#garbug

[goddamnitdanvs]

[thewapolls]

ANTLION, SANDSTAG & MYRMECOLEO I bundle together here because the first two are basically identical, and MYRMECOLEO seems like it's just a weird lost part of the SANDSTAG line. Myrmecoleon is both the scientific name for the actual Ant Lion insect, but also the name of the mythic creature, aka ANTLION, from old medieval bestiaries. (I feel like it's super backwards that the original WA design was by far the coolest, WA2 was kinda goofy but accurate to the old bestiary illustrations, but then the later model is just kinda meh?)

SANDCRAB, originally called SAND SCISSORS in Japanese, I'm throwing in here because it's become kind of a companion monster to SAND STAG. And it's the central pillar of a different monster family.

HERMITCRAB & HAMMERTAIL are the other two uses of the original WA1 model, neither of which survive into the rest of the series, so they get to band together here. Funny enough HAMMERTAIL is the name of a D&D monster, basically just an Ankylosaurus, introduced as part of the Eberron setting... but that was introduced in 2004, well after the original WA. (Weirdly the HERMITCRAB never came back in WA2 as a recolor of the OANNES enemy, but we'll get to those later...)

ROCKBUSTER doesn't appear to take its name from anything in particular. (Maybe referencing a Beast Wars transformer with the same name? But he debuted as part of the Beast Wars Neo series, which came out the same year as Wild Arms 2, so I feel like there wasn't time for it to come out first and then still make it into the game in time for release. Is there some kind of Japanese thing about rock busting crabs I'm just not aware of???)

SCORPIUS is a funky little link in the tree. Originally a WA3 recolor of the SANDSCISSORS and ROCKBUSTER, it vanished for a few games and then came back as a totally different arthropod. It feels weird that it becomes a flying insect and not a scorpion but ti could be a play on the SCORPIUS constellation making it "in the sky"?

VESPER, which I'm pretty sure was just meant to be VESPA, as in "wasp", is just a recolor of the SCORPIUS in WA4 and 5. (On the one hand I think it being a big wasp/hornet is sufficient enough, but there is also technically a VESPA constellation; it was an alternate name of the Apis:"bee" or Musca:"fly" constellation which kind of neatly aligns it with SCORPIUS' shtick.)

but notably, even though SCORPIUS in WA4 is where these two trees cross over, this model actually started back in WA3 with GARBUG, another classic D&D monster that has probably fallen pretty thoroughly by the wayside over the years. Understandably large bugs just don't have quite the same sticking power as Goblins and Kobolds, or Dragons and Gelatinous Cubes. (There's also the CHIMERA WING, just another of several elemental CHIMERA mosnters in WA3.)

CRAB BUBBLER blowing bubbles is just a thing crabs do, it shares a model with the enemy GIANT CRAB in WA2, which is also just a thing some crabs are. In fact the GIANT CRAB is actually called RAID SCISSORS in Japanese, although I don't know that that's any sort of reference either.

GRODINE. Fascinatingly, this is the source of what would become the enduring crab enemy design, totally unrelated to the preexisting crab enemies when first introduced in WA2 as a random boss type monster. It appears to be based on a series of "(Flying)Saucer Organism" toys, specifically one named BLACK DOME.

DEATHMASK being a big crab enemy is a reference to the villain, Cancer Deathmask, from Saint Seiya.

[kigner]

who else up gezebelling their garbugably

[oldschoolfrp]

You know it’s summer when the garbugs come out at night. This 9’ long lobster-wasp also has 6 paralyzing tentacles around its mouth, suggesting it is a relative or life stage of the carrion crawler. (Russ Nicholson, I believe, AD&D Fiend Folio, TSR, 1981)

[thecreaturecodex]

Garbug

Image by Tony diTerlizzi, © TSR inc.

[I really like this illustration of the garbug, even if it is a bit ridiculous. Especially since it’s a bit ridiculous. It looks like it should be delivering invitations to the Queen of Hearts’ croquet game.

The original garbug came in two variants, black and violet. These were made different sexes in the 2e version. I’ve kept that dimorphism, but made them mechanically identical. Although the garbug hasn’t been seen in D&D since 2e, they do appear in the 4e kitbash Gamma World. And I’ve got a sneaking suspicion that they “evolved” into the chuul, which first appeared in the 3.0 Monster Manual. The paralytic tentacles around the mouth are the homologous trait, in this case.]

Garbug CR 4 N Aberration This insectoid creature is the size of a rhinoceros, with four spindly legs and two massive, lobster-like pinchers. Its face grows into a stabbing horn, and a beard of thin, slimy tendrils waves around its narrow mouth. Membranous wings grow from its back, protected by a hard carapace.

