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The Wyzard: /* Calendar */

2011-05-15T16:58:44Z

Calendar

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	*[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13353543&postcount=752 OOC III, #752]: [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:WyzardCalendar.jpg Here] is the calendar for the game-world. In most places the months and days are referred to in an ordinal fashion, the week is eight days long and the eighth day of each week is held aside as a day of rest. In more advanced cultures, each feast day is set aside for some deity, local hero, or other specific ceremony. So, a person might refer to the sixth day of the fourth week of the third month. In some cultures, of course, the months and even the days might bear some individual name. Note that I've regularized the year to be evenly divisible into equal months, and that I've kept the total lunar period to an even number of days.		*[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13353543&postcount=752 OOC III, #752]: [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:WyzardCalendar.jpg Here] is the calendar for the game-world. In most places the months and days are referred to in an ordinal fashion, the week is eight days long and the eighth day of each week is held aside as a day of rest. In more advanced cultures, each feast day is set aside for some deity, local hero, or other specific ceremony. So, a person might refer to the sixth day of the fourth week of the third month. In some cultures, of course, the months and even the days might bear some individual name. Note that I've regularized the year to be evenly divisible into equal months, and that I've kept the total lunar period to an even number of days.

	=Creatures=[[File:Duckbunny.jpg\|center]]		=Creatures=
			[[File:Duckbunny.jpg\|center]]

	*Beastman		*Beastman

The Wyzard: /* Creatures */

2011-05-15T16:58:06Z

Creatures

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	*[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13353543&postcount=752 OOC III, #752]: [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:WyzardCalendar.jpg Here] is the calendar for the game-world. In most places the months and days are referred to in an ordinal fashion, the week is eight days long and the eighth day of each week is held aside as a day of rest. In more advanced cultures, each feast day is set aside for some deity, local hero, or other specific ceremony. So, a person might refer to the sixth day of the fourth week of the third month. In some cultures, of course, the months and even the days might bear some individual name. Note that I've regularized the year to be evenly divisible into equal months, and that I've kept the total lunar period to an even number of days.		*[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13353543&postcount=752 OOC III, #752]: [http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/File:WyzardCalendar.jpg Here] is the calendar for the game-world. In most places the months and days are referred to in an ordinal fashion, the week is eight days long and the eighth day of each week is held aside as a day of rest. In more advanced cultures, each feast day is set aside for some deity, local hero, or other specific ceremony. So, a person might refer to the sixth day of the fourth week of the third month. In some cultures, of course, the months and even the days might bear some individual name. Note that I've regularized the year to be evenly divisible into equal months, and that I've kept the total lunar period to an even number of days.

	=Creatures=		=Creatures=[[File:Duckbunny.jpg\|center]]

	*Beastman		*Beastman
	**In the [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12336689&postcount=83 first encounter] with the beastmen, they were described as nude, twisted figures with melded parts of man and various animals. One had the head of an owl but runs on hooves like a deer. Another had the rotund, mottled body of a boar-hog and snakes for arms. A third had the jaws of an alligator jutting up from its crotch. Those with human hands wielded weapons, but all had at least one body party that could likely be used to deadly effect.		**In the [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12336689&postcount=83 first encounter] with the beastmen, they were described as nude, twisted figures with melded parts of man and various animals. One had the head of an owl but runs on hooves like a deer. Another had the rotund, mottled body of a boar-hog and snakes for arms. A third had the jaws of an alligator jutting up from its crotch. Those with human hands wielded weapons, but all had at least one body party that could likely be used to deadly effect.

Celeste: /* Creatures */

2011-02-05T05:38:56Z

Creatures

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	*Owlbear		*Owlbear
			**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12759917&postcount=947 Owlbears], being horrific amalgams of drastically incompatible biology and in general a walking crime against Nature, are naturally chaotic. It is very difficult to predict the hunting behavior, diet, or similar of an owlbear, as they are at least half-mad and resist all routine. Their natural enemy is the giant bee, whose weird honey they crave but whose sting is occasionally capable of piercing their thick hide.

