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| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 19 Dec 2007 : 18:55:19
What were the original sources for the Monstrous Compendium: Forgotten Realms plants?
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| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 16:45:40
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Venus is the second planet from the sun in our solar system. Coliar is the second planet from the sun in Realmspace. 
Got it. Thank you! |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 16:45:08
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Those would be "Needle Men," sentient cacti who throw their spines as a porcupine does its quills. (Hmmm... they are probably Neutral, though, not Evil. Check the AD&D Fiend Folio. Third Edition "Needlefolk" are "always Neutral.")
My cacti don't do that. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 04:42:10
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Originally posted by Kajehase
They're not exactly evil, but there's some cactus-men in China Mièville's books that aren't very nice.
The Cactacae of Bas-Lag. I love those guys! 
They were, along with many of the other races/monsters from Mièville's "Bas-Lag" books, given d20 stats in DRAGON #352 |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 04:33:49
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
quote:
Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin, you may want to check "The Ecology of Carnivorous Plants" by Gregg Chamberlain in Dragon 137, which discusses your faves and references an article in Dragon 89, which features the Giant Venus Fly-Trap and Giant Pitcher Plant ("Creature Catalog" by Roger Moore). Red Sundew is in "Bad Seeds," Dragon 292.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Hope no one's ever made any "evil" cacti or succulents. That would be heartbreaking. 
They're not exactly evil, but there's some cactus-men in China Mièville's books that aren't very nice. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 03:52:50
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
As an aside, Rinon's post (and my subsequent joke) got me thinking - its really not all that bad an idea. I think I may have to inlcude the Coliar Flytrap in the Malatra section of my Kara-Tur material.
Do it! Do it!
Have to admit I didn't get the joke though. Hint?
Venus is the second planet from the sun in our solar system. Coliar is the second planet from the sun in Realmspace. |
| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 03:13:28
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
quote:
Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin, you may want to check "The Ecology of Carnivorous Plants" by Gregg Chamberlain in Dragon 137, which discusses your faves and references an article in Dragon 89, which features the Giant Venus Fly-Trap and Giant Pitcher Plant ("Creature Catalog" by Roger Moore). Red Sundew is in "Bad Seeds," Dragon 292.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Hope no one's ever made any "evil" cacti or succulents. That would be heartbreaking.
Those would be "Needle Men," sentient cacti who throw their spines as a porcupine does its quills. (Hmmm... they are probably Neutral, though, not Evil. Check the AD&D Fiend Folio. Third Edition "Needlefolk" are "always Neutral.")
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| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 00:12:59
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
As an aside, Rinon's post (and my subsequent joke) got me thinking - its really not all that bad an idea. I think I may have to inlcude the Coliar Flytrap in the Malatra section of my Kara-Tur material.
Do it! Do it!
Have to admit I didn't get the joke though. Hint? |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 28 Jul 2008 : 00:11:03
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Originally posted by Jamallo Kreen
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin, you may want to check "The Ecology of Carnivorous Plants" by Gregg Chamberlain in Dragon 137, which discusses your faves and references an article in Dragon 89, which features the Giant Venus Fly-Trap and Giant Pitcher Plant ("Creature Catalog" by Roger Moore). Red Sundew is in "Bad Seeds," Dragon 292.
Thanks for the heads-up!
Hope no one's ever made any "evil" cacti or succulents. That would be heartbreaking. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 27 Jul 2008 : 04:09:46
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Originally posted by The Sage
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Markustay
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Has anyone ever made giant venus flytraps?
On Toril, they are known as Coliar Flytraps.
Just kidding of course - and a rather obscure joke at that.
And yet, I get it.
As do I.
Now, which of you has actually both made and used that reference in an actual SJ/FR crossover campaign? I know I have.
Well, you've got me out-geeked. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 27 Jul 2008 : 01:29:17
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Has anyone ever made giant venus flytraps?
On Toril, they are known as Coliar Flytraps.
Just kidding of course - and a rather obscure joke at that.
And yet, I get it.
As do I.
Now, which of you has actually both made and used that reference in an actual SJ/FR crossover campaign? I know I have. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 26 Jul 2008 : 22:17:48
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
And yet, I get it.
You know - I even went so far as to make sure I picked the right one for the 'equivalent'.
