Would anyone be interested in a game based around the Baby Bestiary and Baby Bestiary 2 by Metal Weave Games, two systemless handbooks about caring for and raising younger, cuter versions of typical fantasy RPG monsters as friends, companions, and/or guardians rather than slaying them?

The system used would be Mythic, very simple and easy to pick-up. Neither the Baby Bestiary nor Mythic would be needed for the game. Basically I'm just curious to know if anyone would be interested in a game about raising young fantasy/mythology/folklore monsters like basilisks, centaurs, dragons, kitsune, kobolds, minotaurs, sphinxes, gargoyles, harpies, gorgons, ogres, trolls, satyrs, unicorns, etc.

Sounds fun. I'm game.

That sounds quite interesting. I'm in.

that sounds awesome, I'm in if it goes to game :)

I would probably be very interested in that!

interesting I could go for that :)

I'd be interested, I played in a similar game, though the monsters were not the cute variety, as a monster.

Well then, now that I know some people are interested, my second question is if anyone would still be interested if it is a game that doesn't focus on Pokémon-style combat pitting monster versus monster, but instead more on finding, rearing, and training baby monsters, and protecting them from poachers, with the characters as part of an order of beastmasters or something like that?

Sounds good.

I'm still interested :)

That sounds cool to me as well though I am not familiar with the Mythic system

I'm still interested.

Should still be fun. It would be pretty cool to include some sentient/sapient creatures as well so they can have fun subplots and the like with their trainers/adopted parents.

Would youngling monsters be available as PCs, or would they be strictly NPCs?

Mythic is a system by Tom Pigeon, published by Word Mill Publishing. Characters are comprised of a summary (basically your character's concept, a paragraph that tells who your character is), their innate Attributes (Strength, Agility, Reflex, IQ, Intuition, Willpower, and Toughness), their Abilities (skills, talents, powers, etc. that the players make up themselves), Strengths and Weaknesses (what many other games might call merits and flaws, which give a bonus or penalty to certain areas that the character excels at or has difficult with, which are also made up by the players), and Notes (basically any other miscellaneous details the player feels like listing about their character, such as their appearance, age, any important people or organizations in their lives, equipment, and any other facts about the character that the player may want to keep track of). Attributes and Abilities are given a descriptive rank, ranging from Minuscule, Weak, Low, Below Average, Average, Above Average, High, Exceptional, Incredible, Awesome, and Superhuman

If you've ever used The Window system then this all might sound somewhat familiar.

Task Resolution and Combat is handled by comparing the ranks involved. If a character is performing an action that is being resisted by another character, then the ranks of the two relevant Attributes or Abilities are compared, any relevant modifiers that might cause a bonus or penalty to one side or the other are applied, and then a chart is consulted that gives the target number for success or failure. Rolling the target number or lower is good, rolling over the target number is bad. A really low roll is like a critical success and a really high roll is like a critical failure. If a player is not being resisted by another character and is instead based on simply how difficult an action is, then it functions the same way as the above except the character's rank is compared to an abstract rank that represents how difficult the action is.

That's pretty much most of it in a nutshell.



Between Baby Bestiary and Baby Bestiary 2, there are seventy-three creatures listed. Between all of them, their intelligence levels vary between being purely instinctual like a beast, having above average intelligence for a monster, and in some cases having intelligence that rivals or even surpasses that of the civilized races like humans and such.



I had been intending for the monsters to be NPCs, and as of right now my ideas are going in that direction as having the player characters as being humans and the creatures being NPCs.

Now then, one question that would help me consider a few things, for those interested which of the following creatures would you most be interested in as a companion? As these are the aforementioned seventy-three creatures available, do any of these monsters sound like ones that would be interesting to have as a companion?

Basilisk Lizardling
Blink Puppy
Bulette Billy
Centaur Foal
Cerberus Puppy
Chimera Cub
Cockatrice Chick
Couatl Neonate
Dragon Wyrmling
Elementlets
Eyelings, Dodomeki
Gelatinous Cubelet
Gnoll Cub
Griffin Hatchling
Hippocampus Fry
Kirin Foal
Kitsune Pup
Kobold Kid
Leviathan, Little
Manticore Cub
Mimicling
Minotaur Calf
Nightmare Colt
Owlbear Cubs
Phase Kitten
Phoenix Hatchling
Rakshasa Kitten
Rust Weevil
Sphinx Kitten
Titan Tyke
Treant Sapling
Wyvern Elver
Aboleth Spawn
Baku Calf
Balrog Emberling
Beithir Hatchling
Bugbear Kid
Djinayni
Dragon Turtlette
Elder Godspawn
Enfield Pup
Gargoyle Mouldling
Harpy Child
Hippogriff Foal
Hound Archon Pup
Hydra Snakelet
Kraken Paralarvae
Lightning Lizardling
Lizardfolk Whelp
Medusa Daughter
Myconid Sporeling
Naga Hatchlings
Ogre Magi Apprentice
Orcling
Otyugh Scrap
Pegasus Foal
Pertyon Hinulus
Psuedodragon Wyrmling
Purple Worm Violet
Remorhaz Chrystid
Satyr Foal
Sealion Pup
Shambling Tuffet
Shrieker Button
Simurgh Pup
Tarasque Hatchling
Tatzelwurm Kit
Troll Buddie
Troglodyte Tadpole
Umber Hulk Nymph
Unicorn Foal
Wolpertinger Kit
Xornlings
This message was last edited by the user at 23:47, Fri 25 Nov 2016.

Satyr foal, Medusa's Daughter and Gelatinous Cube are right up my ally, but I'll be happy to play a human.

Ah, I edited my above post because maybe my last question wasn't clear, forgive me. What I meant was from that list, which of those monsters would people most be interested in having as their player character's companion, not as which of those monsters they'd want to play as.

As in, depending on what types of monsters people are most interested in having be in the game, it would influence the kind of game that I might come up with, such as the setting, theme and tone, and how many players would work.

No worries. The same choices would be my top three to raise: Satyr, Gorgon or Gelatinous Cube.

For me, it would be: Troll Buddie, Wyvern Elver, and Gelatinous Cubelet. I'd be fine with any of the other choices, too.

All right then, since a few people are interested in this game concept, I have created the game so that I can discuss further about game ideas and such with those who are interested.

Below is the link:

link to another game
This message was last edited by the user at 04:26, Mon 28 Nov 2016.