Garbugs are oversized vermin that combine physical characteristics of insects, crustaceans and jellyfish. They have a dim, animal intelligence, and garbugs are predators in swampy environments and tropical forests Although they cannot breathe water as adults, their eggs require constant moisture and hatch into aquatic larvae, like tadpoles. Garbugs are sexually dimorphic—the males have glossy black chitin, whereas the carapaces of the females are a pale purple color. Male garbugs are also more social than females, traveling in gangs from place to place while females live solitary, mostly stationary lives near a source of water. Garbug males spar with their horns for mating rights whenever a gang finds a female, but these fights seldom result in serious injury or death.

Garbugs have a taste for giant vermin, but will attack humanoid prey if they get an opportunity, especially in order to provision their young. Both sexes fight with horn and claw, but their jaws are too weak to cut into flesh. A garbug’s mouth is surrounded by a network of delicate tentacles which secrete a paralytic slime. This slime is a digestive enzyme, helping to break prey down in order for the garbug to consume more easily. Garbug kills tend to be messy affairs, and they leave little behind but the bones. Garbugs do not intentionally collect treasure, but the remains of their kills may have small valuable items scattered about.

A garbug stands between five and six feet high at the shoulder and is between eight and ten feet long. Males are typically smaller than females.

Garbug CR 4 XP 1,200 N Large aberration Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +6Defense AC 16, touch 9, flat-footed 16 (-1 size, +7 natural) hp 39 (6d8+14) Fort +4, Ref +4, Will +6 Offense Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (poor) Melee 2 claws +6 (1d4+2 plus grab), gore +6 (1d6+2), tendrils +4 touch (1d4 acid plus paralytic enzymes) Statistics Str 14, Dex 11, Con 15, Int 1, Wis 12, Cha 4Base Atk +4; CMB +6 (+10 grapple); CMD 16 (20 vs. trip) Feats Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Multiattack Skills Climb +6, Fly +1, Perception +6, Swim +6 Ecology Environment warm marshes or forests Organization solitary, pair, gang (3-6) or rookery (7-18) Treasure incidental Special Attacks Paralytic Enzymes (Ex) A creature struck by a garbug’s tendrils must succeed a DC 15 Fortitude save or be paralyzed for 1d6+1 rounds. Each round a creature is paralyzed, it takes 1 point of acid damage. Tendrils (Ex) Treat a garbug’s tendrils as a secondary natural attack that targets touch AC.

[leolaroot]

some outfit details

[hollowtones]

psychic

hmmmm i have a genius level brain maneuver

[sbnkalny]

11eagle: Oh I've never seen cats before they left Parent lost my printers cable

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11eagle: if you can pick up a LEMON and a knife fight

sausagezeldas: *bends over seductively to pick up a lemon and a knife fight with Hoshido?

11eagle: Will you defend nohr or fight with Hoshido?

garbuge: Knife fight with Hoshido?

11eagle: My right hand, and write names with my left ear in a knife fight with Hoshido?

11eagle: And I need help with this anti Flat, Earth PRO nu metal music video, we have lots of scary things happening: great for panzer Dragoon fans, only downside is that there's some that are tinier than my left ear in a knife fight with Hoshido?

garbuge: Will you defend nohr or fight with Hoshido?

garbuge: Will you defend nohr or fight with Hoshido?

[balamusia]

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hi! long story short im getting an apartment this fall & could use some rent money. i'm opening commissions in this style starting at $30 for a scene with one character, with +$10 for each additional character.

if you're interested, you can DM me here, on my main @garbuge or @balamusia on instagram. i can currently accept payment via venmo or paypal

if ur not interested in commissioning i would appreciate a reblog! thankies.

[fefetama]

@garbuge: wait but what is leprocy fr

mark: well people dont really like to get leprocy anymore, its just not on trend

[minatokun]

garbuge replied to your photo “wildin’ out”

what the fuck.

don’t even know what was going on i was just blocking folks and stumbled onto that lmao

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Does the software for doing this exist? It would be cool if I could download it and have my brain and cock scanned

This Company Will Preserve Your Brain and Cock so you can one day be ressurected as a digital being

[punkshitposts]

i dont have a lot of punk clothes cause im savin my money for top surgery but Hey Here I Am. also i have a cool birthmark.

[paint-sponge]

rocky road, black cherry

rocky road: favorite songs at the moment?

these ones are pretty good!

black cherry: four words that describe you?

(based on what ive been told by others) friendly, funny, creative, lazy

[bellbones1207]

Art Fight dump! (part one)

Characters in order:

Elise (belongs to @tsoteas (or tsotea on Art Fight))

Jessica Jasmines (belongs to @lilactidalwave)

Claude (belongs to @balamusia (or garbuge on Art Fight))

Dautime (belongs to @dragonmemo)

[leolaroot]

bimbofication but i just become garfield