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    Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:12 pm  
    origins of the Yakmen?

    I'm sure I've asked this before, but with the Archive offline, I have no long term memory ;)

    What's the origins of the Yakmen, both in the setting, and where they've been published (first in a Dragon article IIRC??).
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    Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:44 pm  

    Did they originate in the Al'Qadim campaign setting? I think Wolfgang Baur wrote a Dragon ecology article on them.
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    Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:08 pm  

    Weren't they in a "Monstrous Manual" update/annual/appendix or something for 2nd Edition? I recall seeing a color image of a Yakman in one of those. If I find it, I'll tell you where I got it.
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    Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:24 pm  

    I believe that the Yakmen can be found here...

    MC13, Monstrous Compendium, Al-Qadim(R) Appendix (TSR2129)

    Here is the color image I mentioned...

    http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/mm2_gallery/88268_620_126.jpg

    I know this isn't much help, but it's all I could find.
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    Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:18 pm  
    Re: origins of the Yakmen?

    The yikaria originated in the Al-Qadim setting. They weren't in the MC, at least not in my copy. I think they were originally in the Land of Fate boxed set, although my copy doesn't have that monster sheet.

    They're a race of evil, plotting creatures whose god, the so-called Forgotten God or Faceless One, won a bet with the great khan of the dao, causing that genie race to be enslaved to the yikaria for a thousand and one years.
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    Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:05 am  

    I'm just surprised Scottenkainen hasn't commented yet... Laughing
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    Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:09 am  

    @ woesinger: LOL :D

    So, how did they end up being added to GH, or was that done as part of the WG7 hoax or something???
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    Mon Jul 31, 2006 7:37 am  

    grodog wrote:
    So, how did they end up being added to GH


    They weren't, not officially. There are some suggestions for adapting them to the Greyhawk campaign in Dragon #241, but nothing more than that.
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    Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:06 pm  

    Aha, thanks. I was taking manic's GHC fiction a little too much to heart, it seems ;)
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    Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:36 pm  

    As long as we are on the subject, what was the origen of the Canadian Kilted Yakmen? Now THEY would make a good addition to WG7!

    "Our country reeks of trees,
    Our yaks are really large,
    and we have to clean up after them..."
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    Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:21 pm  

    Kirt wrote:
    As long as we are on the subject, what was the origin of the Canadian Kilted Yakmen?


    That would be Ren and Stimpy.
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