June 07, 2011

Preliminary list of altered animals

Sadly I currently have neither access to After The Bomb nor to Metamorphosis Alpha 4th Edition, both of which I intended to mine for more interesting altered animal archetypes. Thus Gamma World 4th Edition has to server as well as my own creativity. Here is a preliminary list of altered animal templates I am going to include in Gaia Gamma:
  • Alligator
  • Ant
  • Armadillo
  • Badger
  • Bat
  • Bear
  • Bee
  • Boar
  • Bull
  • Camel
  • Cat
  • Chameleon
  • Cheetah
  • Cow
  • Crab
  • Cougar
  • Crab
  • Deer
  • Dog
  • Duck
  • Eagle
  • Elephant
  • Fox
  • Frog
  • Gnu
  • Gorilla
  • Grashopper
  • Hawk
  • Horse
  • Hornet
  • Kangaroo
  • Lion
  • Lizard
  • Lynx
  • Monkey
  • Mosquito
  • Octopus
  • Ostrich
  • Otter
  • Owl
  • Panther
  • Parrot
  • Pig
  • Porcupine
  • Praying Mantis
  • Raccoon
  • Rhinoceros
  • Sea Lion (Seal)
  • Shark
  • Sheep, Bighorn
  • Spider
  • Skunk
  • Snake
  • Spider
  • Squirrel, Flying
  • Squirrel
  • Termite
  • Tiger
  • Turtle
  • Vulture
  • Wasp
  • Weasel
  • Wolf
Tell me - are important archetypes missing? What else would you like to see? I'm pretty sure I forgot some obvious ones but hey, it's a start ;-)

I am BTW very happy to have a number of wonderful altered animal line art images that will be used in Gaia Gamma - the first of which you see to the top right. More will grace future blog posts about altered animals.

3 comments:

  1. I've got a few faves that could be included...

    ) Aardvark
    ) Anteater
    ) Dolphin (and/or Whale)
    ) Hyena
    ) Scorpion
    ) Snail
    ) Tapir
    ) Walrus

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  2. And the following highlights of altered animaldom had been missing so far, too:

    - Beaver
    - Bison
    - Butterfly
    - Chicken
    - Donkey
    - Goat
    - Giraffe
    - Hamster
    - Hare
    - Hedgehog
    - Hippopotamus
    - Lama
    - Panda
    - Penguin
    - Pidgeon
    - Rat
    - Salamander
    - Squid
    - Toad
    - Worm
    Wikipedia helped here, as usual: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names
    And Rick Waltons list also was immensely helpful:
    http://www.rickwalton.com/curricul/lanimals.htm

    By now I believe the list is complete enough if nobody thinks otherwise. It will be pretty hard as is to make the various animals interesting enough ;-)

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