Great work. Very handy reference for any worldbuilder. My favourite 30 so far. Go to Comment

really good sub man, cool! Go to Comment

The is a long list of rulers with little expansion on or exploration of the rulers or the governments they created. I enjoyed the quick review of mytho-historical characters, and while it is tempting to argue your view of Mussolini or whether a Plato, King could be disinterested in politics and still be interested in being a good leader, those are only disagreements of phrase or word choice. Your points are made clearly Go to Comment

The Baron:

This King took an oath loyalty to another King before he conquered his current Kingdom. He is still a landed Baron in another Kingdom, responsible for taxes and duty bound to obey his King. But he is also a King in his own right and the interests of his two realms may come into conflict.

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5/5 - Awesome indeed. Go to Comment

Hey BH: Sign up and add to the scroll! Go to Comment

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A fantastic 30 -- extremely useful in its elegant simplicity. Taking actual historical figures and distilling them to brief archetypes make them immediately accessible. Anyone can adapt these to their game. I'm also glad that you left the names as-is -- this way there is just enough detail to be useful, but can still look up more about them if we were curious. Go to Comment

A great scroll, though it looks like it needs a wee bit of cleaning. Go to Comment

And I thought him to be a bit unrealistic, when it's a real-world shark. :)

Nice work in putting a creature into a new enviroment it and creating something unexpected! Go to Comment

Nice ecology, a bit of folk lore, and an interesting creatures that is not a massive threat to people.

Spell: Lure of the Biter. A call spell, rather than a summons. The target of the spell will attract every Grass Biter in a regio for the next 24 hours. Now these creatures, unless insanely hungry, will wait in a grassy area (or camoflagued areas) nearby for the target. They will generally ignore others, waiting for the lured target. Once the target is in its area, the biters will attack. One Grassbiter (and bite) is not deadly. Two dozen in short notice, probably will be.

Note: If the target travels it will bring many of the grassbiters behind it. These creatures will eventually settle into the new area.

This spell can be used as an annoying curse. It can also be used for a brave soul to drag these these critters away... like a Pied Piper. I could see a local contest of several people being a lure. Then these brave souls would run through the area with a race to some point. The winner is the one that reaches some far away point with the fewest bites. This not only is a contest for the young, like the Running of the Bulls, but it clears the area of Grassbiters. Go to Comment

another plot hook...

Not just a wee beastie - a grassbiter paragon has emerged and is more than three times the size of a normal grassbiter. This massive predator has been the scourge of a valley, taking entire limbs off with each bite, and surely depopulating the region of prey animals, livestock, and even humans. Won't the PCs do something? Go to Comment

5/5 for this interesting predator. Go to Comment

A nice ecology to spice up minor encounters or have the PC's on their heels. I love smaller critters like these to fill a campaign world with. Many lifeforms are too huge, dangerous or weird for mundane use. Go to Comment

Im not sure if this rates a 5/5 but it is interesting, if not a little odd. Go to Comment

Definately a bit different knowing its based off a real critter... its still missing something for me though but kudos. Go to Comment

Heh, that's cool. Idea: Guard Dogs... Grassbiters. Trained to attack people not wearing the royal colors and/or attack people when they're told. Go to Comment

Based on a real predator: http://www.sheddaquarium.org/sea/fact_sheets.cfm?id=66

I actually think the real animal is a bit cooler than my fictional one, but I wanted a land-dwelling variant. Go to Comment

I'm always a fan of weird RL critters who are slightly altered for fantasy purposes.

Love the name btw! Go to Comment

An interesting little critter! I've added it to my encounter list in The Unseen Fortress. Go to Comment