In a message dated 3/7/05 1:26:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
brnetboard@BIRTHRIGHT.NET writes:
<< It is not easy to give statistics and talents to the “monsters”
abominations of the old add birthright as they are treated like just big version of the
standard monster , but in case of Keta Pechaya, before being a Lamia like
creature she was a rogue and exotic dancer so I guess she kept some of her
talents, even it is not easy to dance for her now hehe.
So you rule a storie with centaurs ? >>
Nope, I was just curious where they might be. I`ve tried compiling a
monster list for Aebrynis (and another for the Shadow World), so that I could
have something on hand when players ask me, "Are displacer beasts normally in
the Giantdowns?" Back when I was running a 2e group with a ranger and a druid,
it seemed important to me that they would have at least some knowledge of
wildlife in their home and other areas. Since there are nearly zero mentions of
centaurs, I was wondering where other DMs would have put them, and how well
organized.
Maybe before the Atlas is completed, centaurs` living arrangements could
be defined a bit better.
I thought about having them as sidhe allies, but forests aren`t the best
place to go galloping about. Open plains are, or maybe deserts. Or since we
have the precedent of the domain lords of the Shadow World creating their own
humanoid-animal hybrid minion races, they could have come from there. Thus, a
few scattered groups could have emigrated to Cerilia, just like the
halflings, and moved into thinly-populated areas, like stretches of Vosgaard. Or small
groups (clans) could set themselves up as allies of powerful beings, like
regents or awnshegh.
Hmm, my current group is just about to poke their noses into the forests
of Mieres, maybe a few could pop out and surprise them? That would provide
some interest and local color.
Lee.