Thursday, November 21, 2024

The Monstrome

 So I've been writing like I used to--just sitting down and writing for 5 hours straight.

This shit is exhausting.  I don't know how I used to do this back in 2015.

Anyway, I decided to start putting some of my monsters into a proper bestiary.  It's ~35 pages.

THE MONSTROME (Pageless)

THE MONSTROME (Paged)

I have a lot of opinions about the best way to write an entry in a monster manual, but I figured I would try to lead by example instead of writing a silly proscriptive post.  It's unformatted, so it looks like shit, but I like the content and don't hate the structure.

There's currently only a few monsters in there.  Crazy how long it takes to write up a good monster entry.

  • Ankheg
  • Giant Worm
  • Bone Needle Man
  • Corpse Balloon
  • Ghouls, Geists, Ghasts, and Drowners
  • Terophidians
Corpse Balloons are the only entry that are 100% new.  (Although, I'm not sure I've posted my take on Giant Worms, before.)

Bone Needle Man and Terophidian are what I would consider core IP of my blog (along with maybe gretchlings, popkins, and the false hydra).

I left comments unlocked.  Feel free to tag any typo that annoys you.

It's kind of a mess, but I wanted to publish something tonight.  (If I don't keep momentum, I never finish anything.)

1 comment:

  1. Worms (and worm steaks) strike me as a problem similar to whale hunting in pre-industrial cultures. It's an infrastructure problem. It encourages community interaction.

    Love the corpse balloons. Grab+drop monsters are always fun. They interact well with complex environments (bridges, rigging, gearwheels, etc.)

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