stonecoat wants. Installing the 'one at a time' line makes it much more difficult to abuse, but still allows for the weapon to be useful loot to players. Alternately, you could keep it out of the player's hands altogether by saying it only applies while the stonecoat wields it. Oh, and I just realized, it should have an action attached.

Uproot is still oddly-worded. You don't have to specify how their strength applies to the various forms, the way they're wielded implies that. It's covered in weapons, you don't need to re-state it here. Mentioning how their strength is added in might be justified if you were to then give the specific value of their strength as applied to that weapon, but that still seems unnecessary.

I'm glad you added a volume to the cure ability, and added they return to their previous form. I think a cup may be a bit small for a huge creature, however, and I would like a bit more of a description of how they return to that form. Is there a flash of light and they're human again? Does their stone skin crumble and fall away to leave the human behind? Does it turn to ash and blow away? Is there a physical transformation where they shrink down and return to human skin tones and features? Does the stone body cough and hack and finally spit up the human body, leaving it silent and dead? There's a lot of option here, and this seems like a great place to inject some flavor.

And luck still doesn't feel like luck. It feels like really efficient aiding another. If their presence brings luck, maybe it's more like a blessing, but only applies while they are relatively nearby? Something like:
A stonecoat's presence can bring great luck to those they travel and hunt with. A stonecoat can grant great luck to a single creature within 60 feet at a time. They can designate a new recipient of this luck as a swift action. This lucky individual gains a +4 luck bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, skill checks, ability checks, and saves. If the lucky creature moves more than 60 feet from the stonecoat, they immediately lose this bonus.

Also, didn't catch this before. Where's the hold breath thing from?

Pixies
Well, you specified that garden pixies don't harm the plant hosts. Maybe feral pixie (Larva? Hatchlings? Seedlings?) are ravenous little buggers. Maybe garden pixies are smaller, the feral ones need much more energy to grow than can be provided by a symbiotic relationship with the plants. Maybe they don't necessarily have to be harmful to the plants to be harmful. Maybe the feral pixies swarm like bees whenever anything disturbs the seemingly-randomly-chosen plants they lay their eggs on. A walk in the woods suddenly goes sour when you step on a big dandelion and you're suddenly set upon by spiny-winged pixies. They could chase away or kill huge numbers of local herbivores, creating a bottom-up trophic cascade.

Native american weapons and armor
I'll see what I can do, but I would be glad to have anyone else who's still listening to the thread help out, there really is a whole lot that needs doing.

More Giants
That's quite a list. I'll see if I can find the book in the library or online or something, but until then it doesn't look like I can find much relating to them.

[Bhu]

There's several stories where they cross deep (and wide) rivers by walking along the bottom. They are submerged long enough for a human being to cross the river, implying they can hold their breath, or have no need for air.

[SuperDave]

I have a special request for all you homebrewers out there: I'm running the first-ever Crossroads: The New World playtest, and I'm planning to send my players all over the Great Lakes region, for a bit of local regional interest. As a result, I need monsters (especially low-CR ones) from Ojibwe, Algonquian, and Iroquois folklore! If you brew it, I'll do my best to use it and give you a report of how the party fared against it.

Here are a few candidates I'd like to put forth, but your own monster-concepts are welcome too:

• Aniwye/Mishi-zhigaag
• Beboonikae ("Winter-Maker")
• Kitzinackas
• Lenapizka/Mishipeshu/Underwater Panther
• Mamagwasewug
• Memengwesi
• Mishkenabek/Misiginebig
• Mondamin, Aspect of
• N-dam-keno-wet
• Naked Bear
• Neglected Ancestral Spirit
• Nibiinaabe
• No-Face Doll
• Oniare/Onyarekowa
• Oniate ("Dry Fingers")
• Onnoint
• Piasa
• Pskegdemus
• Snawfus
• Tcipitckaam
• Waagoshii-Mindimooye ("Fox Old Woman")
• Wakandagi Pezi

As always, we greatly appreciate any contributions you choose to make. Happy homebrewing!

[Bhu]

The Piasa is a low CR monster?

[Mith]

Piasa are described as "birds" in some cases, so they could be something similar in design as the Haast's Eagle. Plenty intimidating, and a dangerous enough threat for the average person, but not for a party. The other interpretation is the underwater panthers, which may be what this setting is looking at, since they were one of the first creatures mentioned for this setting. I would suspect that they are frightening because they are taking people on in the water, where you are already at a disadvantage because you cannot breathe if it pulls you under. THey are physically frightening, but do not appear to have the truly awesome power as say the Sisiutl.

Unless you want to go the dragon approach, but I think there are enough potential High CR draconic creatures around that we can lower these guys.

[Bhu]

Lemme look through these and I'll try to get low cr ones first. I gotta say though, some of these most def arent low cr.

[SuperDave]

Lemme look through these and I'll try to get low cr ones first. I gotta say though, some of these most def arent low cr.

You're definitely right about that, Bhu. Not all of them are low-CR, but they still could play an important role in the quest, even if the players don't actually go toe-to-toe with them. They might pass through waters which are controlled by a Mishipeshu (Underwater Panther) without making proper payment to her, and as a result she might sent a storm to rock their vessel, or send servants to chase them away. Knowing how many HD she has would let me determine how severe the storm is, or how many HD her servants have, etc.

I didn't mean for the players to fight ALL of these monsters, but all of these are monsters with which they might interact on their journey, in one way or another.

Don't feel obliged to make them all fit the low-CR mold. But if you feel like brewing a low-CR monster from the Great Lakes region, then I'll probably be finding a use for it very soon.

P.S. I assumed that the Piasa was a unique creature which guarded Cahokia for the Mound Lords, but now I'm not sure that it wasn't a species as well. The players might potentially run across a young one, in much the same way they might run across a hatchling black dragon in a typical fantasy D&D campaign.

[Debihuman]

I'd now like to claim these three: Jogah, Ga-hon-ga -- A tiny fairy-like being with power over rocks and rivers; Jogah, Gan-da-yah -- A tiny fairy-like being with with the power to make earth fertile; and
Jogah, Oh-do-wa -- A tiny fairy-like being that keeps spirits on the spirit world from returning to the mortal world.

Sprites for sure. I might even be able to use open content with this. I have sourcebook!

Debby

[Admiral Squish]

I finally finished the updated tables! They're up in the first post. I also added the link to Stonecoat, updated Bhu's count, and added in your claims, debihuman! i'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
I still have to check out that list 'o Chinese monsters.

[Bhu]

http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/jogah.htm this link may help you debi

[Debihuman]

http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/jogah.htm this link may help you debi

The link that link sent me too: Bandwidth Limit Exceeded. Will have to wait until another day but I will look at it.

I have a few ideas of my own but wanna add the Turducken to this. Yes, it's a goofy made up monster but I have sprites racing it.

BTW, Shade over on EnWorld made this (copied from World of Imagination web site): http://www.worldsofimagination.co.uk...er%20Jogah.htm


Debby

[Bhu]

Finally got some spare time. Left you a lil something Super Dave: http://www.giantitp.com/forums/shows...postcount=1022