The Collected Paracritters Project, Right, All of them added in one file (i think) Options

[The Jopp]

Added Triffids for fun and profit.
Added Arabian Sand Devils for desert fun
Added Common Awakened Viruses
Added Goo Slug

[The Jopp]

Added the following insects

Shadowbug
Amnesia Wasp
Punch Spider
Master Hunting Spider
Spirit Spider
Stone Ants
Knockback Bug

Added the following plants

Piranha Plant
Deadly Grave Plant
Gardeners Nightmare
Firegrass

Added new awakened virus

Human-Metahuman Vampiric Bat Virus (HMHVVB)
Sentry Disease
Leech Virus

[The Jopp]

Fiddles a little with the HMHVVB virus and added the Tooth Fairies from another thread.

[MJBurrage]

The list has two new Ghouls, listed as "HMHVV Variant 7 Ghoul" and "HMHVV Variant 8 Ghoul"

• I presume that Variants 1–3 are the Sasabonsam, Gaki, and Busaw.
• What are Variants 4–6 ?

[MJBurrage]

A couple things about Human MetaHuman Vampiric Bat Virus (HMHVVB)

• Why is the abbreviation out of order with respect to the name ?
• Why describe it as three strains, when it has only one expression per metatype ?
• Gargoyle is a confusing name for the Ork & Troll expression, since we already have Gargoyles in Shadowrun.

Based on Running Wild, I would name the virus HMHVV IV: Ghilani Desmodontinae.

P.S. One possible name for the Ork/Troll strain would be Grotesque, since they are often confused with Gargoyles.

[Simon Kerimov]

The list has two new Ghouls, listed as "HMHVV Variant 7 Ghoul" and "HMHVV Variant 8 Ghoul"

• I presume that Variants 1–3 are the Sasabonsam, Gaki, and Busaw.
• What are Variants 4–6 ?

Variants 4-6 are reserved in case the developers add a few more strains.

[The Jopp]

A couple things about Human MetaHuman Vampiric Bat Virus (HMHVVB)

• Why is the abbreviation out of order with respect to the name ?
• Why describe it as three strains, when it has only one expression per metatype ?
• Gargoyle is a confusing name for the Ork & Troll expression, since we already have Gargoyles in Shadowrun.

Based on Running Wild, I would name the virus HMHVV IV: Ghilani Desmodontinae.

P.S. One possible name for the Ork/Troll strain would be Grotesque, since they are often confused with Gargoyles.

This only remind me that I need to take the entire first posting and crosscheck it with running wild that I havent read yet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

And it is very nice to get good suggestions.

[The Jopp]

A few new creatures and a new category

The Irrelephant
King Kangaroo
Commfly

Mechacritters
-Ant Drone Hive
-The Great White

[Neraph]

I can't believe nobody has made this comment yet.

Professor Oak is very pleased with your progress. Gotta catch 'em all!

EDIT: Also, I like the list and it has been favorited.

[The Jopp]

Added some more.

Data Lice - Mechacritters
Replacer – Pathogens & Virus
Drillbit - Insect
Warp Wasp - Insect
Soyworm – Pahogens & viruses
Rampant Gravel - Flora
Barrier Ant - Insect
Living Rock – Flora

[Neraph]

I've read over the list (excluding the new entries), and I'm a little put-off about them. Most of them are Dog stats with liberal use of a Slab poison. Many of them don't seem to mesh well with the setting (Buzz Shark or whatever it's called, for instance), and most of them have Powers that don't follow rules with no explanation why they stopped following the rules (For instance, a couple have Elemental Strike that deals damage of a much higher Magic than the creature has).

I applaud your ingenuity and creativity, but I doubt I could use much of what you've built.

[The Jopp]

Well, the initial idea for this list was mainly for fleshing out the Shadowrun world with more creatures that would be more of a novelty to introduce in adventures than actual threats.

The expanded flora section with things like finding a living flower in sub zero temperatures. The list has since then expanded and some extreme critters have been added (some for fun and some for silliness).

I agree that attributes are way off in several cases but that is because I have had no time to cross reference this with running wild in order to get the correct attributes as I’ve had no access to the book yet.

That part is an ongoing project.

Mainly it is a tool for GM’s to introduce the rare oddity now and then – like the non-threatening regenerating moose…

One of my favourites things are accident bugs and david weber spiders as they should provide temporary chaos and fun (or slight panic) but not be outright dangerous.

[The Jopp]

Added Cluster AI's (just had a quick networking AI flash) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wobble.gif)

[Bodak]

If you're still accepting suggested changes for the top post, remove the aberrant apostrophe from almost all of the "it's" in the post. This is because possessive pronouns do not use apostrophes of possession. Examples would be: its, hers, ours, yours, theirs, whose. No apostrophes. If you write "it's" that always means "it is" or "it has".

Otherwise it's a handy menagerie of ideas to spice up situations players expect to be straightforward. Thanks!

[The Jopp]

If you're still accepting suggested changes for the top post, remove the aberrant apostrophe from almost all of the "it's" in the post. This is because possessive pronouns do not use apostrophes of possession. Examples would be: its, hers, ours, yours, theirs, whose. No apostrophes. If you write "it's" that always means "it is" or "it has".

Grammar demon, curse you. I should probably run it through a spell checker.

Otherwise it's a handy menagerie of ideas to spice up situations players expect to be straightforward. Thanks!

Eactly the point of this thread - to throw curveballs at players (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[pbangarth]

Grammar demon, curse you. I should probably run it through a spell checker.



Eactly the point of this thread - to throw curveballs at players (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

I don't think the spell checker will flag this problem.

[The Jopp]

Added "Awakened Goblinitis"

Have you ever wished you were another metatype than you are? Now you can, too bad you cannot control it...

[shon]

I’m thinking of getting this into a PDF document with added map pictures showing spread and habitation of each critter and possible photoshopped images of the beings themselves. I’ve no idea at this point of how to do this since I’ve never worked with a PDF document before.

First of all: fantastic job and lot's of hard work on our part, congrats!

Second: I'm quite familiar in working with TeX and more importantly XeLaTeX, so I can convert the whole thing into a nice PDF book. Let me know if you want that - but when you feel the thing is finished as I might not have enough time to keep it updated very frequently (once in a while is cool though).

Cheers!

[The Jopp]

Added two more insects.

The Euphoria Bug - Soon to be the most popular pet insect worldwide... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

Greater Stinkbug - Very certain it will NOT be the most popular insect worldwide

[The Jopp]

Updated with a rather odd Mana Wraith

[BRodda]

Even though I lurk here more than post here are a few links to the huge amount of critters that I have stated out over the years.


Big link to most of the stuff I've stated out compiled in one post. Used to keep a running post of all my creations.

Here are some that never made it to the running post. Might be others, but I'm not sure.

Some common dogs.

Some new infected creatures...

Oyster that cleans toxic water.

Shark with a freaking laser on its head.

Giant mutant sea bass.

Maybe I'll start stating things out again. Not sure what people would like.

I hope people can at least use it all.