Okay, we’re done with giant animals! (And it didn’t take us six weeks this go-round.) So come on, alphabet, deliver us some real monsters. Monsters like the fearsome…
Actually, holy crap—the giraffe is CR 3. Do not be messing with the giraffe. And the stag is all pointy. Who knew
herd animals were bona fide monsters?
Better stick to spearing kobolds.A right of passage
for cold-water-dwelling sahuagin is to retrieve the rack of a stag, braving the
dangers of the surface world to do so.
When heavily armored adventurers stumble across a stag in the forest,
the already-wounded creature mistakes them for its sahuagin pursuers and
attacks.A crooked caravan
guide douses an adventurer’s pack in male giraffe urine, prompting an old
bull giraffe to mistake him for a young rival and slam the adventurer off his
mount.Not all adventuring
bands are formed at the behest of a hooded stranger in a tavern. When the villagers of Wren discover
their town’s horn dance costumes have been stolen, they send some of their own
to get six new sets of caribou antlers before the midwinter ritual takes
place. Since caribou are rare in
these parts, this involves a long journey that may involve unforeseen
dangers. Of course, if the
fledgling adventurers happen to find the stolen set of horns, all the
better…but who would gain from disrupting a harmless hunting ritual left over
from another age?—Pathfinder Bestiary 4
150“Hey, did you hear that? Sounds like a giraffe is dying over there.”
I don’t go see the Washington Christmas Revels every year,
but when I do I love seeing their take on the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance. Here’s a similar version if you want to
show this slightly goofy but wonderfully haunting dance at the gaming table.Eagle-eyed readers will note that the name Wren is a
reference to another mummering tradition.Oh, and if you’re looking for the giant weasel, look back here.
My friend Ruby’s guitar was on the new Dan Deacon
album. Not her, just her
guitar. Which makes me wonder what
my instruments get up to when I’m not around. But you can hear her guitar here on NPR.
Giraffes are found in the savannas of Koll, where they feed on tall trees. They are considered poor warbeasts by most, as they are stubborn and difficult to train.
Stags, the males of the sika deer, roam throughout the temperate forests of Vedzeva. They are popular game animals, but rather reclusive. They are sometimes tamed by those who roam the forests.
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