#monstrosities

[the-shy-wolf]

New Monstrosities page! [Story boarded and co-written by my partner Twelfilth]

To read more, check out our website.

[a-fallen-anomaly]

I don't know why I needed to draw this, but I did.

[dndcreaturesinfo]

Tattoo-Eating Slug

[autoacafiles]

[dev-the-dm]

Creature: Beast of Gévaudan

“ Beast of Gévaudan, feared no sword and feared no gun, sent from Heaven, the seventh of creatures. Beast of Gévaudan, for the wrath of God to come, came to sanction the mass and the preachers.

To the father and the son came the Beast of Gévaudan, terminator, a traitor, half wolf, and half machine. To the prior and the nun came the Beast of Gévaudan, a redeemer, believer, all fatal, mad, and mean. “

Divine adjudicator. Some locals from the surrounding areas of Gévaudan believe the Beast to be a creature sent by the gods to root out the persistent corruption in the heart of Gévaudan. Others believe it simply to be a pest upon the lands, preying on farmers and court officials alike. Naturally, it is true that the Beast prowls the land with the most corrupt government - but to conflate the two facts to be one divine fact is madness... right?

Bloodthirst. Those who live their lives in the vicinity of the Beast’s territory are intimately aware of its presence. It often shows itself, if only to cause fear and panic amongst the peasantry, and vanishes as quickly as it appeared. It’s true that it does occasionally attack locals with lower status, but magistrates, dukes and duchesses and attendees of the court have silently but unanimously decided to reduce social appearances everywhere. With no more corrupt counts and scheming queens on the road, the Beast is becoming impatient, and ready to unleash its frenzied eradication methods upon the higher class once again.

Hybrid nature. The Beast has two creature types: celestial and monstrosity. It can be targeted by any effect if it applies to one of its creature types.

Celestial nature. The Beast requires no sleep, food, or drink.

Lyrics from Powerwolf’s “Beast of Gévaudan”, from their album Call of the Wild.

[dougielombax]

Does the White House have a basement?

If so, it begs the question.

What’s inside?

Aside from old items and documents I mean.

I wonder.

Hmmm…

Perhaps a bowling alley?

A secret library?

Storage and filing cabinets?

Kid Named The Monument Monster:

Shambling horrors living in the White House.

Bottom text.

No I didn’t draw them.

[silverscalezine]

Welcome to Silver Scale Zine!

Hello and well met, traveler! This is the official blog of the Silver Scale Zine, an upcoming TTRPG zine made by fans, for fans.

Our first issue is going to be released in TBD. We wanted to give ample time for submissions and formatting, as well as to spread the word about our little project! The hope is to release issues every other month, though if it takes off we wouldn't mind increasing to monthly or more!

Are you a writer, artist, or other creator in the Tabletop Roleplaying Game space? We'd love to feature you in our zine!

Submissions do not have to match this theming, but those that do will be given priority! You will own all rights to your work! Submitting simply gives us the rights to publish it in our zine with your permission and any credit/handles/email you wish so readers can discover your work!

We do have the goal to sell each issue in its first few months for around $1-5 pay-what-you-want, which will be dispersed among the contributors to thank them for their submissions. We welcome all thoughts on this and how best to distribute to contributors!

If you are a creator with any thoughts, submissions, or questions, please reach out via our inbox here, or through silverstreamcreative@gmail.com

[mockramblings]

New Year, New Companion

Based on the last two polls, this year I will be an eldritch abomination who's also a construct, having been assembled by nameless beings beyond the reach of human knowledge or sanity, and I will be living in an abandoned theme park.

But lo, we are not finished yet! For who would wish to dwell alone in a an abandoned theme park? Not I, blasphemous creation though I may be. I shall require... a companion!

[wiregrrrl]

Drew one of @the-shy-doge funny little characters from their comic in the panty and stocking style as not-always-drawing-in-the-same-style practice

[cross-edition-dnd]

Today's DnD Creature, The Chimera

Editions appeared in: Chainmail, ODnD, DnD B/X, ADnD, ADnD 2e, DnD 3.5e, DnD 4e, & DnD 5e

Consistent Elements:

The Chimera is a winged amalgamation that infuses a lion, a goat, and a dragon into a single body with three heads.

