Greenwing hornet - Revision history

SPYRIDONM3: HPs (170), natural armor ASG 8 double leather equivalent, log2 creature description, melee|bolt DS, MjE|MnE TD, no treasure, other info

2021-05-27T22:47:51Z

HPs (170), natural armor ASG 8 double leather equivalent, log2 creature description, melee|bolt DS, MjE|MnE TD, no treasure, other info

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	\| ABA = <!-- Special abilities right column, use respective corresponding right column as needed for misc info -->		\| ABA = Fatigue (lower AS/DS)<!-- Special abilities right column, use respective corresponding right column as needed for misc info -->
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	\| asg = <!-- Insert asg # and template will automatically convert to include type of armor -->		\| asg = 8N<!-- Insert asg # and template will automatically convert to include type of armor -->
	\| IMM1 = <!-- add IMM2 (up to 15) for additional immunities -->		\| IMM1 = <!-- add IMM2 (up to 15) for additional immunities -->
	\| Melee =		\| Melee = 132
	\| Ranged =		\| Ranged =
	\| Bolt =		\| Bolt = 120
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	\| magic items =		\| magic items = No
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	\| other =		\| other =
	\| skin = a hornet stinger		\| skin = a hornet stinger
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	==Other information==		==Other information==
			The greenwing hornet has a sting maneuver that will cause fatigue which results in a loss of both attack and defensive strength.

			<pre{{log2\|margin-right=26em}}>With blinding speed, a greenwing hornet buzzes around behind you and stings you in a vulnerable spot!

			You begin to feel a strange fatigue, spreading throughout your body.

			Your body begins to respond normally again.</pre>

	The nettle berries outside the bower will unpoison you, which is a joke because nettle berries are poisonous.		The nettle berries outside the bower will unpoison you, which is a joke because nettle berries are poisonous.
	==Behind the Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==

MOD-GSMOTTE: Added log2 around the creature text.

2021-03-28T12:54:03Z

Added log2 around the creature text.

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	If it wasn't for the huge size of this hornet, you might even call it kinda cute. The fuzzy body measures about 8 inches long and almost that big around. The wings are moving so fast that it seems as though the hornet is surrounded with a faint green haze. Darting here and there, with an agility astonishing in something this pudgy looking, it's enough to make one think twice before getting too close!		<pre{{log2\|margin-right=26em}}>If it wasn't for the huge size of this hornet, you might even call it kinda cute. The fuzzy body measures about 8 inches long and almost that big around. The wings are moving so fast that it seems as though the hornet is surrounded with a faint green haze. Darting here and there, with an agility astonishing in something this pudgy looking, it's enough to make one think twice before getting too close!</pre>

	==Hunting strategies==		==Hunting strategies==

SPYRIDONM3: Added stinger attack

2021-03-25T23:04:02Z

Added stinger attack

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	\| PAA =		\| PAA = 172
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GS4-XERAPHINA: updated family to wasp, removed outdated play.net bestiary link, added link to hornet on wikipedia.

2020-06-28T15:06:28Z

updated family to wasp, removed outdated play.net bestiary link, added link to hornet on wikipedia.

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	\| level = 18<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->		\| level = 18<!-- This will also be used at the end of the page in the Near level creature template -->
	\| family = ~~Hornet~~<!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->		\| family = Wasp <!-- Add creature to family page list, which will be linked on preview/save -->
	\| type = Insect<!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Insect<!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = Living <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Living <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
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	== References ==		== References ==
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornet Hornet on Wikipedia]
	* [http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1393 Greenwing hornet on Play.net bestiary]

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GS4-XERAPHINA at 21:00, 19 March 2020

2020-03-19T21:00:34Z

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	\| otherclass = <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Living <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
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	[[Category:Living creatures]]

GS4-XERAPHINA: added living creatures category

2020-03-19T03:39:14Z

added living creatures category

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	[[Category:~~Castle Anwyn~~ creatures]]		[[Category:Living creatures]]

