19 Dec 2023:
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More Darkus and swing rate calculations, now for 666 out of 799 creatures. More Atkus-to-hit calculations, currently done for 591 creatures.
Five long-missing seasonal (but consistently-spawning) creatures were added, the:
Kolar Bear, 
Snow Rudremau, 
Snow Haremau Kitten, 
Snow Yorilla, 
Glacial Greymyr, plus several new creatures that were found last month in the new Org Sanctuary on Centaur Island, the:
Moss Scorp, 
Bark Scorp, 
Azul Scorp, 
Mobius Scorp, 
Boss Scorp (unique names), 
Mobius Scorp, 
Spriggin Parasol, 
Orion, and two creatures found in the Shadowplane Ocean recently, the:
Dreamdrinker, and the 
Seasylvan.
Finally, six creatures were declared "extinct", the Darshak War Hound, the Wildew, the Hardew, the Grandew, the Wickedew, and the Darshak Tug. If any of these are ever spotted again, let me know!
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More Darkus and swing rate calculations, now for 585 out of 790 creatures.
Additionally, I have calculated the Atkus required to hit for a large number of creatures in the land (currently done for 497 creatures). The number reported is the Atkus required to hit a creature with complete accuracy (95%) with a perfectly-timed swing during normal combat. This value does not account for base racial Atkus or weapon Atkus bonuses. Thus you will normally find you will often hit a creature quite well about 30-50 Atkus "earlier" than expected based on the values I have reported.
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I have been carefully measuring the swing rate and damage dealt by many monsters, having currently measured 517 out of the roughly 790 creatures normally found in the lands. Any monster with a swing rate marker has been precisely measured for both swing rate and Darkus. Around 256 creatures remain to be tested (some monsters are too rare to be measured, like the Fire Drake).
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The opening of Cimmbrion's Castle was noted and more fully explored, containing new beasts:
Ona Warrior, 
Ona Berserker, 
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A further part of the Shadowplane was explored, containing new beasts:
Blind Adumbration, 
Minor Adumbration, 
Visionary Adumbration, 
Shadow Steed, 
Tracer Ray, 
Shadow Spinner, 
Gnasher, 
Shadow Mantis, 
Ill Cub, 
Shadow Strand, 
Fumehorn Colossus, 
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A new part of the high eastern mountains was discovered, the Silversnag Ascent, in which was found:
Silvercrag Greymyr, 
Silverfir Scion, 
Silverfir Colossus, 
Father Silversnag, 
Burrowing Bear, 
White Winter Foxrein, 
Clucking Cavalry, 
Pir-Ta Owl, 
Glacial Guardian, and one very rare beast, the:
Ghost Vulture.
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Several more Shadow beasts were found during our entry of their plane, the
Turbulent Manifestation, 
Longwalker, 
Oneiromantic Grub, 
Mirkmyr Mechanic, along with two missing "seasonal" monsters from the cold and snowy north field,
Frostbite Meshra, 
Solstimander, and one missing monster from the spooky village, the
Nutritious Pumpkin.
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Several new Shadow beasts were found during an invasion of our planes, the
Penumbryx, 
Lesser Penumbryx, 
Fragile Penumbryx, 
Penumbryx Shard, 
Shadow Hunter, 
Shadowbug, 
Grasping Horror, Three monsters found deep within the Vale that was not previously described, the
Heartwood Hierophant, 
Charged Chunk, 
Shambling Silver, Two monsters unique to the Ancient Bear Caves were added, the:
Mountain Bear Momma, 
Mountain Bear Cub, and four found in the spooky village that were not previously described:
Jack o' Liche, 
Pumpkin Bomb, Haunted Pumpkin, Exploding Pumpkin, and one long-missing Darshak from Ash City/Barrens:
Darshak Senior Officer.
