Also Known As: Bull of Minos, Infamia di Creti Description: Minotaurs are large, muscular humanoid creatures with cloven hooves and bull-like heads complete with large horns. Their tough, leathery skin is typically black, red, or brown, but other colors have been reported. BMA Classification: Minotaurs are classified as monsters by the BMA. Facebook Twitter…
Also Known As: Night Bear, Ursus Hypnos Description: Despite numerous attempts, slumbears cannot apparently be captured on film or video, leaving us with only verbal accounts of the creature’s appearance. These are vague and in some cases contradictory, but the common thread that emerges is the impression of a looming, horrific bear that rends…
Also Known As: Stone Demon, Gargoyle Description: Rock demons are humanoid creatures made out of stone, but size and appearance varies considerably from one creature to the next, as does the specific type of stone they’re made from. They range from crude, primitive figures to elaborately carved gargoyles and statues. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr…
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #31: How would your life be different if you’d never gotten into gaming? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) I’d spend the time I currently spend gaming doing other things, some of the people in my monkeysphere would be different, and I almost certainly wouldn’t work for a game company….
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #28: Do you have any house rules when you game? What are they, and why do you use them? If not, why not? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) Not sure if it counts as a house rule, but when Leighton Connor mentioned how he usually handles combat during a…
Also Known As: The crossroads demon of folklore is usually represented as a unique entity– usually The Devil or an African/Voodoo deity like Legba, Ellugua, Elegbara, Eshu, Nbumba, Nzila, or Pomba Gira–and no doubt some crossroads demons claim to be these entities if they believe they can get away with the ruse. They are also…
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #27: If you were an Ent, what kind of Ent would you be? Or, what other NPC creature would you be? Why? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) I haven’t played D&D since the mid-90s, but back then I only remember one kind of Ent. This must be some kind…
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #26: Who or what was the most memorable NPC you’ve ever encountered? Why? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) Yankee Doodle Fuck You. Leighton claims that the character (along with The Lady With No Hat) came to him in a dream. I like the character so much, that (with L8on’s…
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #25: If you game enough, you’re bound to run into someone being an ass. What’s the most asinine thing someone’s done in a game with you? How did you react? Did that experience change the way you game? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) I run a lot of games…
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #24: Have you ever been to a game convention? What was it like to be surrounded by so many other gamers? If not, would you like to go to one? Why or why not? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) Lots of them. I usually go to six or so…
