tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post3656450753760425335..comments2023-11-05T01:03:08.061-06:00Comments on The Cobalt Kobold: Awesome Historic Creature: AurumvoraxMr. Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07027893907355004146noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post-59685935237581102532016-07-11T01:43:30.498-06:002016-07-11T01:43:30.498-06:00No, thats if it was the size of a pomeranian, this...No, thats if it was the size of a pomeranian, this thing full grown is 3 feet long.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832469386776382228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post-91086280898804860372016-07-11T01:42:07.221-06:002016-07-11T01:42:07.221-06:00No, thats if it was the size of a pomeranian, this...No, thats if it was the size of a pomeranian, this thing full grown is 3 feet long.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01832469386776382228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post-53912568674760138282013-01-05T08:56:45.864-07:002013-01-05T08:56:45.864-07:00I don't think it was edition escalation, I bel...I don't think it was edition escalation, I believe the gold-eating concept was first mentioned in the Ecology of the Aurumvorax article, and certainly that's where the idea of burning the body to get the gold inside came up. So the goal was perhaps "interesting reading" more than an game purpose or balance.<br /><br />On the other hand, it was called aurumvorax to begin with, and that certainly sounds like gold-eater, and it had that dense weight, so it wasn't a big leap. Though the also article mentioned using the fur as armor, and that may have been a new idea, as it is not clearly implied by the name.Blue Lightninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831241228091213847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post-68311744722415778402012-03-13T16:12:56.808-06:002012-03-13T16:12:56.808-06:00The bit about making armor out of it is a later ad...The bit about making armor out of it is a later addition, too. Everything escalates edition to edition!Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post-68825912656831051932012-03-13T10:15:31.951-06:002012-03-13T10:15:31.951-06:00I had to go check my 1e MM2 on that... you're ...I had to go check my 1e MM2 on that... you're right, it is an interesting choice of additions. Maybe they were concerned about how a creature came to be cloaked in gold, if it didn't eat gold?<br /><br />The aurumvorax is clearly inspired by the Nemean Lion, from Heracles/Hercules mythology, and all I can find is that it had a voracious appetite - nothing about eating gold specifically.Mr. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027893907355004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post-18512305390680021292012-03-13T08:54:02.949-06:002012-03-13T08:54:02.949-06:00Huh, in AD&D, 1st edition, it was merely a gol...Huh, in AD&D, 1st edition, it was merely a gold-colored super wolverine, not a metal-eating monster. It made its debut in S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. It showed up like all of those S3 specials in the MM2, but still didn't eat gold.<br /><br />Weird how it went from "gold colored gorger" to "gold eating gorger," though.Peter Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246000382321978462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8014481393965775474.post-57434823644296797902012-02-07T21:25:24.335-07:002012-02-07T21:25:24.335-07:00So you're saying that the average American fem...So you're saying that the average American female is 500 pounds?<br /><br />LOL<br /><br />BabyBatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com