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Several new areas have been discovered since the last major update. First, deep within Gho-Wei Island, inside the Haunted Fane, the following monsters were first found:
Rotting Stare, 
Rotting Corpse, 
High Priestess Shadow, 
Gho-Wei Carnivant, and the 
Gho Shadow,
Then the entrance to Abyss 3 was discovered, containing two unique monsters, the:
Whispering Horror, and the
Ebon Wraith,
Finally, a large new area of the Eastern Mountains was uncovered after the collapse of a barrier. A new family of monster ("Stone Elemental") was discovered in the "Shadowspring Citadel" found deep within this Vale of Giants. The following creatures were uniquely or first identified there:
Foxweir Friend,
Dark Rift,
Nyrm,
Deathhawk,
Crimsonhawk,
Angry Fledgling,
Badger,
Storm Incarnate,
Otissa Snake,
Thornwood Colossus,
Tree Colossus,
Grove Guardian,
Cedar Colossus,
Granite Greymyr,
Greymyr Pusher,
Greymyr Shover,
Gilded Greymyr,
Greisen Greymyr,
Moltenmyr,
Igneous Greymyr,
Augite Greymyr,
Sundering Stone,
Shambling Stone,
Precarious Pebble.
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A new spooky village was found to the east of the Ash Barrens mausoleum. This area is permanently open, not seasonally. Within this area are found:
Spooky Pumpkin, 
Spooky Pumpkin, 
Dark Myotis, 
Moonlight Messenger, 
Gorged Gull, 
Dour Dowager, 
Lord Pumpkin, 
Darshak Pumpkomancer,
Also the long missing:
Darshak Clipper.
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It turns out that Bison and Goats are in the same family -- it is unclear if this has always been the case, or if it changed last year. In any case, the families are collapsed now. Thanks, Leyenda!
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The first new creatures in more than two years have been discovered on Gho-Wei Island!
Eolith Crawler, 
Rust Blymoid, 
Bamboo Wildcat, 
Bamboo Mantis, 
Sao-La Starstag, 
Sao-La Starfawn, 
Flint Foxweir, 
Bluff Billy Goat, 
Dark Myotis, 
Dar'Kin, 
Dar'Kin Thrall, 
Ore Weaver Arachne, 
Nocturne Wendecka, 
Aurora Wendecka, 
Elder Tae-Su, 
Mako Mouth, 
Indigo Crowlet, 
Indigo Ravenhawk, 
Komodo Drakewyrm, 
Skeletal Hunger, 
Skeletal Monk, 
Gho-Wei Inkling, 
Gho-Wei Ghoulish, 
Withering Priestess, 
Dar'Kin Shadow, 
Fuu Nomad Shadow, 
Pan Guardian Shadow, 
Fang Warrior Shadow, 
Su Monk Shadow, 
Rai-Koon, 
Rocky Rai-Koon, 
Red Bandit, 
Pan-Dai Bear, and the 
Monsoon Drake.
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Added two more long-absent creatures thanks to Leinis. The Silverback Wendecka and the Darshak Punk. Foxweir Pup and Torched Fervor live sketches added; only three creatures to go, as the Wildew, Hardew, and Grandew appear to be extinct!
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Fixed some longstanding bugs in the bestiary code. Unicode characters are now actually supported! I had fixed this for the search page a while back, but not anywhere else.
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Placesholders have been added for several new and long-missing creatures, which will be added more formally when I get a chance. A few long-missing live creature sketches have been added—thanks Leinis. The family for Terrabite was fixed (is Insect, was listed as Crustacean).
Six long-missing creatures: the Silverback Night Wendecka, the Paradise Butterfly, the Greater Blymoid, the Hooded Guardian, the Skeletal Guardian, and the Greater Guardian.
Three new monsters have been discovered: the Mauling Spirit, the Damaged Spirit, and the Crushing Spirit. Placeholders have been added for these as well.
Two new hostile spirits have been discovered: the spirit of Giayl, and the spirits of the missing fighter trainers. Again placeholders have been added.
