Are you wanting to know where specifically each creature lives? That would be a pretty substantial undertaking. You can determine that quickly (if not accurately) by looking up the creature's terrain type (warm hills, temperate swamp, etc) and then assuming that the areas of Krynn which match those terrain types will be likely places for that creature to be found.Cheers,
Cam
No one needs toi know this kind of specific information. If a DM need this info they can go through the beatie book of Krynn monster by monster and place them exactly where they want the monsters to be.
just my 2 steel
Take the beholder for example. I don't recall there being any, but since they're not excluded (I don't think), they're in Krynn somewhere. Where? Well, they're aberrations. Aberrations are frequently magical accidents, so there could be some in and around Zhaman, or there might be one deep under the Ruins near Kendermore (especially after Malys messed around with it).
Another might be a roc. They live in warm montains, so having them somewhere in the Vingaard range or the Astivar mountains might be a good place. Then they'd need a description of how they deal with the things near them, or vice versa - what the Solamnics think about them, and if they cause much trouble, or if Lorrinar has somehow got her tribes to train them to be attack mounts or something.
If each person on this board took it in turns to take a monster from the monster manual, and write about where it lives and give it some Krynnish flavour, it wouldn't take long before we had a reasonably useful resource. Then submit it to Dragonlance.com, the Nexus or the Tobril (or all three), and before long, a good footnote to the DM screen.
As for saying 'I know ogres live here', that's either metagaming or plain annoying. It wouldn't be official, more something the DM can use of they want. And anyway, everyone knows the ogres live chiefly in Kern, Blode and South Ergoth - but they aren't restricted to living only there. It's if a DM wants something that would live in the area.
Of course, there are one exception to this, and two possible options. The exception is with the social monsters of relatively low CR, mainly the Humanoids and the Monstrous Humanoids. We need to know their numbers and percentage of a population so we can figure out the political role they play in a particular region. For example, we need to have a rough estimate of the number of Centaurs in Duntillok, which will determine if they are a majority, a significant minority, or a small military caste. We need to know there are goblins in Sikket'Hul, Throt, Holat and Skullrott, and how many there are. We also need to know if a particular monster is having a significant impact on a state, such as if a dragon rules a village. If Sable has a lot of abberations and lizardmen in the Swamps of Shrentak, that would also be good to mention. All of this is covered in a good geographical entry. So for example if a copper dragon named Tonyanianki and her brood of kapak siblings is a big part of why the dragon warlords of the desolation are leaving Port Balifor alone, then it should be mentioned in the entry. If the dragon is hiding there incognito, then she really doesn't need to be revealed until the adventure that features her.
Two options for giving us rough estimates of monsters and their role in the campaign setting above and beyond what you expect are these. In chapters dealing with flora and fauna, where we are dealing with certain regions, it probably isn't a bad idea to include the commonly found monsters in the region. The other option is to focus on one monster that has a significant impact on the campaign setting, which in dragonlance's case, is dragons. Every major conflict in the last 80 years of dragonlance's history has been decided by dragon power. Therefore it might not be a bad idea to do a splash map showing the lairs and locations of various clans and dragons of great power.
However, both of these are not necessary. All you really need to know about the climate and monsters of a region can usually be done in a good geographical entry.
Cheers,
Cam
Skullrott is a goblin city (ruled by 3 cave lords) Kipper made in the great caverns beneath Port Balifor, Nereka and Sanction.
Cheers,
Cam
Besides, all the dragonlance stuff is scattered across dozens of products (which may or may not be canonical). What's a dozen more fan products going to really confuse? Just the obsessive collectors who have collected every last book. The rest will find the obscure references just as maddening. After all, what does the average Dragonlance fan know about the Vale of Perfect Silences?
Cheers,
Cam
....on the other side it is good to let people know when the fan based stuff is being used.
:D
Originally posted by Hammerhand
....on the other side it is good to let people know when the fan based stuff is being used.
Right. Never assume anything.
Cheers,
Cam
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