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phiwum · 04-04-2021, 10:24 PM

Just to drag the conversation back to monsters, I really like this book, but some magical monsters left me scratching my head. Executioner's Hood and Caryatid Column are both magical creations, magical critters left behind as traps or guards.

I'm puzzling over how they're created. The Caryatids are pretty tough and should take some considerable magic to make. Maybe the Hood could be a lesser magic item, I don't know, but the columns are beefy.

I'm okay with, "Well, they knew how to do it back then...," I suppose, but I really like that in the Book of Unlife, the Golem comes with instructions for who can make one and how. I don't anticipate my players will run into an extant wizard who can make these beasts, but if they do, I don't feel too confident making up the numbers and requirements to build such magical critters.

04-04-2021, 10:24 PM	#11
phiwum Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Boston area	Re: Old School Monsters Just to drag the conversation back to monsters, I really like this book, but some magical monsters left me scratching my head. Executioner's Hood and Caryatid Column are both magical creations, magical critters left behind as traps or guards. I'm puzzling over how they're created. The Caryatids are pretty tough and should take some considerable magic to make. Maybe the Hood could be a lesser magic item, I don't know, but the columns are beefy. I'm okay with, "Well, they knew how to do it back then...," I suppose, but I really like that in the Book of Unlife, the Golem comes with instructions for who can make one and how. I don't anticipate my players will run into an extant wizard who can make these beasts, but if they do, I don't feel too confident making up the numbers and requirements to build such magical critters.