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Added two creatures that have started to appear in the Eastern Mountains. The
Hungry Mountain Bear and the 
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Fixed some bugs with the search engine. Sorting now works again; turns out I broke it while moving to Noivad's clanlord.net server a couple years ago. A few other little bugs fixed too. Searching is now faster... although since it was "instantaneous" before I'm not sure how much that optimization mattered.
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Added one long-missing creature, the:
Rare Vulture,
And several newly-discovered creatures in the Eastern Mountains, the:
Overgrown Greymyr,
Mountain Greymyr,
Ice'Kin,
Gruff Mountain Goat,
Alpine Goat,
Toisicle,
Blephat,
Mountain Rat,
Electrified Fogbank,
Raven,
Rifter,
Terrabite,
Young Org,
Org,
Mammoth Org,
16 November 2014:
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Added one creature which has been missing from the bestiary for years, the:
Myrm Matriarch
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All coin data in the bestiary have been revised using real data as opposed to the rough estimates from before. This is collated from 12 people and around 1.5 million entries. Some revisions will take place as I account for Skea/Dentir training, but generally the estimates can be trusted except for higher value furs (> 20c), where the reported average value is LOWER than the true average. In the near future -- I hope -- I will add data on the range and full statistics on all monsters. I have written some code that helps Mac users pull out all of their skinning data, but I will work on a script that does the same for PC users... maybe.
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Added the long-missing Mammoth Org to the bestiary. This exotic and beautiful creature (perhaps named after its brilliant namesake) is rarely found near the Ensconcement Village. I will add the smaller Org once I get solid data about it.
Mammoth Org.
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Added a couple long-missing creatures to the bestiary:
Mountain Bear Chieftain, found in the Estuary Bear Den, and the 
Whipper Wyrm, found in a small cave off Greymyr Village.
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A few creatures are found in the deep estuary which I had not previously listed. These are the:
Lunar Bear Guardian, 
Hungry Hungry Hellebore, and the 
"Super" Crookbeak Kestrel, which is a distinct study from the regular Kestrel-
A new area has been found off of the Bison Plains, deep in from the Estuary. Several creatures unique to the area have been discovered:
Tawny Yorilla, 
Utsanna Tawny Yorilla, 
Fledgling Kestrel, 
Shadowcat Warqueen, 
Lowland Panther, 
Mountain Panther, 
Hungry Hell Boar, and the
Mountain Goat-
Massive update to histia statistics of monsters. Now much more accurate. Creature damage numbers still wildly variable in accuracy. Also some minor under the hood updates / code improvements.
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Addition of one rare monster from the estuary highlands, the
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I have received a visionstone from Stonehand of the snowy mountain part of the estuary highlands. Several creatures can uniquely be found there:
Alpine Timber Feral, 
Frost Foxweir, 
Abominable Snow Yorilla, 
Frost Yorilla, 
Blizzard Greymyr, 
Glacier Bear Cub, 
Glacier Bear, 
Snowstag, and the 
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A nearby high mountain pass has been discovered, a bit further away from the estuary and likely linking to the greymyr mountains and mountain glen, although such a connection has not been made. Many new creatures have been found in this land, including the:
Shadowcat Huntress, 
Giant River Lizard, 
Hickory Giant, 
Sky Bison, 
Mountain Bison, and the 
Wild Stallion.
Many other new creatures are found in this area and to be added to the bestiary at a further date.
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A new mountain range has been discovered, near the estuary. Many new creatures have been found here, including the:
Fickle Foxweir, 
Fleet Foxweir, 
Mountain Bear, 
Mountain Grizzly Bear, 
Dire Bear, 
Smoky Bear, 
Lost Bear, 
Solar Bear, 
Mountain Wasp, 
Swarm of Bees, 
Mountain Krait, 
Shadowcat, and the 
Starstag.
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Removed the Fenix. Switched hosts to clanlord.net (thank you Noivad!!). Thanks to Shakyamuni for hosting me for so many years on puddleby.net.
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Added three missing creatures, the
Striped Seasteed, 
Royal Seahorse, the 
Mazarine Crawler, and the similar-looking Booty Crawler.
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Past news archived.