Notable Differences:

From birds of a feather to bitter enemies. Originally, the Chimera in Chainmail was clumped in with other hybrid monsters, such as griffons, hippogriffs, and wyverns with few details. In DnD 5e, these creatures, along with dragons, manticores, and perytons, are considered rivals to each other.

Limited Draconic Speech. The chimera gains the limited ability to speak the language of red dragons in ADnD, though how limited this speech is remains unclear. In ADnD 2e, it is elaborated that chimeras are more likely to converse with more powerful creatures than itself, a trend that continues in DnD 3.5e where it speaks draconic rather than just the language of red dragons, though it may be likely to be more familiar with the speech of whichever dragon head it has than with others. In DnD 4e, it seems to know both common and draconic. In DnD 5e, the chimera is reduced to knowing draconic but being unable to speak it.

Chaotic Behavior. Not much is explained about the chimera’s behavioral patterns until ADnD 2e, where it can maintain a somewhat omnivorous diet due to its herbivore goat and carnivore lion and dragon heads. Though it’s made clear that the carnivores would only be satisfied with flesh. The lion and dragon heads also clash with one desiring to be in a pride and the other remaining in solitude in a cave respectively. No details of the chaotic nature is mentioned again until DnD 5e, where most of the chaos spawns from how each head is equally hostile, making it more of a threat to other creatures rather than be in conflict with itself.

Dark and no longer mysterious origins. The origins of how the chimera came to be remained unanswered for most editions, with ADnD 2e even stating it may be best to leave such things unanswered which implies a very dark truth. In DnD 5e however, the first chimeras were created by Demogorgon who took several creatures he was unimpressed with and infused them into the hybrid monsters we know, though how they don't know abyssal or aren't considered demons as a result is beyond me.

Moments of Ambushing. In ADnD 2e, DnD 3.5e, and DnD 5e, the chimera is noted to surprise its prey with swooping attacks from above. They mention its dragon head could use its breath attack as an alternative to biting. In ADnD 2e and DnD 3.5e, chimeras strike in concert if more than one chimera participates in the hunt. In DnD 5e, the chimera sprays the ground in flames as it swoops down before landing to attack.

Unfortunately for you… you are MANELESS. In most editions, the chimera was described or at least visually depicted with a mane for its lion head. Only in DnD 3.5e did the chimera lose its mane and was specifically described to be maneless. Not an important detail, just thought it was kinda funny.

Variant Dragon Heads. Throughout most editions, the chimera’s dragon head breathes fire. In DnD 3.5e, the game master is presented with a few options to swap the dragon head with any they wish, changing its breath weapon to the dragon head most appropriate with it, such as blue for lightning, green for poison, black for acid, and white for cold. In DnD 4e, the chimera has the standard stats for a fire-breathing red dragon one, but there is a note saying other variants exists. No details of these variants are mentioned in DnD 5e.

Unusual Mounts. In DnD 3.5e, there are unusual notes for the carrying capacity of a chimera, not dissimilar to notes given to mounts. In DnD 4e, it is explicitly stated that chimeras can be trained as guards or mounts. No details are given in other editions.

Expanded Territories. In ADnD 2e, chimeras were said to have territories of up to 20 square miles(which would be about ~5 miles wide). In DnD 5e, it was rephrased to have territories of up to 10 miles wide(which is about ~78 square miles).

Origins: In Greek Mythology, the Chimera was a unique creature that terrorized the countryside by eating cattle and spreading flames from its goat head. Bellerophon was able to slay it by riding Pegasus into the sky and pelting with arrows, which seems to imply it never had wings originally? [Wikipedia Article]

[kinggobrr]

Jophiel the Guardian of Eden

[the-shy-wolf]

When you let the gay thoughts win

[aeide-thea]

welp, these sure are the worst things i've seen in a hot minute—

for all yr mr tumnus cosplay needs, i guess????

[dndcreaturesinfo]

Gummydusa by Loot Tavern

[autoacafiles]

Since Combiners have access to each of their components's Talents, does that mean Monstructor can make a pretender shell?

In theory, yeah, but he doesn't really NEED it. If anything, one can speculate the psychological effects of so many pretender shells being generated by a combiner made of multiple killers, and shudder in terror at the idea.

(the biograph we have even addressed this)

[dndtreasury]

Belt of Orien by Griffon's Saddlebag