	*Skeleton		*Skeleton

Celeste: /* Creatures */

2011-02-05T05:33:27Z

Creatures

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	*Minotaur		*Minotaur
	**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13024914&postcount=774 ~~The~~ minotaur] is man-shaped and eight feet tall. It has the head and great horns of a bull, but is otherwise formed as an extremely large and muscular human, with ham-fists and unkempt body hair.		**The [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13024914&postcount=774 minotaur] is man-shaped and eight feet tall. It has the head and great horns of a bull, but is otherwise formed as an extremely large and muscular human, with ham-fists and unkempt body hair.

	*Nalgnashnee		*Nalgnashnee

Celeste: /* Creatures */

2011-02-05T05:33:01Z

Creatures

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	*Hydra		*Hydra
	** The [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13024914&postcount=774 hydra] is a great serpentine creature with a snakelike body as thick as a man's trunk, and three long necks ending in ~~lizardlike~~ heads with fanged maws. Its tail is also a weapon.		** The [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13024914&postcount=774 hydra] is a great serpentine creature with a snakelike body as thick as a man's trunk, and three long necks ending in lizard-like heads with fanged maws. Its tail is also a weapon.

	*Minotaur		*Minotaur
			**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13024914&postcount=774 The minotaur] is man-shaped and eight feet tall. It has the head and great horns of a bull, but is otherwise formed as an extremely large and muscular human, with ham-fists and unkempt body hair.

	*Nalgnashnee		*Nalgnashnee

	*Ogre		*Ogre
	**Ogres are around the same earth-normal biochemistry as humans. However, I haven't actually decided if they're primates with a common ancestor to humans (like cave men) or if they're a case of convergent evolution producing a similar body plan. Taking an ogre skull is probably around the same area, morally, as the minotaur skulls. They are distant and inimical enough to humans that it's okay to do so. Taking cave-man skulls would start to get a little weird. [Private discussion with Wyzard. No public link ~~(yet)~~. -- Celeste]		**Ogres are around the same earth-normal biochemistry as humans. However, I haven't actually decided if they're primates with a common ancestor to humans (like cave men) or if they're a case of convergent evolution producing a similar body plan. Taking an ogre skull is probably around the same area, morally, as the minotaur skulls. They are distant and inimical enough to humans that it's okay to do so. Taking cave-man skulls would start to get a little weird. [Private discussion with Wyzard. No public link. -- Celeste]

	*Orc		*Orc

Celeste: /* Creatures */

2011-02-05T05:27:12Z

Creatures

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	*Hydra		*Hydra
			** The [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13024914&postcount=774 hydra] is a great serpentine creature with a snakelike body as thick as a man's trunk, and three long necks ending in lizardlike heads with fanged maws. Its tail is also a weapon.

	*Minotaur		*Minotaur

Celeste: /* Creatures */

2011-02-01T03:57:00Z

Creatures

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	*Beastman		*Beastman
	**In the [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12336689&postcount=83 first encounter] with the beastmen, they were described as nude, twisted figures with melded parts of man and various animals. One had the head of an owl but runs on hooves like a deer. Another had the rotund, mottled body of a boar-hog and snakes for arms. A third had the jaws of an alligator jutting up from its crotch~~, snapping wildly amidst the clouds of snow it kicks up~~. Those with human hands wielded weapons, but all had at least one body party that could likely be used to deadly effect.		**In the [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12336689&postcount=83 first encounter] with the beastmen, they were described as nude, twisted figures with melded parts of man and various animals. One had the head of an owl but runs on hooves like a deer. Another had the rotund, mottled body of a boar-hog and snakes for arms. A third had the jaws of an alligator jutting up from its crotch. Those with human hands wielded weapons, but all had at least one body party that could likely be used to deadly effect.
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	*Caveman		*Caveman

Celeste: /* Creatures */

2011-02-01T03:56:20Z

Creatures

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	*Beastman		*Beastman
			**In the [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=12336689&postcount=83 first encounter] with the beastmen, they were described as nude, twisted figures with melded parts of man and various animals. One had the head of an owl but runs on hooves like a deer. Another had the rotund, mottled body of a boar-hog and snakes for arms. A third had the jaws of an alligator jutting up from its crotch, snapping wildly amidst the clouds of snow it kicks up. Those with human hands wielded weapons, but all had at least one body party that could likely be used to deadly effect.
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	*Caveman		*Caveman

Asen G: /* Creatures */

2011-01-19T08:05:47Z

Creatures

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	*Minotaur		*Minotaur
	**Best described as "big, badass and dangerous", the discussion whether these are partially men or normal animals still rages, including among the PCs. Some of the party ate the best parts of a recently killed one, others didn't. Some PCs also added the title of "Bull-headed" to their names for surviving the strikes of a minotaur.