GS4-SOTSONA: Updated to Template:Creature start2

2019-04-07T11:11:57Z

Updated to Template:Creature start2

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VANKRASN39: bts fix

2017-10-30T17:18:08Z

bts fix

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	==Other information==		==Other information==
	The nettle berries outside the bower will unpoison you, which is a joke because nettle berries are poisonous.		The nettle berries outside the bower will unpoison you, which is a joke because nettle berries are poisonous.
	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	Mythologically, bees are supposed to be able to travel back and forth from the underworld, like the [[moaning spirit]]s can implicitly. More narrowly, their presence in [[Castle Anwyn]] may be related to the Lady of the Lake, the sorcerous queen of Avalon (Annwn) whom Arthur received Excalibur. One of her rumored true dwelling places is Loch Arthur in Scotland, which is next to the village of Beeswing. This was named after a famous 19th century [[Ghostly pooka\|mare]] from thoroughbred racing. The Lady of the Lake was the one who bewitched and imprisoned Merlin, whose enchanted tomb in pseudo-etymology is the root of [[Castle Anwyn#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Glastonbury Abbey]]. This would refer to the sorcerous queen mother of [[Terate]], who otherwise appears to be based on Morgan le Fay (mother of Owain), possible crossed to some extent with Morgause (witch-queen mother of Gawain and Mordred.)		Mythologically, bees are supposed to be able to travel back and forth from the underworld, like the [[moaning spirit]]s can implicitly. More narrowly, their presence in [[Castle Anwyn]] may be related to the Lady of the Lake, the sorcerous queen of Avalon (Annwn) whom Arthur received Excalibur. One of her rumored true dwelling places is Loch Arthur in Scotland, which is next to the village of Beeswing. This was named after a famous 19th century [[Ghostly pooka\|mare]] from thoroughbred racing. The Lady of the Lake was the one who bewitched and imprisoned Merlin, whose enchanted tomb in pseudo-etymology is the root of [[Castle Anwyn#Behind the Scenes\|Glastonbury Abbey]]. This would refer to the sorcerous queen mother of [[Terate]], who otherwise appears to be based on Morgan le Fay (mother of Owain), possible crossed to some extent with Morgause (witch-queen mother of Gawain and Mordred.)

	Castle Anwyn has subtle relations with [[Shadow Valley]], most explicitly seen in the presence of the [[moaning spirit]]s. Among these is the [[Ghostly pooka\|pooka]]s, trickster shapeshifters in Celtic folklore, who usually take the form of horses in heavy chains. (Thus, they might simply refer to faeries as insect-like or warring with insects, such as the nineteenth century poetic allegory "The [[Castle Anwyn#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Fresh Water]] Siren" about the [[Giant fog beetle\|great water beetle]] which could obliquely relate to the Lovecraftian [[Black Hel#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|"Shadow out of Time"]] premise of the insect race following the end of mankind, or even the plates of Arthur Rackham which were featured in many of the related source stories.) The word "mare" descends from goblin-like creature in Germanic folklore that ride the chest of their victims giving them nightmares, and when they are shape-shifting they often take the form of wasps. The word "mare" actually comes from the Old English word for "incubus", which are nightmare demons who sire cambions like Merlin, which is especially relevant because of [[Terate]]'s [[Eye of the Drake#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|half-demonic]] state in the Vvrael quest. The Greek demon of nightmares is the giant Ephialtes, whose name means "[[spotted leaper#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|leaper]]."		Castle Anwyn has subtle relations with [[Shadow Valley]], most explicitly seen in the presence of the [[moaning spirit]]s. Among these is the [[Ghostly pooka\|pooka]]s, trickster shapeshifters in Celtic folklore, who usually take the form of horses in heavy chains. (Thus, they might simply refer to faeries as insect-like or warring with insects, such as the nineteenth century poetic allegory "The [[Castle Anwyn#Behind the Scenes\|Fresh Water]] Siren" about the [[Giant fog beetle\|great water beetle]] which could obliquely relate to the Lovecraftian [[Black Hel#Behind the Scenes\|"Shadow out of Time"]] premise of the insect race following the end of mankind, or even the plates of Arthur Rackham which were featured in many of the related source stories.) The word "mare" descends from goblin-like creature in Germanic folklore that ride the chest of their victims giving them nightmares, and when they are shape-shifting they often take the form of wasps. The word "mare" actually comes from the Old English word for "incubus", which are nightmare demons who sire cambions like Merlin, which is especially relevant because of [[Terate]]'s [[Eye of the Drake#Behind the Scenes\|half-demonic]] state in the Vvrael quest. The Greek demon of nightmares is the giant Ephialtes, whose name means "[[spotted leaper#Behind the Scenes\|leaper]]."

