Thuntonian Biota

[spiderwrangler]

I would say it might not be a bad idea to at least list them, so that if someone were curious, they could check here and see that it wasn't a Thunt creation.

Perhaps mark them with an * or other symbol and have a key below.

* - Likely based on real world example, displays no special abilities or characteristics
** - Likely based on classic D&D example, displays no abilities or characteristics beyond what would be expected

[RedwoodElf]

The blue birds don't strike me as especially strange. But I totally never noticed that ground mouth, despite it having a whole panel more or less to itself.

Also, why did you mention Blackroot but not Grass Maggots (from the same page)?

The one in the middle is clearly a Goblin Dog.

No, it's a Howler. They're SRD.

A howler is an outsider beast that drives anyone who hears it's howls insane...how would a tribe of goblins get one for use as a mount, and how are there still any goblins who aren't gibbering wisdom = 0 blobs of quivering insanity?

[willpell]

A howler is an outsider beast that drives anyone who hears it's howls insane...how would a tribe of goblins get one for use as a mount, and how are there still any goblins who aren't gibbering wisdom = 0 blobs of quivering insanity?

Maybe they just trained it never to howl. As to "how"...all I can say is Rule of Cool. It looks exactly like the MM illustration of a Howler, and Howlers are available as cohorts to anyone who wants one, so any other explanation is harder to credit.

[Dagazzard]

Two new bird species discovered! Hawl's Emu: http://www.goblinscomic.org/08132005/ and the Lake Rooster http://www.goblinscomic.org/09302005/ !

Now to figure out the wiki... Do you guys think each creature should have its own page or that a page for each category (animals, plants, monsters) would be better?

[RedwoodElf]

Two new bird species discovered! Hawl's Emu: http://www.goblinscomic.org/08132005/ and the Lake Rooster http://www.goblinscomic.org/09302005/ !

Emu? that looks more like a giant Dodo to me.

[Dagazzard]

Hmm. True, the head is more dodo-like. The legs are more a great rhea / emu / ostrich / chocobo thing. Maybe instead of "Hawl's Emu", "Domu"? (Dodo + Emu)

[willpell]

I think it's a Phororhacos....

[Jochi]

Two new bird species discovered! Hawl's Emu: http://www.goblinscomic.org/08132005/ and the Lake Rooster http://www.goblinscomic.org/09302005/ !

Emu? that looks more like a giant Dodo to me.

I think it's an axebeak from the (first edition) Monster Manual. But I never compared the pictures.

[willpell]

I thought of that too, but IMO the beak isn't quite axey enough.

[Master TMO]

I thought of that too, but IMO the beak isn't quite axey enough.

Blunted Axe Beak?

[willpell]

The issue is that, at least in the picture I saw (from a 3.0 items compendium whose exact name I can't recall), Axebeaks's beaks are very powerfully curved up and down, creating an effect like a rhino's horn on top of the beak. Hawl's Emu only has a single point on the bottom of its upper beak IIRC, so I don't buy it being an Axebeak specifically, but just any sort of giant flightless bird with a huge beak - again, I think the extinct Phororacos is probably the best candidate.