Where do you normally take inspiration for new creatures to throw at your players ? Mythology/Folklore, spec evo projects, paleoart... ?
>>97940089pic related is a newly described giant octopus from the cretaceous that is believed to have preyed on mossasaurs and other giant marine animals, and to have been very intelligent for octopus standards
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>>97940089Ayyy Nanaimoteuthis! Super excited about that paper. It reminded me of the Dark Krakens from 40k, bet they would love them
>>97940089Oh wow that's funny, was just reading an article about these guys a few minutes agoReally cool looking art
>>97940089Giant sea creatures are both overdone and underated
>>97940089put him against this 50ft long snek
>>97940089I usually take inspiration from other works of fantasy, whether I've read them in a book, a comic, or seen them on TV, a movie, or encountered them in a video game.And I tend to lean less towards realism, and more towards what I would find fun to throw a team of heroes against in a game, making sure the monster's existence in the game's world makes sense.
>>97940089Animal whitepapers desu. I've read a book about bumblebee economics that would ll get used to write up a bee forest, and I've made an environmental trap of giant frog eggs that rapidly grow when disturbed like real life
>>97940097thats a squid, anon
>>97940089>>97942962Wish i could find the feathered spinosaurid art piece this guy drew because it's the only time where i've seen one that actually looked natural
>>97940089Are you an actual human looking for an actual discussion, or did you make this thread just to put another thread on the board?
>>97946152It self-identifies as an octopus chud>>97946936I made this thread to get some inspiration and cool ideas for monsters
>>97947399keep crashing out, reddit troon
>>97946936You think having threads is inherently bad? Thanks for admitting your concern-trolling is fake bullshit