	Another more obscure motivation for the bees may be [[Mount Aenatumgana]], where "gana" likely refers to the attendants of Shiva. The analogous event of a demonic force going to the mountain to kill the gods is Arunasura, who could not be killed by any two or four legged creature. So the demon was ultimately destroyed by a vast swarm of [[Vaespilon#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|hornets, wasps, bees,]] and so on. This is relevant because Shiva is a later form of Indra, the slayer of the [[Castle Varunar\|Vedic]] serpent demon Vritra, who appears to be the partial basis of the [[Shadow Valley]] story and may be the base of the word [[Vvrael]]. There was also a Cherokee myth of a large bird resembling a greenwing hornet that kidnapped children much like the faeries of Celtic folklore.		Another more obscure motivation for the bees may be [[Mount Aenatumgana]], where "gana" likely refers to the attendants of Shiva. The analogous event of a demonic force going to the mountain to kill the gods is Arunasura, who could not be killed by any two or four legged creature. So the demon was ultimately destroyed by a vast swarm of [[Vaespilon#Behind the Scenes\|hornets, wasps, bees,]] and so on. This is relevant because Shiva is a later form of Indra, the slayer of the [[Castle Varunar\|Vedic]] serpent demon Vritra, who appears to be the partial basis of the [[Shadow Valley]] story and may be the base of the word [[Vvrael]]. There was also a Cherokee myth of a large bird resembling a greenwing hornet that kidnapped children much like the faeries of Celtic folklore.

	== References ==		== References ==

INIQUITY: behind the scenes: add miscellaneous speculations about possible relevance of greenwing hornets

2017-05-16T05:10:47Z

behind the scenes: add miscellaneous speculations about possible relevance of greenwing hornets

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	The nettle berries outside the bower will unpoison you, which is a joke because nettle berries are poisonous.		The nettle berries outside the bower will unpoison you, which is a joke because nettle berries are poisonous.
	==Behind The Scenes==		==Behind The Scenes==
	Mythologically, bees are supposed to be able to travel back and forth from the underworld, like the [[moaning spirit]]s can implicitly. More narrowly, their presence in [[Castle Anwyn]] may be related to the Lady of the Lake, the sorcerous queen of Avalon (Annwn) whom Arthur received Excalibur. One of her rumored true dwelling places is Loch Arthur in Scotland, which is next to the village of Beeswing. This was named after a famous 19th century [[Ghostly pooka\|mare]] from thoroughbred racing. The Lady of the Lake was the one who bewitched and imprisoned Merlin, whose enchanted tomb in pseudo-etymology is the root of [[Castle Anwyn#Behind The Scenes\|Glastonbury Abbey]]. This would refer to the sorcerous queen mother of [[Terate]], who otherwise appears to be based on Morgan le Fay.		Mythologically, bees are supposed to be able to travel back and forth from the underworld, like the [[moaning spirit]]s can implicitly. More narrowly, their presence in [[Castle Anwyn]] may be related to the Lady of the Lake, the sorcerous queen of Avalon (Annwn) whom Arthur received Excalibur. One of her rumored true dwelling places is Loch Arthur in Scotland, which is next to the village of Beeswing. This was named after a famous 19th century [[Ghostly pooka\|mare]] from thoroughbred racing. The Lady of the Lake was the one who bewitched and imprisoned Merlin, whose enchanted tomb in pseudo-etymology is the root of [[Castle Anwyn#Behind The Scenes\|Glastonbury Abbey]]. This would refer to the sorcerous queen mother of [[Terate]], who otherwise appears to be based on Morgan le Fay (mother of Owain), possible crossed to some extent with Morgause (witch-queen mother of Gawain and Mordred.)