As an aside, Rinon's post (and my subsequent joke) got me thinking - its really not all that bad an idea. I think I may have to inlcude the Coliar Flytrap in the Malatra section of my Kara-Tur material.
Maybe throw in a little bit of lore about a Shou Dragonship that had done some exploring and sample-collecting, but then crashed on its way back to Shou-Lung in the remote jungles. |
| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 26 Jul 2008 : 20:53:11
Lady Herald, I skimmed through "The Ecology of Carnivorous Plants" and there was a running comparison of those plants with the black willow, which had already been published elsewhere.
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| Faraer |
Posted - 26 Jul 2008 : 20:31:05
The whipweed and witherweed are from the Fiend Folio; the retch plant, forester's bane and black willow from Monster Manual II. Feyr, thornslinger and viper vine are in MC11, the 2nd Forgotten Realms appendix; I'm not sure if it's their first appearance. Hender and dimensional warper I don't know. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 26 Jul 2008 : 20:29:08
quote:
Originally posted by Markustay
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Has anyone ever made giant venus flytraps?
On Toril, they are known as Coliar Flytraps.
Just kidding of course - and a rather obscure joke at that.
And yet, I get it. |
| Markustay |
Posted - 26 Jul 2008 : 18:33:08
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Has anyone ever made giant venus flytraps?
On Toril, they are known as Coliar Flytraps.
Just kidding of course - and a rather obscure joke at that. |
| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 26 Jul 2008 : 09:17:46
Thank you, Lady Hooded One. The Gaund shows up in "Dragon's Bestiary" in Dragon 46. Has it ever made it into fiction? (Or is "Dragon's Bestiary" a fictional framework, as were many "Ecology of ..." articles?) None of the others show up in DragonDex, or they appear in articles which don't answer my specific questions.
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin, you may want to check "The Ecology of Carnivorous Plants" by Gregg Chamberlain in Dragon 137, which discusses your faves and references an article in Dragon 89, which features the Giant Venus Fly-Trap and Giant Pitcher Plant ("Creature Catalog" by Roger Moore). Red Sundew is in "Bad Seeds," Dragon 292.
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| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 25 Jul 2008 : 23:16:36
Has anyone ever made giant venus flytraps? |
| The Hooded One |
Posted - 25 Jul 2008 : 23:07:24
Hi, all. The Gaund is an Ed-created beastie, and first appeared in DRAGON.
The sundew is a real-world plant, just made giant-sized and jazzed up a bit for D&D use, and I believe it first appeared in the Slavelords adventure modules.
Black Willow is, I believe, someone's take (not Ed's) on Tolkien's Old Man Willow's evil lesser brethren.
I can't recall if Ed had anything to do with the other plant "monsters." I'll check.
love,
THO |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 25 Jul 2008 : 22:49:48
What about the sundew? |
| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 25 Jul 2008 : 22:09:52
Festina lente.
Here are the listed plants whose first written appearances I am seeking as well as their first use in a novel or story, if they have been so used, with their alternative names in parentheses:
Carnivorous Plants:
Retch Plant (Globe Palm)
Snapper-Saw (Forester's Bane)
Thornslinger
Viper Vine
Whipweed
Willow, Black
Witherweed
If they have been re-stated for third edition, I'd appreciate being told where, please.
The following aren't plants, but I'd like to know some extra information about them, too, please, as indicated:
Dimensional Warper -- type? first appearance? fiction appearances?
Feyr -- type?
Gaund -- first appearance? fiction appearances?
Hender -- type? first appearance? fiction appearances? why no silver in their treasure?
Your assistance is greatly appreciated, fellow scholars!
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| Jamallo Kreen |
Posted - 23 Dec 2007 : 01:26:20
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Originally posted by Faraer
Can't seem to find my MC3. List 'em and I'll try and dig out the sources.
Thanks! Will do.
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| Faraer |
Posted - 19 Dec 2007 : 23:42:21
Can't seem to find my MC3. List 'em and I'll try and dig out the sources. |
| Kentinal |
Posted - 19 Dec 2007 : 20:19:20
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Seeds.
*chuckles*
A better answer is seeds of plants develped within the shared world. I suspect over half came from Ed, but do not know with any certaincy. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 19 Dec 2007 : 19:38:21
Seeds.
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