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Has it been a week already?

Well, this is the second installment of Creature Weekly and we’ve already learned a few things. First off, the horizontal

format simply was not working. So we got rid of it. We initially went with the horizontal format for ease of on-screen reading.

We had overlooked the fact that most of you would be using printouts in folders. Not a problem.

Unfortunately, our previous editor, Christopher Kalos, is swamped by work and the nicities of life. We appreciate his help

on Volume 1 and welcome our new editor, Hector Haddaway. Welcome aboard Hec.

We’ve been amping things up all over. More alternate genre information, more bonus material, and more creature entries.

With the variant rules boxes and alternate genre plot hooks hopefully everyone will be able to use these creatures, regardless

of d20 variation or campaign setting.

Once again, not only do we want you to use our work in your campaigns, we want to hear about it if you do. Feel free to

send feedback, comments or critiques to us at thewayyouplay@octavirate.com . If you feel so inclined, tell us a bit about your

campaign, how our creatures ﬁt into it and what effect they had on your overall gaming experience. This kind of feedback helps

us hone our skills and provide a better game product for everyone. If we know what you like, we can probably do more of it.

Its all in the way you play.

The imagination and wonder of mortals binds together and

creates the backbone of fey existence. From the dreams of men

the reality of the fey is born and manifestations of humanity’s

beliefs walk the fey realms and slink in the shadows of the mate-

rial world. Not all fey are small, winged humanoids or diminutive

sprites. Some take animal form, and are the dream representation

of mankind’s image of a particular species of beast. These, the big

bad animals and the great goodly animals, commonly move forth

into the world to interact with the beings that unintentionally gave

them form.

Big bad animals are larger than the typical members of

their species and are the incarnate forms of the fear and mistrust

mankind has for the wild. They are usually dark colored, with

ﬂaming red or green eyes and exaggerated claws and fangs. They

are capable of speech and are often quite cunning, and like all dark

fey delight in sowing fear and confusion. Their personalities are

based on mankind’s interpretation of their kind; a big bad tiger

would be cunning, lazy and cruel while a big bad rat would be

sneaky, larcenous and foul.

Great goodly animals are the positive reﬂection of their big

bad cousins. They are born of humanity’s love and wonder for all

things wild. They are usually bright colored, with elaborate horns,

feathers or pelts that make them seem wondrous and supernatural.

They speak in gentle voices and are wise and regal, but like all fey

they have a love of jokes and pranks. Great goodly animals love to

aid in the comeuppance of an arrogant or evil mortal. Their person-

alities reﬂect mankind’s impression of their species; a great goodly

eagle would be regal, proud and swift of mind while a great goodly

dog would be loyal, playful and smart.

At any one time there is only one great goodly or big bad ani-

mal of a given species. The two groups do not like each other but

keep a fragile peace for the sake of the courts of the fey and dark

fey. Fortunately for both sides, this peace only covers violence

and excludes pranks and indirect manipulation. Where a big bad

animal is causing trouble there is often a great goodly animal

trying to spoil his plans.

Size and Type: The creature’s type changes to fey. Big bad

animals gain the evil subtype and great goodly animals gain the

good subtype. It does not gain the augmented subtype. It uses all

the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted

here. The creature’s size increases by one category, as shown on

Table W2-1.

Hit Dice: Change to d6 and increase as indicated on table

X-1.

Speed: Due to its increased size a big bad/great goodly

animal moves at 150% of the base creature’s speed for all

movement forms.

Armor Class: Adjust for statistic changes as per table W2-1.

Attacks: A big bad/great goodly animal maintains all of the

base creature’s attacks. A big bad/great goodly animal’s base at-

tack bonus is equal to 1/2 its Hit Dice. A big bad animal’s natural

weapons are treated as cold iron and evil for the purposes of

overcoming damage reduction and while a great goodly animal’s

natural weapons are treated as cold iron and good. Modern/3.0

campaigns should replace cold iron with +2 weapon equivalency.

Table X-2: Increased Damage By Size

Old Damage (Each) New Damage

1d2

1d3

1d4

1d6

1d8

2d6

1d10

2d8

2d6

3d6

2d8

3d8

3d6

3d8

3d10

Damage: Increase damage based on size.

Special Attacks: A big bad/great goodly animal maintains

all of the base creature’s attacks and gains one of the following

abilities:

Storm Breath (Su): The creature can unleash the fury of

a storm in a line from its mouth a number of times equal to its

Constitution modiﬁer (to a minimum of once) per day. This deals

4d6 points of sonic/concussive damage and has the effect of a gust

of wind spell cast by a sorcerer with levels equal to the creature’s

hit dice. The save DC for the spell effect is equal to 10 + creature’s

HD + Constitution modiﬁer. Small and smaller creatures have a 20

ft. line, medium and large creatures have a 30 ft. line and large or

“Big bad/great goodly” is an inherited template that can

be added to any natural animal, hereby referred to as the “base

creature.”

Table W2-1: Changes to Statistics by Size

Old Size New Size Str Dex Con Natural

Armor

AC/

Attack

Additional HD

Fine Diminutive Same –2 Same Same –4 +1

Diminutive Tiny +2 –2 Same Same –2 +1

Tiny Small +4 –2 Same Same –1 +2

Small Medium +4 –2 +2 Same –1 +2

Medium Large +8 –2 +4 +2 –1 +3

Large Huge +8 –2 +4 +3 –1 +3

Huge Gargantuan +8 Same +4 +4 –2 +5

Gargantuan Colossal +8 Same +4 +5 –4 +7

1d6

1d8

larger creatures have a 40 ft. line.