	Castle Anwyn has subtle relations with [[Shadow Valley]], most explicitly seen in the presence of the [[moaning spirit]]s. Among these is the [[Ghostly pooka\|pooka]]s, trickster shapeshifters in Celtic folklore, who usually take the form of horses in heavy chains. The word "mare" descends from goblin-like creature in Germanic folklore that ride the chest of their victims giving them nightmares, and when they are shape-shifting they often take the form of wasps. The word "mare" actually comes from the Old English for "incubus", which are nightmare demons who sire cambions like Merlin, which is especially relevant because of [[Terate]]'s [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|half-demonic]] state in the Vvrael quest. The Greek demon of nightmares is the giant Ephialtes, whose name means "[[spotted leaper#Behind The Scenes\|leaper]]."		Castle Anwyn has subtle relations with [[Shadow Valley]], most explicitly seen in the presence of the [[moaning spirit]]s. Among these is the [[Ghostly pooka\|pooka]]s, trickster shapeshifters in Celtic folklore, who usually take the form of horses in heavy chains. (Thus, they might simply refer to faeries as insect-like or warring with insects, such as the nineteenth century poetic allegory "The [[Castle Anwyn#Behind The Scenes\|Fresh Water]] Siren" about the [[Giant fog beetle\|great water beetle]] which could obliquely relate to the Lovecraftian [[Black Hel#Behind The Scenes\|"Shadow out of Time"]] premise of the insect race following the end of mankind, or even the plates of Arthur Rackham which were featured in many of the related source stories.) The word "mare" descends from goblin-like creature in Germanic folklore that ride the chest of their victims giving them nightmares, and when they are shape-shifting they often take the form of wasps. The word "mare" actually comes from the Old English word for "incubus", which are nightmare demons who sire cambions like Merlin, which is especially relevant because of [[Terate]]'s [[Eye of the Drake#Behind The Scenes\|half-demonic]] state in the Vvrael quest. The Greek demon of nightmares is the giant Ephialtes, whose name means "[[spotted leaper#Behind The Scenes\|leaper]]."

	Another more obscure motivation for the bees may be [[Mount Aenatumgana]], where "gana" likely refers to the attendants of Shiva. The analogous event of a demonic force going to the mountain to kill the gods is Arunasura, who could not be killed by any two or four legged creature. So the demon was ultimately destroyed by a vast swarm of [[Vaespilon#Behind The Scenes\|hornets, wasps, bees,]] and so on. This is relevant because Shiva is a later form of Indra, the slayer of the [[Castle Varunar\|Vedic]] serpent demon Vritra, who appears to be the partial basis of the [[Shadow Valley]] story and may be the base of the word [[Vvrael]].		Another more obscure motivation for the bees may be [[Mount Aenatumgana]], where "gana" likely refers to the attendants of Shiva. The analogous event of a demonic force going to the mountain to kill the gods is Arunasura, who could not be killed by any two or four legged creature. So the demon was ultimately destroyed by a vast swarm of [[Vaespilon#Behind The Scenes\|hornets, wasps, bees,]] and so on. This is relevant because Shiva is a later form of Indra, the slayer of the [[Castle Varunar\|Vedic]] serpent demon Vritra, who appears to be the partial basis of the [[Shadow Valley]] story and may be the base of the word [[Vvrael]]. There was also a Cherokee myth of a large bird resembling a greenwing hornet that kidnapped children much like the faeries of Celtic folklore.

	== References ==		== References ==

KILORAGE2 at 17:53, 6 May 2017

2017-05-06T17:53:48Z

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