Basic Fantasy Field Guide Volume 2

[AlMan]

I cannot figure out which monster this is supposed to be. The art looks like Bruce Ripple's work, but it doesn't have his signature on it. Two of the "nearby" infernals are described as having horns, plural, while this one has a single small horn. The other "nearby" infernal is winged, horned, and its lower parts trail off into mist.

Open to suggestions here.

er in my FG 2 it's under Infernal, Eldri which has this description: Their blood-red skin, bright orange-red hair,
and single smooth horn that grows from their forehead gives them a devilish appearance.

Agree with Boggo this is the illustration for Infernal, Eldri.

[Solomoriah]

Ack. Then the illustration that is under "Eldri" belongs to Arachnea.

And so we go another round...

[Solomoriah]

So now I'm fixing the flow for R47, and noticed "like a displacer beast" in the description of the fell manticore.

Oops.

Since it isn't important to the monster, I've removed that clause entirely.

[AlMan]

Yes, the image of the lady in the ballroom gown, is actually the Infernal, Arachnea.

So now I'm fixing the flow for R47, and noticed "like a displacer beast" in the description of the fell manticore.

Oops.

Since it isn't important to the monster, I've removed that clause entirely.

I let it pass since this is an OGLast and not fully reliant on the CC version of the Core Rules.

The image of the horned devil with the weapon is for the Infernal, Malebranche, the description has, "Most malebranche will be armed with a two-tined fork that causes 2d6 damage, ... "

The image on page 59 in the Loup description is actually for the Lobizon, described as, “A Lobizon is a person cursed to become a malnourished, tailless wolf-like creature of human size; … “

The image on page 84 is for the Syrinx which is described as “ … a quadrupedal insect-like creature with four long segmented legs ending in long and sharp blade-like protrusions. … “ The Syrinx Jugernaut where the image is in the current version is described as, “ … due to its twelve extremely long limbs. Its body is made up of six interlocking segmented sections plated in thick black and reflective chitin, covered in hundreds of milky white eyes. … “

[Solomoriah]

Yes, the image of the lady in the ballroom gown, is actually the Infernal, Arachnea.

Fixed for the next release.

So now I'm fixing the flow for R47, and noticed "like a displacer beast" in the description of the fell manticore.

I let it pass since this is an OGLast and not fully reliant on the CC version of the Core Rules.

You misunderstand, my friend... displacer beast is Product Identity. 3E has a "displacer" without "beast" which is the kind of silliness we had to live with for the OGL.

The image on page 59 in the Loup description is actually for the Lobizon, described as, “A Lobizon is a person cursed to become a malnourished, tailless wolf-like creature of human size; … “

Crap. Will fix for next release.

The image on page 84 is for the Syrinx which is described as “ … a quadrupedal insect-like creature with four long segmented legs ending in long and sharp blade-like protrusions. … “ The Syrinx Jugernaut where the image is in the current version is described as, “ … due to its twelve extremely long limbs. Its body is made up of six interlocking segmented sections plated in thick black and reflective chitin, covered in hundreds of milky white eyes. … “

Another for the next release. Tonight, maybe; game this afternoon, have to get ready.

[chiisu81]

Looks like we'll need to revise the attacks and damage lines like we did for FG1. I can wait for the next release and then do it, or if you want it included before then.

[Solomoriah]

Announcing!

The Basic Fantasy Field Guide Volume 2, Release 47 -- September 25, 2023
Some art has been sorted out, and the flow has been hammered again, and now at last we have a print release candidate!

https://basicfantasy.org/downloads.html#fieldguide2

Despite labeling it as a print release candidate, if you want to go ahead with rewriting attacks and damage, feel free.

[chiisu81]

r48 in Projects.
While the r47 PDF looks correct, while working on r48 I noticed Body Text didn't have the .12" spacing after end of paragraph. I updated that, which of course changed the layout just a *teeny* bit

[Solomoriah]

Hmm. The .12 inch spacing is actually a bit more than absolutely necessary; I may have set it to .10 inch for layout purposes. I'll check it when I get a chance, probably tomorrow as it's game time right now.

[chiisu81]

Announcing!

The Basic Fantasy Field Guide Volume 2, Release 48 -- October 06, 2023
James Lemon has done the overdue rewrite of the attack and damage statistics, and made other formatting revisions, leading to this new print release candidate. Whenever both volume 1, release 44 and this book stand unchallenged for a week total each they will be deemed ready to print; it's my intention to release them together, which is why I'm linking these conditions.

https://basicfantasy.org/downloads.html#fieldguide2