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aka "Who's to Blame?"
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- Demon Hunter: FBI
- Killer Shrike
- T-Rossi
- Shazoey
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- Here There Be Monsters
- Killer Shrike
- Panpiper
- 5lippers
- The Rose
- Manic Typist
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History
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Here There Be Monsters is an offshoot of Demon Hunter: FBI, whose original form
appeared in print as a Haymaker! APAzine submission many years ago (Issue 21), and
later cleaned up a bit and re-printed in EZ HERO (Issue 10). Inspired by diverse
sources ranging from Beyond the Supernatural, movies like The First Power, and the
X-Files, Demon Hunter: FBI was focused on super gritty street level crime and violence
with a supernatural twist.
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The original content was developed over a weekend by Killer Shrike and T-Rossi
and then fleshed out over the course of a campaign run by T-Rossi. The two original
characters were Special Agent in Charge Jeff Chen played by Killer Shrike, and the
Suppressor Special Agent Jared Kole played by Shad aka Shazoey.
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The campaign and setting flourished and was further detailed over a couple of long
adventure arcs, but then stopped as we turned our attention to other games.
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Some others used the material for their own spin off games, most notably a version
Dave Mattingly published as an EZ HERO article, re-interpretting Demon Hunter:
FBI into the form of a TV show pilot with characters as portrayed by real actors.
A more comic turn, this approach still captured the essense of the material and
was at the very least a creative and amusing riff.
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Fast forward a number of years, Urban Fantasy is quite popular in media. After reading
the Monster Hunter International books WilyQ expressed interest in playing a campaign either
based on or inspired by the books. Killer Shrike decided to take a broader approach
and revive the Demon Hunter: FBI material but with a focus on the larger setting
and on freelance Hunters rather than on FBI Agents.
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Rather than do all the work himself, Killer Shrike instead turned to the
HERO System Forums and invited interested parties to collaborate on the project.
Many participated in the ongoing discussion and gave feedback, but a few stepped
up with significant contributions that shaped the growth and improved the quality
of the Here There Be Monsters content.
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Both Manic Typist and The Rose contributed iconics, as well as insights
into cool concepts and the early growth of the setting.
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5lippers contributed the core of The Trouble With Banshees vignette.
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Panpiper contributed a large fraction of the available iconics, somewhere
around 1/3, the entirety of the Zombie Apocalypse vignette, and a tremendous
amount of design feedback, error checking, errata, and critique across all the Here
There Be Monsters content.
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