	*Nalgnashnee		*Nalgnashnee
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	**There could be such a thing as half-orcs, but they'd be sterile, like mules (see the link above).		**There could be such a thing as half-orcs, but they'd be sterile, like mules (see the link above).
	**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13399177&postcount=932 OOC III, post 932] Many orc tribes are nomadic. They move at night, and are able to make use of beasts, wagons, etc. as well as men do. They are very skilled at hiding most signs of their passing. Orcish nomads keep track of places where they can hide from the daylight much as real-world desert nomads keep track of sources of water. An Orcish tribe on the move will attempt to make the trip from some shadowed, gloaming glade to a deep grotto in the time from sundown to sunup.		**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13399177&postcount=932 OOC III, post 932] Many orc tribes are nomadic. They move at night, and are able to make use of beasts, wagons, etc. as well as men do. They are very skilled at hiding most signs of their passing. Orcish nomads keep track of places where they can hide from the daylight much as real-world desert nomads keep track of sources of water. An Orcish tribe on the move will attempt to make the trip from some shadowed, gloaming glade to a deep grotto in the time from sundown to sunup.
	**'''Speculative information, to be used with caution:''' According to what players remember, Wyzard has said that IHC orcs have a degree of freewill and are not spawn-creatures the way that goblins are. It looks this way, since [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13382927&postcount=891 Fat the orc has a sundries shop across the way from the Owlbear's Head (OOC III, #891)] in Veya. If they could own property, they are probably enjoying at least a modicum of rights and status among humans. '''That is, however, pure speculation so far.'''

	*Owlbear		*Owlbear

Asen G: /* Creatures */

2011-01-19T07:55:42Z

Creatures

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	**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13076019&postcount=708 Orcs are a separate species], generally biologically similar to humans. There are some gross differences in phenotype, and they have an exaggerated susceptibility to the classical vices.		**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13076019&postcount=708 Orcs are a separate species], generally biologically similar to humans. There are some gross differences in phenotype, and they have an exaggerated susceptibility to the classical vices.
	**There could be such a thing as half-orcs, but they'd be sterile, like mules (see the link above).		**There could be such a thing as half-orcs, but they'd be sterile, like mules (see the link above).
	**Speculative information, to be used with caution: According to what players remember, Wyzard has said that IHC orcs have a degree of freewill and are not spawn-creatures the way that goblins are. It looks this way, since [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13382927&postcount=891 Fat the orc has a sundries shop across the way from the Owlbear's Head (OOC III, #891)] in Veya. If they could own property, they are probably enjoying at least a modicum of rights and status.		**[http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13399177&postcount=932 OOC III, post 932] Many orc tribes are nomadic. They move at night, and are able to make use of beasts, wagons, etc. as well as men do. They are very skilled at hiding most signs of their passing. Orcish nomads keep track of places where they can hide from the daylight much as real-world desert nomads keep track of sources of water. An Orcish tribe on the move will attempt to make the trip from some shadowed, gloaming glade to a deep grotto in the time from sundown to sunup.
			**'''Speculative information, to be used with caution:''' According to what players remember, Wyzard has said that IHC orcs have a degree of freewill and are not spawn-creatures the way that goblins are. It looks this way, since [http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=13382927&postcount=891 Fat the orc has a sundries shop across the way from the Owlbear's Head (OOC III, #891)] in Veya. If they could own property, they are probably enjoying at least a modicum of rights and status among humans. '''That is, however, pure speculation so far.'''

	*Owlbear		*Owlbear