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Cthulhufnord
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Umass Amherst Baby!
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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul | |
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Cthulhufnord
Warlord
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Umass Amherst Baby!
| | 09/23/2005 11:09 AM |
| They had the Ecology of the Cyclops a couple years back in Dragon. I'm not sure what other books they show up in.
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Originally posted by griffrat
Is there an other book that has this creature in it other than the Deities and Demigods?
Also it is a large creature right????
I am wondering as Reaper has released a cyclops figure and it just seems "small"
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Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul,
ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 09/23/2005 11:37 AM |
| Cool, I will look for the ecology.
Can anyone confirm the size?
thanks... | |
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Fry
Underboss
1724 Posts
| | 09/23/2005 12:35 PM |
| I'm 90% sure they're Large, but I don't have a reference for you.
Funny that such an iconic monster wouldn't be easier to find... | |
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Corim Danex
Warlord
6567 Posts
West Valley City, Utah
| | 09/23/2005 12:54 PM |
| | I was hoping it would be in one of the Monster Manuals, myself. I hadn't found it yet and am glad this thread was started because I had essentially the same question. | |
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CarrionCrawler
Underboss
1760 Posts
| | 09/23/2005 3:37 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Cthulhufnord
They had the Ecology of the Cyclops a couple years back in Dragon. I'm not sure what other books they show up in.
quote:
Originally posted by griffrat
Is there an other book that has this creature in it other than the Deities and Demigods?
Also it is a large creature right????
I am wondering as Reaper has released a cyclops figure and it just seems "small"
There were Cyclopeans in Dragon issue #323. They were presented as a player race. There are two types (kinda like elf subtypes: gray elf, high elf, etc.). One was called Menta cyclopean, favored class Wizard; and Feral-kind cyclopean, barbarian favored class. Both types were medium size. Hope that helps! | |
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jgsugden
Commander
4320 Posts
Walnut Creek, CA
| | 09/23/2005 4:43 PM |
| They have not been done very well in D&D. When I incorporated them into my game world, I used Hill Giants with some modifications and they worked wonderfully. I based them on the legend of trading an eye for future knowledge (some questionable Greek mythology heritage, Krull, etc ...)
Modifications:
-8 on all ranged attacks.
No armor bonus (generally)
Moment of Prescience 1/day (cl 20)
Foresight (conmtinuous) (cl 20)
CR +2 (CR 9)
That moment of prescience usually leads to a ~ 37 point autohit melee attack ... and the foresight is nice for a melee creature.
If you do a large cyclops, it is goint to turn out very much like a hill giant. The above changes give it some personality. | |
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griffrat
Commander
3506 Posts
| | 09/23/2005 6:56 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Fry
I'm 90% sure they're Large, but I don't have a reference for you.
Funny that such an iconic monster wouldn't be easier to find...
That is what I thought as well!!! [:O]
Thanks for the ideas as well guys that rocks!!! | |
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Omand
Commander
3117 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 09/23/2005 9:24 PM |
| Hello,
Just checked my copy of D&DG. There are actually two types of Cyclopes (plural of cyclops) given. The Lesser Cyclops is your run of the mill D&D cyclops and it is large. Huge size Greater Cyclopes are also detailed as the servants of Hephasteus who forge Zeus' thunderbolts, etc. There are only a limited number of Greater Cyclopes around.
D&DG seems to be only place WotC has detailed a number of monsters. Hopefully they will be updated and included in a later project.
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 09/26/2005 2:44 PM |
| | There are cyclops in Dangerous Denizens: The Monsters of Tellene by Kenzer & Co. It's a 3.5 resource. | |
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