Yamo Posted May 6, 2004 Report Share Posted May 6, 2004 There are several references to these things in Turakian Age, but they don't say anything other than that they live underground and are "acephalic", which, as far as I can tell, more-or-less means "clam or oyster-like." Not very helpful. Can anybody summarize what these things are in general terms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? Afraid all I have handy is the free Encyclopaedia Turakiana PDF, which describes the Migdalar as "an evil, four-armed, acephalic, psionically-powerful underground race." (Makes them sound rather like the D&D illithids/ mind flayers, which makes sense given the conventions Turakian Age is based on.) It references TA pp. 160, 283 and 287 for more information. I wonder if there's full writeups in Monsters, Minions and Marauders? That's supposed to include Turakian Age-specific creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? Doesn't acephalic just mean "headless"? Illythids OTOH are an "evil, four-tentacled, Cephalopod, psionically-powerful underground race" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamo Posted May 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? Hey, you're right. It does mean "headless." Man, that sure brings back some warm, fuzzy Ultima Underworld memories. Wonder how they eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? You can find out all about 'em in MMM, pages 67-68. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? (Makes them sound rather like the D&D illithids/ mind flayers' date=' which makes sense given the conventions [i']Turakian Age[/i] is based on.) . They do not look like mindflayers at all. They are quite different, the mindflayers "look" is inspired from chutullu while the midgelar looks like... Uh.. Something evil. Yes that is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Master Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? In a word: nasty, brutish, psionic, and short. Well, not actually short.... and some of them are more brutish than others. If you wish to experience this race at their least pleasant please purchase the upcoming HERO publication Fantasy Hero Battlegrounds which includes (amongst other things) a Migdalar scenario. Writing it was... upsetting. I promise you that reading it will be too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 7, 2004 Report Share Posted May 7, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? They do not look like mindflayers at all. They are quite different' date=' the mindflayers "look" is inspired from chutullu while the midgelar looks like... Uh.. Something evil. Yes that is it.[/quote'] Although their look is quite different, they fill the same ecological niche as Mind-flayers, 'revisioned' Morlocks and Tax Collectors. Keith " It was not my intention in that post to insult by comparision any real mind flayers or morlocks" Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamo Posted May 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? So what do they look like exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierax Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? Since Mind Flayers came up, I'm looking to revise my Illithid write-up: http://www.hierax.com/hero/fantasy/grey/monster/illithid.pdf further feedback from fellow flayer fans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug McCrae Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? What are 'revisioned Morlocks'? You're not talking about Stephen Baxter's sequel to The Time Machine are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJR Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? So what do they look like exactly? Imagine a Grond-shaped creature with no head, only a stump of a neck, with eyes under his chest and a fanged mouth where his stomach would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamo Posted May 8, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? Neato. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? Imagine a Grond-shaped creature 'Cause for posters on this board "Grond-shaped" is clearer than "four-armed"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJR Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? 'Cause for posters on this board "Grond-shaped" is clearer than "four-armed"! If I had just used four-armed he might have got the idea that they were more human looking like a catavalan. By using Grond-shaped he gets the idea that it's a powerful, muscular looking creature with a somewhat bestial appearance. But yes, basically I figured we would all know what Grond-shaped meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted May 8, 2004 Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? What are 'revisioned Morlocks'? You're not talking about Stephen Baxter's sequel to The Time Machine are you? I meant the ones from the recent movie. A race of underground psionic maneaters. Well, some of them, anyway. Keith "Now don't start splittin' hairs" Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunrunner Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? If anyone has Fantasy Hero Grimoire, there's a picture of one on the very last page after the index. At least I'm almost certain that's a Migdalar from the descriptions given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted May 9, 2004 Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 Re: What the heck is a Migdalar? Yes, that's a Migdalar; that's a copy of the illo from MMM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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