it's understandable that there are no horses in the Tyr region as it is extremely harsh everiment and most likely would not survive long here, but what about Camels? are they tyr region hardy enough? and what about the plains were the kreen are..ummm never mind they most likely devoroured what ever horse or camels (is any at all were there) that would have been available in the area.
or are normal animals as such just not an available breed on Athas. Period.
just a curiosity question.
Albeit there were a few changes in later game supplements, initially (and this was not spelled out per say) the setting replaced horses, camels, cats, sheep, cows, dogs, and all real-world work and food animals by unique Athasian variants.
i was actually going to ask about dogs.
however i can deffinetly live with that answer.
kinda like the movie star gate were although it had human lke inhabitants, it critters were not of earth, but unique to that world.
i just wasnt sure if at one point and time if there were horses and what-knott on Athas.
There are some of the other animals though. Dogs and sheep exist.
Gaints are mentioned as raising sheep in the Obsidian Oracle and the Wanderer's Journal.
Dogs are listed as an approved monster in the Terrors of Athas for 3rd edition. For 2nd, they are listed on an approved monster listing in one of the box sets. It does not say what type of dogs, poodles and shi zuis maybe not, rockweilders and pit bulls maybe?
Dingos! :D
"They ate meh be'be'"
Dingos! :D
No no no. Dingos are only half of the creatures that were known as Centaurs during the Cleansing Wars. They were half Dingos, and half Kobolds. There is a better name for them:
Kodingobolds!
Kodingobolds!
I smell a board classic in the making!
I smell a board classic in the making!
I hope so.
Jakar = Dog
Crodlu = Horse
Kank = Camel
Carru = Cow
Aprig = Pig
Lirr = Lion
Takis/Klar = Bear
Strine = Porcipine
Kivit = Cat
Tagster/Tigone = Great Cat (mountain lion, tiger, etc.)
This isn't exact or anywhere near complete, but off the top of my head.
Jakar = Dog
Crodlu = Horse
Kank = Camel
Carru = Cow
Aprig = Pig
Lirr = Lion
Takis/Klar = Bear
Strine = Porcipine
Kivit = Cat
Tagster/Tigone = Great Cat (mountain lion, tiger, etc.)
i take it these are DS equivalents of RW animals.
BTW doesn't one of the SK reffer to himself as a "Lion"?
Yes... Hamanu, the Lion of Urik
so then if that is the case i would speculate that at one point and time there was some form of large hunting cats on Athas, like lions, tigers, and other such felines.
BTW i wonder what his subjects think of the title "Lion"? do they even have a remote clue as to what that is?
Kodingobolds!
Kongos
so then if that is the case i would speculate that at one point and time there was some form of large hunting cats on Athas, like lions, tigers, and other such felines.
BTW i wonder what his subjects think of the title "Lion"? do they even have a remote clue as to what that is?
Yes. There still are. According to Terrors of Athas, there are Lions and tigers, as well as cheetahs. Also Dire Lions and Dire Tigers.
And do not forget Draj and their jaguars.
Of course, just because such animals exist on Athas, does not mean they are roaming all over the place. The lions may be confided to the plains in the fertile crescent of the Ivory Triangle. The tigers may only life in the forest ridge.
Yes. There still are. According to Terrors of Athas, there are Lions and tigers, as well as cheetahs. Also Dire Lions and Dire Tigers.
And do not forget Draj and their jaguars.
Of course, just because such animals exist on Athas, does not mean they are roaming all over the place. The lions may be confided to the plains in the fertile crescent of the Ivory Triangle. The tigers may only life in the forest ridge.
ah ok i have yet to look throguh teh ToA yet.
and i didn't think they would be raoming every were. i was more or less curious about the presence of horse's and camal and other RW desert like animals. although if there were any horse's they'd most likely have been in the plains were the Thor-kreen area is now, and most likely eaten to non-exhistence. :D
Who will stat Koko, the King of Kongos?
Not Koko, but a start.
Kongos
Kodingobolds!
Really Great!:D
In our current campaign, goblins are known to have a very high mutation rate (they just stumbled over a goblin with 4 arms an insectoid eyes). So I think the next one will be a Dingoblin.