[Runequest] Stupid monsters...

[lev at rpgreview.net]

> Styopa wrote:
>> Fachan.
>>
> Agree its stupid and I refuse to use it but it is actually a real earth
> folklore item isn't it? Gaelic I think?

Yes, it is - and the Chonchon is a mythical critter as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chonchon

> Hmm, while broos are not silly and are prob the best ever invention for a
> extremly difficult opponent, the whole "can hybradise with anything" story
> can result in the odd GM's wimsy geting the better of him and causing a
> stupid monster.
>
> As in cockroach broo etc...

True that, although cockroach is getting pretty extreme. I seem to recall
a chicken broo in Shadows on the Borderlands...