Fierce of Tooth and Nail (Su): The creature’s natural weapons

have double their normal critical threat range and ignore the hard-

ness of objects. In addition, the creature can smite good (for big

bad animals) or evil (for great goodly animals) a number of times

equal to its Charisma modiﬁer (to a minimum of once) per day,

gaining a bonus to hit and damage equal to its Charisma modiﬁer

(to a minimum of +1/+1).

Beastly Hunger (Su): The creature is so ravenous that it can

gobble any creature its own size or smaller up and hold them in an

extra-dimensional gullet. The creature can try to swallow a grabbed

opponent of its own size or smaller by making a successful grapple

check. The swallowed creature takes 2d8+5 points of bludgeoning

damage and 5 points of acid damage per round from the animal’s

gullet. A swallowed creature can cut its way out by using a light

slashing or piercing weapon to deal 25 points of damage to the

gullet (AC 12). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes the

hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own way out.

Howl of Fear (Su): When the creature howls, cries or barks

all creatures except fey within a 150-foot radius must succeed on

a Will save or become panicked for 2d4 rounds. This requires an

attack action and is a sonic mind-affecting fear effect. Whether

or not the save is successful, an affected creature is immune to

the same creature’s howl of fear for 24 hours. The save DC is

Charisma based.

Positive Energy Touch (Su): A number of times per day equal

to its Constitution modiﬁer (to a minimum of once) the big bad/

great goodly animal can use a touch attack to infuse a target with

positive energy. This deals 4d6 points of healing to living creatures

and deals the same amount of damage to undead.

Summon Like Kind (Sp): Once per day the creature can

attempt to summon 1d4 mundane creatures of its own kind with a

50% chance of success. This ability is the equivalent of a 5th-level

spell.

Spell-Like Abilities Package A: 3/day – lesser confusion ,

dancing lights, detect thoughts , dispel magic, entangle ; 1/day –

Permanent image (visual and auditory elements only), polymorph

(self only). Caster level equal to creature’s HD. The save DCs are

Charisma based.

Spell-Like Abilities Package B: 3/day – hideous laughter ,

ghost sound, detect thoughts , glibness, pass without trace ; 1/day

– Mislead, hallucinatory terrain . Caster level equal to creature’s

HD. The save DCs are Charisma based.

Special Qualities: The creature maintains the special

qualities of the base creature. In addition it gains darkvision 60 ft.

and the following:

Fast Healing (Ex): The creature has fast healing equal to its

Constitution modiﬁer (minimum of 1).

Damage Reduction: Small or smaller creatures gain damage

reduction 5/cold iron, medium or large creatures gain damage

reduction 10/cold iron and huge or larger creatures gain damage

reduction 10/cold iron and magic. Modern/3.0 campaigns should

substitute +2 for cold iron and +3 for cold iron and magic.

Saves: Base save bonuses are Fort +1/3 HD, Ref +1/2 HD +

2, and Will +1/2 HD + 2.

Abilities: Intelligence +10, Wisdom +2, Charisma +4 in

addition to the changes listed on Table W2-1.

Skills: A big bad/great goodly animal has 3+HD x (6 +

Intelligence modiﬁer) skill points. Treat skills from the base

creature’s list and the following as class skills: Bluff, Gather

Information, Intimidate, Knowledge (Arcana), Knowledge

(Nature), Sleight of Hand, Survival, Use Magic Device. All other

skills are cross-class. A big bad/great goodly animal maintains any

racial skill bonuses of the base creature.

Feats: A big bad/great goodly animal has one feat plus one

feat per three hit dice plus any bonus feats of the base creature.

Environment : Any, usually same as base creature.

Organization: Any, often found in the company of sprites or

mundane animals of its type.

Challenge Rating: Determined by Hit Dice, as follows:

Hit Dice Challenge Rating

2–3 +3

4–5 +3

6–7 +4

8–9 +4

10–11 +5

12–14 +5

15–17 +6

18+ +6

Treasure: Standard

Alignment: Big bad animals are always chaotic or neutral

evil. Great goodly animals are always chaotic or neutral good.

Advancement: By character class. Big bad animals treat

ﬁghter as their favored class and great goodly animals treat ranger

as their favored class.

Level Adjustment: —.

Large Fey (evil)

Hit Dice: 5d6+20 (35 hp)

Initiative: +1

Speed: 75 ft. (15 squares)

Armor Class: 15 (-1 size, +1 Dex, +4 natural), touch 10,

ﬂat-footed 15

Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+11

Attack: Bite +7 melee (1d8+5)

Full Attack: Bite +7 melee (1d8+5)

Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.

Special Attacks: Storm breath, trip

Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/cold iron, darkvision 60

ft., fast healing 4, low-light vision, scent

Saves: Fort +5, Ref +5, Will +6

Abilities: Str 21, Dex 13, Con 19, Int 12, Wis 14, Cha 10

Skills: Bluff +6, Disguise +4, Hide +6, Intimidate +6,

Knowledge (Arcana) +6, Knowledge (Nature) +6, Listen +8,

Move Silently +8, Spot +6, Survival +6*

Feats: Track, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (bite)

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