THIS WAS THEIR DOING |
Hear this! +Arnold K and +Scrap Princess have lied to you! They are not enemies, no! They have been working together the entire time!
As punishment for their crimes against bird and man I decree there shall be MORE OPPOSITE MONSTERS.
Immobile
Organism
A
sessile, pillarlike creature with no limbs or sensory organs. Does
not move, ever, even on a cellular level. Can be moved by other
forces, however. Often used as signposts, building foundations,
lamp-stands, coat-racks, etc. due to their pleasing coloration
patterns and inability to run away.
Very
Quiet Beast
An
unassuming male humanoid (not human – it triggers all sorts of
uncanny valley warnings) who wears a nice suit and only ever makes
faint white noise. Steals voices from newborns or new mothers.
Carnex-lapis
A
slimy, serpentine creature that can turn stone to flesh through its
mucosal secretions. Lives underground, can be size of arm to size of
a bus. Mostly eats the flesh-dirt that it burrows through. Always
hungry. Tunnel walls will decay over time, easily tracked.
Panda
Actually a veteran Triad hitman in a costume. Is sick and tired of
eating bamboo and not having sex. Absolutely ready to stab someone.
Blinder
A
vast and terrible creature that can only be perceived when one is not
looking at it. Can be heard and smelled (smells awful) if head is
turned or eyes are closed. Cannot be seen using peripheral vision
(cheaters). In possession of vast and terrible teeth: little else is
known. Three legs estimated due to footstep noises.
The
wizard’s college at Ol-Jemaggi has been training a crack team of
blind men, hoping to release them on the captive Blinder in the
thaumozoology department. They’ve been practicing on elephants for
years now.
Tapioca
A
big white cassava-based pudding filled with pearls. Friendly and a
tasty desert. Desires to be eaten, for reasons unknown. Peals might
be actual pearls.
Sacred
Cow / Golden Calf
A
perfect bovine specimen, radiant and splendorous. Those who witness
its divine golden glow throw down their arms at the sight, so that
they may do it homage. Does not actually have any godly powers.
Killing one will result in some fantastic steaks and a lot of angry
worshipers.
Bright
Tall Ones
Appear
in bands of 2d4. Up to 20 feet tall, limbs and body thin enough to
wrap thumb and forefinger around. Always traveling west, chasing the
sun.
Vigilo
Confido
A
lean white dog with massive ears and a long, long tail. It will
always appear precisely where and when it is needed. Used as guard
dogs by those that can aford them. Very lazy, on grounds of being
able to reach food and catch balls with minimal effort.
Opposant
Shapeshifters
that can take the form of the perfect opposite of a person –
opposite sex, coloration, height and weight (as compared to
averages), humour, philosophical alignment, etc. This, of course,
means that the person who is imitated is also
an opposant.
Compound
Spheres
of undifferentiated matter, connected by thin rods. Immensely
valuable to alchemists and high school chemistry teachers. Roll 1d118
for each sphere.
BWOMM
A
being consisting of hard edges, angry eyebrows, and loud noises.
Aggressive, hypercapitalist liars who lack any sort of empthaty,
psychic or otherwise. Absolutely untrustworthy in all regards, but
irregularly so, so one cannot be assured that the opposite of their
statements is the truth either. General hatred of anything on or
under the ground – they live in trees and on cliff-sides. Will
accost passers by by dropping on their shoulders and screaming “WHO
IS JOHN GALT? WHY IS HIS HEAD A FOUNTAIN?” and other such nonsense
until their general disgust of poor people drives them away.
Geasmaker
A dull and smoky spirit that, when released, will make three demands
of the individual who woke them and will bind them by laying three
curses upon their head, which cannot be lifted until the associated
request is completed. Will often catch any associates in the curses
as well, because they can’t be assed to aim straight. They just
want their stuff, man.
Soulblob
The
physical embodiment of the soul: a brightly colored, rubbery,
palm-sized blob, similar to a water balloon. Each one contains an
entire person in stasis, will be woken up if placed into a new host
body (homunculi, skeleton, golem, recently deceased individual)
Angelcat
Like
a normal cat, but hollow inside. Posses a mane of feathers, flames,
and eyeballs. Will dump dead demons on the doorsteps of the devout.
Monocaput
A
large reptilian head with five separate necks and bodies. Deathly
thin from lack of food and rarely able to coordinate itself to move
anywhere. An ambush predator by necessity, often used as a guardian
of treasure (they starve very, very slowly). If a neck is severed, it
will greedily devour the murdered body.
