So far no but she is thinking about adding one for a fourth monster.
This isnāt related to CoV in any way so I hardly think the same rules necessarily apply.
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Didnāt Sashira pretty explicitly state that monsters canāt interbreed? That could be my preconceptions talking though.
As I added I think she said something along those lines but I could be wrong. I canāt imagine Vampires, Demons, or Wendigos even breeding normally so I find it hard to believe they can interbreed.
LOL, now Iām thinking about my preferred pairing of Goblin and Wendigo and figuring weāll probably end up with a kid like Gollum.
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Nice response. Iām digging the passive aggressiveness.
Tell me, in your example, is the tiger an undead blood drinking parasite? Is the lion an eternally hungry scavenger that canāt die of starvation? Oh! Are either of them bodiless ghost things that feed on sex?
If they are, then that is a valid argument. If notā¦your argument is invalid, and everything youāre doing is bad.
Here you go:
This thread has gotten long, but if you use the search function, you can check a box for āSearch this topic.ā
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Apologies. Iām not aggressive either, just incredibly sarcastic. I was just pointing out that using two closely related animals ability to interbreed as an excuse for supernatural things to do so doesnāt really work.
Your argument is invalid is a reference to an oldish meme, and anyone who guesses where everything youāre doing is bad is from gets a cyber cookie.
@Durxa
Ghostbusters 2. Now where is my cyber cookie?
To stay on topic, interbreeding could be done by using some kind of magic, but I know that Sashira doesnāt want to have that in the game anyway.
Multiple three in fact but then in this it would be OP and Sashira said no with the possible exception of a new monster and even then she stated that it would more likely be a witch or something along those linesā¦
I would love to have Michaelās kidās powersā¦
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Yes, thanks, Iām still studying the language so youāll probably find more errors like this one.
@ballmot Congrats sir/madam, youāve won one free internet! (Iām all out of cookies)
It would be interesting if there was limited interbreeding, like maybe between closely related monsters. Demons of assorted flavors andā¦I donāt knowā¦goblins and gnomes. (No idea if gnomes even exist or are just another term for goblin)
@Durxa
This is a gnome
https://cataloguingshadows.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/gnome-armoursmall.jpg
And this is a goblin
They are pretty different 
I guess you could say that gnomes look a lot like dwarves.
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@ballmot I know but their general descriptions (short humanoids that arenāt attractive and are awesome with technology) are similar. Itād be funny if the mythology of gnomes was just humans misunderstanding encounters with Goblins.
@Durxa
keep in mind that goblins are less human than gnomes, since they are usually green, and gnomes are not always good with technology, because those would be dwarves.
Kinda confusing to be honest 
Iām thinking of DnD gnomes who are always seem to be quirky and mad scientisty. Thatās similar enough that I could see ignorant humans mixing it up.
After all, itās not like humans have recorded contact with any monster in centuries. If the encounters were all passed through word of mouth, I could see the fact that the little inventor that helped the hero was green being forgotten. Itās like that game where you all sit in a circle and person 1 tells person 2 a story, person 2 tells person 3, and at the end you see how much the storyās changed from the original. If the storyās been told for centuries, it probably isnāt that close to the original anymore.
Iām not even saying gnomes and goblins being the same thing is particularly likely, I just think itād be funny. Like if Taylor asks a goblin character about gnomes and you can get indignant about it.
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Oops, Springheel Jack is actually a Victorian legend. I was thinking of the Jersey Devil. Both are similar - has various descriptions according to various accounts, jumps out of nowhere and slashes its victims apart. Kind of like a supernatural Jack the Ripper.
The Apple Tree Man has its roots (no pun intended) in European legends, but came into his own in American tales. Iām trying to remember how the rhyme goes -
āMama had a penny, put it in a can
Left it for the moonlight and the Apple Tree Man.
He took the penny, and he left the can,
and now my brotherās gone away
with the Apple Tree Manā
He is a wise old spirit, like a demigod, who lives in an ancient tree. He isnāt evil but he is so powerful thereās no avoiding him, just possibly appeasing him. He can bless your orchard, teach you magic, or take away everything you love. Like a force of nature.
Interesting I already was semi-familiar with the Jersey Devil (I blame the Wolf Among Us [their take on Bloody Mary was rather interesting and terrifying at the same time]) but Iād never heard of the other two. I appreciate the answer to my question, though whatās your opinion on a monster codex?
Iāve been thinking of doing a sort of āCast of charactersā off of the stat screen, as you meet people. I can do a generic entry for each species you meet (like in the Witcher, where the āCharactersā list includes things like āTownspeople.ā)
A lot of these monsters are just fascinating to me, or things I might work into the sequel, or are briefly mentioned but wonāt appear (thereās a rokurokubi in the book you can read in the library, and I doubt you will be meeting one, at least in this game.) So if I include some of those, it would basically be āEaster Egg, listen to Sashira tell stories about monsters.ā Though obviously I like doing that, soā¦
As for American monsters/ones that have believers in the US, Bloody Mary is bloody fantastic. I also loved the Fables version of her. (I intend to read all of those when I get a chance, Iāve only played the game so far.) Paul Bunyan is meh but homegrown, we have our own spin on ghosts and haunted houses, and some Hollywood has crept into vampires and werewolves over the years. Originally vampires were frightened off by garlic flowers (being cross-shaped) but it didnāt play well on a screen.
Our other monsters are more like campfire stories that I donāt think anyone has ever taken seriously; Hook Hand Man just canāt compete with a good monster story.
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When you mentioned the American ghosts and haunted houses, I remembered this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes So much potential! 
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