[MUD-Dev] Non-traditional monsters?

[Edward Glowacki]

On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 17:36, Jack Britt wrote:

> So the concepts for our MUD are coming along quite nicely. Thanks
> to everyone on this list who's given us suggestions.
 
> One thing that I want to do is to have non-traditional monsters
> for our game. While orcs, goblins and dragons will definitely be
> featured, I'd like to pull things from other cultures. If I have
> an area of my MUD that has a Polynesian theme, I'd like to
> incorporate things from Pacific Islander mythology in it.

> Does anyone have some leads on where I can find such things?

Check out the Encyclopedia Mythica ( http://www.pantheon.org/ ).
It's "An encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, and legend" that has a
LOT of stuff, including your example of Polynesian mythology (275
articles). They also have a "Bestiary" of creatures, genealogy
tables (!), and a host of other good stuff.  It's an excellent
resource.

-ED


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Edward Glowacki			glowack2 at msu.edu
Michigan State University	
"...a partial solution to the right problem is better than a complete
solution to the wrong one." (http://uiweb.com/issues/issue14.htm)


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