Ye Olde Inn

by **Nephew of Mentor** » December 18th, 2012, 8:59 pm

On the back of the Kellar's Keep quest book is an image of 6 different creatures with the phrase "The Minions of Morcar" below them. Going from top to bottom, left to right there is a Fimir, skeleton, orc, chaos warrior, goblin, and there is a tiny guy between the Chaos warrior's legs. What is this? Is this a snotling? Or is it just a goblin runt? I know nothing about snotlings except for the images I've seen on this site, what do you folks think?

The rendering of the monsters in this picture is just awful and I'm glad they left it out of the NA version. The goblin and orc look silly with their long, spindly arms and legs, and what's up with that fimir? It looks like a plucked chicken floating in the air, and where are the skeletons legs?

I think the little green monster is an undersized goblin. I don't think this artist did much research into the typical rendering of these creatures.

by **Nephew of Mentor** » December 19th, 2012, 11:20 am

I like to act like it is a snotling, though it could certainly be a runt as blackthorn says. I'm a semi purist, so this depiction gives me justification for including them in any expansion I might make. How many of you guys have noticed that before?

by **knightkrawler** » December 19th, 2012, 11:43 am

Blackthorn wrote:I don't this artist did much research into the typical rendering of these creatures.

...although the Fimir, when compared to art and miniatures of the mid-80s, looks accurate enough...
The little guy has to be something different from a goblin. Why two goblins when every monster type is there only once? Why confuse the beholder about how a goblin should look typically?
But why the fraggle include another type of monster that's not included as a miniature?

Oh well, the answer must be:
We all know HQ artwork in general leaves something to be desired context-wise...