Comments on: Termite Suicide Bombers: How the Animal Kingdom Should Influence Your Game http://www.paperspencils.com/2012/08/06/termite-suicide-bombers-how-the-animal-kingdom-should-influence-your-game/ A blog about Pathfinder, or any other tabletop RPG which strikes my fancy Mon, 20 May 2013 01:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: ArianDynas http://www.paperspencils.com/2012/08/06/termite-suicide-bombers-how-the-animal-kingdom-should-influence-your-game/#comment-29570 ArianDynas Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:51:24 +0000 http://www.paperspencils.com/?p=2404#comment-29570 Also, what you describe in hagfish is similar to an Aboleth’s slime.

Makes me wonder why TSR never tried to copy Aboleths. Never seen them anywhere else before after all… >.>

]]> By: ArianDynas http://www.paperspencils.com/2012/08/06/termite-suicide-bombers-how-the-animal-kingdom-should-influence-your-game/#comment-29569 ArianDynas Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:50:01 +0000 http://www.paperspencils.com/?p=2404#comment-29569 Hmm… I did design a sea monster for a novel I’ve been working on at one point.

A sea serpent, with an eel/octopus like beak and a large headplate like a frill, or a natural helmet. It could swell up a set of air sacs underneath this plate, raising it up, which it could also use to make a loud, bullfrog like call, scaring the hell out of people. And that was just the start of the thing’s weirdness.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.paperspencils.com/2012/08/06/termite-suicide-bombers-how-the-animal-kingdom-should-influence-your-game/#comment-28446 Brendan Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:42:45 +0000 http://www.paperspencils.com/?p=2404#comment-28446 http://www.realmonstrosities.com/

]]> By: Adhinferno http://www.paperspencils.com/2012/08/06/termite-suicide-bombers-how-the-animal-kingdom-should-influence-your-game/#comment-28378 Adhinferno Tue, 07 Aug 2012 10:51:22 +0000 http://www.paperspencils.com/?p=2404#comment-28378 How about reading this:
http://aneh-tapi-nyata.blogspot.com/2009/03/ikan-buas-monster-di-muka-bumi.html
and this is for some images:
http://joyhomework.wordpress.com/2010/05/10/ikan-ikan-laut-dalam-yang-luar-biasa-menyeramkan/
or these:
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04deepscope/background/deeplight/media/fig3c.html

http://www.who-sucks.com/animals/real-life-sea-monsters-24-bizarre-creatures-of-the-deep

http://www.kaskus.us/showthread.php?t=2706762

]]> By: Xander http://www.paperspencils.com/2012/08/06/termite-suicide-bombers-how-the-animal-kingdom-should-influence-your-game/#comment-28182 Xander Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:10:46 +0000 http://www.paperspencils.com/?p=2404#comment-28182 A lot about the devilfish (bestiary 2, pg. 88) is based on the vampire squid, and the ceratioidi (bestiary 3, pg. 50) are based from male and female angler fish, and the ‘Dual Mind’ ability are an example of how this could be used in game, if anyone wants to know. The forced insemination appears too; the gryph comes to mind.
It’s funny how odd familiar things can look can look. Just look at the trunk on the Disenchanter!
I love the idea of a female monster absorbing a PC for use in reproduction! For less vulgarity, maybe it could use the extra flesh to feed its young or create them entirely from scratch using the characters DNA. I can imagine the party being chased by the disgusting fish children of their friend.
Keep up the good work!
~X~

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