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Im pretty sure the lizards and the sand worm are already made, but the sand worm lacks tmw quality. lizards look great though i might use them.

Yubaba

Is this for the official game or for a server you are running?

This was ideal for the official server. and if its not considered then i will offer it to another server,
but it seems alot of people think its a good idea.

Yubaba

-Cactus heads

These are a lot of great ideas.
for the Cactus head you could do a stationary object that attacks you if you get too close,

Edit: I also like the tornado idea

As for the lizard, the lizard will be added the the thermin area so try to get something more like this:

yubabax116 wrote: tough like a jacko.

you just lost me

as a side note, could our camels appear to be very angry? and can they spit as their attack?

It's a fantasy world. Be a bit more creative. Not Camels => Desert Mouboos!

Regarding a boss monster: I'd be thinking about something like that:

(Source: promotion material of the movie "The Mummy")

Monsters should definitely be creative for a game like this. I'm wondering, are creatures/monsters from mythology encouraged, or are we hoping for completely new ideas only? 'Cause tons of greek and other mythological creatures would fit a setting like this.

Renaming monsters and applying a TMW backstory to the monster makes most anything possible. However, looking to SoM as a point of inspiration, fantasy monsters that break from DnD and Tolkien are best. Obscure fantasy book fan? Monsters of inspiration can be brought forward to help artists make original monsters for this game. Maybe paging through the monster manual 2 rather than 1 and fan zine monsters for fantasy games could also help.

Personally, I enjoy conventional fantasy and have read much of the Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms books when TSR was publishing DnD. Taking that influence and applying it in an original way isn't difficult to do. I'm sure people have made monsters for their home table top games that could help.

This is great feedback guys please let me know if you have any more ideas or if anybody here is good with monster making graphics.
this is not a rushing project but i would like to get it done in time.

Also why not mix mythology and fantasy creatures with modern ones? but also making some made up ones? would be nice to see new monsters in a newer area

For the "boss" i was thinking of making a cave on the map where you need at least 5 people to come in for the creature to come out and show itself for battle.


Yubaba

New types of mouboo is a good idea. I thought of making a male mouboo called moubootaur since we have its hat. Moreover, I thought of a mouboo skeleton/zombie for the graveyard even if it will not appear near tulimshar.

I think we have a lot of good ideas here. I will try to help here.

Don't forget that we need to finish the spritesheet of the Snake Lord: it can be finished quite quickly, however I tried to finish it but failed.

Ali-G

Would these desert elves be the tall, graceful kind à la Tolkien or the little ones with pointy noses? Because I don't think they should be the former.

Why not angry camels?

MadCamel wrote:Why not angry camels?

Well i did mention camels, but feel free to make them angry


Yubaba

• There is a sand golem in collection of forgotten stuff. There's also some cool tilework accessible through there.
• There's a beetle at http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... tle#p31788.
• There's a tornado-like wind monster at http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... lit=desert
• Underdeveloped dragonfly, lizard-like crocodile, and desert cat: http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... lit=desert

I don't know about the status of those projects, but some of those things could be useful even if they need to be touched up.

Meemxes wrote:

• There is a sand golem in collection of forgotten stuff. There's also some cool tilework accessible through there.
• There's a beetle at http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... tle#p31788.
• There's a tornado-like wind monster at http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... lit=desert
• Underdeveloped dragonfly, lizard-like crocodile, and desert cat: http://forums.themanaworld.org/viewtopi ... lit=desert

I don't know about the status of those projects, but some of those things could be useful even if they need to be touched up.

Wow, these look great! i would most deffinetly like to add these to the map i am working on.

I was wondering if anyone would like to work on the wild cat????