new creature?

ismugglecows · Post by **ismugglecows** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 7:57 pm

Here is a creature i just drew last night when it popped into my head i was kinda sleepy so you can see where i was falling asleep when i was drawing it. it is just a quick sketch so tell me what you think!

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:06 pm

It's a nice sketch, but I don't think griffons are mentioned in ES lore.

ismugglecows · Post by **ismugglecows** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:18 pm

i didn't mean for it to be a griffon, don't griffons have a lions head?

Dr.Evil · Post by **Dr.Evil** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:29 pm

i really like this one. would be great as an oversized bossmonster.....

Arthmodeus · Post by **Arthmodeus** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:32 pm

It's a nice sketch, but I don't think griffons are mentioned in ES lore.

Um, yes they are. In fact, Spider did a concept of it a while ago. I believe that they are in the concept section of the Main Site.

Dexter · Post by **Dexter** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:38 pm

Oh yeah, he did do a concept, didn't he. I don't think the sketch is in the concept art section, but I remember the drawing. I'll go browse through the old concept art threads to see if I can find it.
Edit: Found it
[url]http://tamriel-rebuilt.org/old_forum/download.php?id=2319[/url]

Arthmodeus · Post by **Arthmodeus** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:44 pm

Griffins/Gryphons inhabit High Rock and parts of Hammerfell; usually living in cliffs and such. They could be similar to Harpies locationwise.

@ismugglecows: Good concept! It looks like you've spent a while on the feathers.

ismugglecows · Post by **ismugglecows** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:46 pm

the feathers were the first part i did so i wasnt really that tired but when i did the back is when i was falling asleep

Gez · Post by **Gez** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 8:49 pm

Dexter wrote:It's a nice sketch, but I don't think griffons are mentioned in ES lore.

Well, they nearly were, since harpies in Daggerfall were probably intended to be griffons first (they all carried griffon feathers...).

Silverwood · Post by **Silverwood** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 3:40 pm

The picture was great and very detailed, but I don't think Gryphons would be very good in morrowind. I can see the lore mentioning it because it is such a fascinating creature, but I think if we're going to start putting creatures like Gryphons, the games mind set will change alot. It will seem more like a game based on an old time fable, so i think we should stick to Dragons And Cliffracers. But the gryphon would make a good one time creature, maybe the last of the Gryphon race.

Still gotta love the drawing, tho!

Arthmodeus · Post by **Arthmodeus** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:28 pm

The picture was great and very detailed, but I don't think Gryphons would be very good in morrowind. I can see the lore mentioning it because it is such a fascinating creature, but I think if we're going to start putting creatures like Gryphons, the games mind set will change alot. It will seem more like a game based on an old time fable, so i think we should stick to Dragons And Cliffracers. But the gryphon would make a good one time creature, maybe the last of the Gryphon race.

Still gotta love the drawing, tho!

Gryphons are in lore, though. They just don't inhabit Morrowind. Heck, they might even be in TES:IV.

der gottlose · Post by **der gottlose** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 8:27 pm

Arth: Don't you just love it when people don't read?

Oh and this is priceless:

i think we should stick to Dragons And Cliffracers

Heh. Just my annoying pessimism, etc.

The_Warder · Post by **The_Warder** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:57 pm

where are we on this it would be perfect for a caveor something.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:19 pm

Not in morrowind. And it is definitely not a cave creature.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 11:51 pm

Griffons would be a mountain/cliff-dwelling creature. In classical mythology they live in eyries, like eagles do (big flat nests in the craggy bits of mountains).

I know what you mean about it changing the mindset of the game, Silverwood; if TR includes a lot of stock mythological beasts it won't seem like another world anymore, just a generic fantasy yarn, but you've got to bear in mind that there's an entire continent to populate.
TES does have a lot of tried-and-tested fantasy creatures in its bestiary (minotaurs and trolls etc, that we'll be seeing in Oblivion), but Morrowind is perhaps the most alien habitat there is in Tamriel, so we saw little that wasn't weird and wonderful new stuff.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 2:05 am

hmm...Maybe it shouldn't be a LIVE griffon. Are there any mentionings disproving the existence of Giffhon Centurions?

It would make since they make atleast one machine to ride / fly if it can...right?