Kealios Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I've been creating my own fantasy world, which is mostly ready to begin playtesting with my players, but I am finding that creating the monsters in the game is really stalling me out. Are there independent or 3rd party Hero bestiaries available out there? I need D&D-style monsters, primarily non-pure melee critters or humanoids - I need magic-toting monsters (dragons, demons, blink dogs, displacer beasts, etc). Yes, I can create my own. Yes, I will, eventually. Yes, I own the 6E Bestiary and plan on using what I can initially...but I want more Recommendations, or sites I can pillage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 KillerShrike.com http://www.killershrike.com/Default.aspx?tab=0 Fitz's Hero System Stuff http://mojobob.com/roleplay/hero/fantasy/highfantasyhero/index.html Matt's Champions Page - Packages http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/champions.html#packages Fantasy Hero Treasure Trove http://hiddenway.tripod.com/hero/ Kestrel's Fantasy Hero Resources http://www.kestrelarts.com/fhero.htm Fantasy Hero Resources http://members.dsl-only.net/~bing/frp/hero/twilight/twilight.html Western Shores Campaign http://www.curufea.com/games/western/campaign.php There are a multitude of lost links on the Fantasy Hero Conversions and Adaptations thread, but that is all for now. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Try Surbrook's Stuff http://surbrook.devermore.com/adaptationscreatures/games/games.html Lucius Alexander The palindromedary points out that Mr. Surbrook posts here as Susanno, or used to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Monsters, Minions and Marauders from the 5th edition has quite a few beasties that aren't in the Beastiary. There was also a Book of Dragons released for the 5th edition that is very, very good for representing powerful, magical, dragons and every variation you could think of. It's invaluable for campaigns that intend to use dragons in some form or fashion. Other than that, just check out other sites and make your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Asian Beastiary volume 1 and Volume 2, and Book of Dragons here: http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/category/14-fantasy-hero/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaze9999 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Monsters, Minions and Marauders from the 5th edition has quite a few beasties that aren't in the Beastiary. There was also a Book of Dragons released for the 5th edition that is very, very good for representing powerful, magical, dragons and every variation you could think of. It's invaluable for campaigns that intend to use dragons in some form or fashion. Other than that, just check out other sites and make your own. Asian Beastiary volume 1 and Volume 2, and Book of Dragons here: http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/category/14-fantasy-hero/ Aren't all of these in the single, 6e Bestiary now? Also, I like the monster write ups in (6e) Monster Hunter International for my Fantasy Hero settings, even though they are 'modern'; it is easy to use them for other time periods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 There is of course the Bestiary, wich also has expanded rules for Monsters (like Swarms). http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/product/78-the-hero-system-bestiary-pdf/ If you have hero designer, you might be able to just get the .hdc Files. Steve Long also wrote a few small books about one thematic of Magic or Monsters, like: http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/product/96-legions-of-hell-pdf/ http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/product/99-mummies-books-of-the-undead-vol-4-pdf/ http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/product/102-pestilence-magic-pdf/ http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/product/97-lightning-magic-pdf/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 [Compilation] "to Fantasy HERO Conversions & Adaptations" http://www.herogames.com/forums/topic/22964-compilation-to-fantasy-hero-conversions-adaptations/ I forgot QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowsoul Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 All the big sites I know of have been posted already, you should find plenty of material amongst the archives of such grandmasters as Susano and Killershrike, (fear the grol). But you are welcome to pillage my humble thread as well if you like. http://www.herogames.com/forums/topic/65513-shadowsouls-monster-corner/ (I'd forgotten about Kestrel's site, loving the immense pdf bestiaries). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 [Compilation] "to Fantasy HERO Conversions & Adaptations" http://www.herogames.com/forums/topic/22964-compilation-to-fantasy-hero-conversions-adaptations/ I forgot QM QM, Links back to old forum threads don't work. When you post them, if you click they either lead to the new forum front page or error out. Edit: Odd, where as all the links in the quoted thread were bad. Shadowsoul's thread from 2009 works? I must be missing something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuSoardGraphite Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Aren't all of these in the single, 6e Bestiary now? Also, I like the monster write ups in (6e) Monster Hunter International for my Fantasy Hero settings, even though they are 'modern'; it is easy to use them for other time periods. I havent looked at the 6th edition beastiary extensively, but i highly doubt it has all the creatures from the standard beasiary, both asian beastiaries, mmm and all the variations from the book of dragons in it. With fully fleshed out writeps for hero the way they're done lately, the book would be impossibly huge. I could be wrong though. i should look to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 QM, Links back to old forum threads don't work. When you post them, if you click they either lead to the new forum front page or error out. Edit: Odd, where as all the links in the quoted thread were bad. Shadowsoul's thread from 2009 works? I must be missing something. Yeah I know, but I gave up trying to maintain it. No reason though. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowsoul Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 QM, Links back to old forum threads don't work. When you post them, if you click they either lead to the new forum front page or error out. Edit: Odd, where as all the links in the quoted thread were bad. Shadowsoul's thread from 2009 works? I must be missing something. That thread is five years old? I know people with kids younger than that, that's depressing man. However, I do periodically add monsters to Shadowsoul's Monster Corner and have updated it since creation of the current iteration of the Hero Forum. This could be why the link to my thread works, perhaps QM's links were to an older version of the forum. Those threads should exist somewhere however, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to thread-necromanticise mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaze9999 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 I havent looked at the 6th edition beastiary extensively, but i highly doubt it has all the creatures from the standard beasiary, both asian beastiaries, mmm and all the variations from the book of dragons in it. With fully fleshed out writeps for hero the way they're done lately, the book would be impossibly huge. I could be wrong though. i should look to be sure. The Asian Bestiary, Vol. I - PDF Pages 144 The Asian Bestiary, Vol. II - PDF Pages 144 HERO System Bestiary (5e) Pages 231 HERO System Bestiary (6e) Pages 498 Yeah, you should definitely check it out, just by page count you can see how much bigger the 6e Bestiary is, and when you factor out the text that wasn't just monster write-ups, you'll find that it has the monster write-ups from a whole bunch of different 5e books, including the monster write up sections from some setting books too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aversill Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 I think I'm through B on the old monster manual, but I'm new around here. How, or where, should I post monsters? Also, Kealios, you shouldn't feel the need to have every monster, in order to run the game. It's probably better if you think in terms of that night's encounter. That way, you won't feel so pressed to run the game even though you don't have a handle on what a Catoblepas will do. If they're not fighting the Catoblepas, I wouldn't worry about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kealios Posted February 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Aversill, you raise the excellent and obvious point of preparing for one encounter at a time. I'll keep this wisdom in mind...thanks for the tips, all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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