#monsters

[buildmeafairytale]

Everyone loves to talk about orc cock but what about orc hugs? Bulging orc biceps wrapped around you, keeping you safe and cozy? What about that? Huh?

[chubbycrowgames]

This is absolutely a thing in Monsters and Other Childish Things. Someone can yell an insult so sick, so personally damaging, that you lose the ability to run or to do math. And someone could punch you so hard that you can't give a speech or kick a soccer ball.

For the monsters it's even wilder! If Yog'So-Soft, the eldritch teddy bear, tears at the soul of Mr. Crocker, an ancient Egyptian river god who is a crocodile, then Mr. Crocker could lose his ability to eat anything, or see invisible things.

And if Mr. Crocker takes a bite out of Yog'So-Soft, then Yog'So-Soft might lose his ability to magically manipulate the emotions of humans, or his power to throw sleepy dust on his enemies.

A lot of tabletop RPGs in the OSR sphere have become infatuated with the idea of a slot-based inventory which doubles as an injury tracker, such that each wound literally occupies some number of inventory slots based on its severity, potentially forcing you to abandon loot and even equipment if you get hurt badly enough, and I'm thinking: why stop there? Use the same slot-based inventory for everything. Skills. Relationships. Emotional burdens. Get punched so hard you forget how to cast freball. An orc calls you a nasty name and it bothers you so much, you have to unequip your sense of humour until you recover.

[svarta-nackros]

Sirio the minotaur bf 🐮✨🫂

This kinda gave me the idea to start a "wholesome monster x human" series with a whole bunch of different monsters... 🤔

Which monster would you like to see next? (It will probably be a werewolf but I'm open to suggestions)

ALSO, which version do you prefer of this art? (The second version is under the line). The tones are different - one is warmer and one is cooler - and I couldn't decide which one looked better 😮‍💨😭

¬ face details + 2nd version

[proteidaes]

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photoshop

[dailydungeondelves]

Forbidden Jelly

[ionlypostmymeemocs]

OKAYYYYYYYYYYYY-

[crittertongue]

[woelfin-sheeps-clothing]

Sometimes your brain simply refuses to connect and you just gotta stop/pause a piece and return to it later. I had a vision for how I wanted to finish Neighthan Rot but right now it’s not clicking. So I’ll leave his rough draft here for now and focus on something else for a bit.

[vintagerpg]

There didn't seem to be a good bibliography on the internet for Daniel Cohen, writer extraordinaire of monsters and weird stuff, so I made one. Additions and corrections welcome!

[poorlylaidplans]

This iis incredibly important but there's also more.

If you see someone as a monster all the things they do are their fault, we need to defeat them and things will go back to being good, that's not true you can never put the genie back in the bottle.

Things have gotten so bad because we took a child, put them in an incredibly traumatising situation and gave them all the power in the world.

If we are to grow and repair our societies after this mess is over, we need to recognise that no one should ever be in this situation. And that requires seeing more than a person, we need to see the system that put them there and change it, make it better.

I thought it was fairly normal to feel empathy for bad people.

I thought it was common, even.

But after my Elon/Grimes post... now I'm wondering if I was mistaken about that.

I wrote a post about Trump being traumatized after his assassination attempt and a post about his poor adaptation to aging. I expressed sympathy for him in both cases. But I still maintain my white hot hatred of him and wish for him to face consequences.

Elon was abused by his father. Some of the stories are incredibly tragic. Hearing those stories triggers an involuntary response in my emotional systems that I can't stop no matter how much I despise present-day Elon. I also wonder if that abuse never occurred maybe we wouldn't be dealing with this current clusterfuck.

I have never held so much anger towards a single person as I do my brother. But I also see him as a victim of abuse. I know he was once a really good person and he was slowly corrupted. I feel sorry for him. I mourn the amazing person he used to be. And I still love him.

But that doesn't make me any less angry.

[honourablejester]

I just want to burble a bit about one of my favourite creatures-slash-natural-phenomena from any ttrpg ever: Starfinder’s Plasma Ooze.

This thing. Found on pages 100 and 101 of the Alien Archive 2 book. It is amazing.

Plasma oozes are, essentially, giant electromagnetic space slimes that are usually found inside the surface of stars, but can also be seen hanging around other electromagnetic phenomena in space. They average 20ft across, and eat electricity to heal themselves, and can be a danger to shipping.

So, from a standing start, we have star oozes. This is already incredible. But then we get another couple of tidbits:

There is a lost, absolutely titanic star ooze wandering around hyperspace for the last several centuries. Growing steadily. It either got ripped into hyperspace when a ship activated their Drift engine too close, or possibly plasma oozes, given that they’re electromagnetic, might have an innate ability to access the Drift. Meaning that they might be Drift capable.

And then for a final touch:

There is a group of people out there calling themselves ‘the Sunkillers’ who specialise in hunting plasma oozes. And I’m wondering … Do they know about the Drift ooze? Do they know about the titanic centuries-old mystery ooze in hyperspace? Because there’s a plotline and a half. Do you want to help a gang of dubiously prepared self-titled ‘Sunkillers’ hunt their white whale in the form of a titanic electromagnetic star ooze through the hyperspace dimension? Because you could do that.

This is exactly the sort of ecology and worldbuilding I deeply enjoy in my science fantasy over here.

Also, again, I just really love oozes.

[noir-et-blanc-0]

🕷️Alice:

Hello! Now we run this page together. Well, here is first post with my art.Minecraft monsters. I hope you like it :>

[yuriguild]

@vibrant-abyss

hello critter

[otherworld-series]

Early Concept Sketches (2021): Monsters

Did we mention the horror aspects? Most of these sketches aren't canon anymore, but if you wanted to know the vibe... here you go!

[vermilllionsands]

The Return of Godzilla (1984)