Sinchecker
A
tiny angel that will float about ones shoulders and keep meticulous
track of every bad thing a person does. Keeps immaculate records on
an endless scroll. Looks like a grey old man and a baby at the same
time. Actively hates all fun.
Ignorant
Nibbler
A
simpleminded, slothful creature that feeds on misguided thoughts and
incorrect beliefs. Does not consume them completely, but if it stays
around long enough doubt will be introduced into the mental
ecosystem. Always has a dopey grin on its face. Very useful, and
disliked in equal measure.
Friendly
Flying Shipstealer
Gigantic
airborne cuttlefish that will pick up ships at sea and drop them off
elsewhere. Will change colors and tentacle positions in elaborate
semaphore. Ship-moving might potentially be a sort of game, further
study needed. Burgeoning air-cuttlefish-ship industry is getting off
the ground, but facing difficulty because it is quite hard to tell a
giant flying cuttlefish where to go.
Mammalwoman
Shaggy
creature from the snowy mountains. Breasts like the Artemis of
Ephesus (5-in-6 chance of nursing young, 2-in-3 chance of being
currently pregnant). Blood is scalding hot, will boil away snow and
leave burn marks. Huge drooping whiskers.
Body
Sculptor
Flesh
and bone is as marble and bronze. Lone, mad artisans attempting to
improve upon nature. Absolutely no sense of where it's best to stop. Tend to ask
“why not?” They will make you BEAUTIFUL. A MASTERPIECE!
Helpful
Maze
The
maze is alive, and hates watching people fumble around for hours or
days inside it. The path out is clearly marked with a series of large
red arrows on the floor and walls. Usually accompanied with signs
saying “THIS WAY TO EXIT” or “TRAP HERE, PLEASE AVOID”. In
rich areas, will be able to upgrade to neon. If directions are not
followed, will begin berating the lost, usually involving references
to the back of cereal boxes.
Motile Brickwork
Colonial creatures that will build all sorts of things if they are given enough time. Each hive has a Queen Brick, which one can easily identify due to it wearing a crown.
Drowningbird
An
albatross that cannot die, and is stuck in a perpetual state of
drowning about a foot beneath the surface. Only able to lay eggs when
it washes up on the shore. If hung around the neck, it will drown on
behalf of the wearer (it was already drowning anyway).
If
somehow dried off, will undergo existential crisis and throw itself
back in the water,
Potentialant
A
body inhabited by a potential soul, leftover from a birth – how
someone could have been.
Usually less of a
disappointment to their parents.
Star-Nosed
Tyrannomole
A
tyrannosaurus that lives underground, and wants nothing more than to fly.
It
is not very good at digging, due to its tiny arms. It is very not
good at flying, and has to recruit bands of normal birds to carry it
aloft with strings and strategically-placed balloons.
Forgemouth
A
giant iron pillbug that feeds on weapons and armor. A year and a day
after eating, it will excrete a +1 variant of the item, hidden among
several hundred pounds of charcoal and ash. Breathes fire normally,
all the time. If the flames are not stoked, it will die.
Muscleton
A
human musculature, with ligaments. Has a lot of difficulty getting
around without bones to provide leverage, but tries admirably. Will
attempt to make spooky rattling noises, but makes weird sputtering
sounds instead. Really wishes it had bones, will attempt to take
yours. Very good at grappling and squeezing.
Modesty
Monster
Utterly
terrified and appalled at the sight of skin. Will attempt to force
people into ugly floor-length veils, and failing this, will stuff
people in bags. Will actively hunt down practitioners of sexual
activity, language, or thought processes and beat them with a large
club. Does not actually understand how sex works, thinks children are
a separate species that gets infected by parasitic acne-oozes during
puberty.
Brittlebone
Bridgetopper
A
spindly, fragile creature that lives atop bridges (suspension bridges
are the best, plenty of room to climb). Will be crippled for life if
injured. Eats birds, collects eggshells. Feet have long, flexible
toes and thumbs. Limbs have too many joints in them.
Shrikehorse
A
midnight-black horse covered in spikes. Wild and unridable, which
means people are always trying to capture and ride it. Will have 1d4
corpses stuck on it, 10% chance of each still being alive. Spines can
be fashioned into swords, and are covered in micro-serrations.
Hemogifter
(Transfusicon)
Akin
to a giant, land-based jellyfish (or huge plastic bag), filled with
blood. The blood is filled with larvae, which must be injected into a
host body to survive and grow. Save vs disease to resist blood-borne
pathogens if struck. Commonly found sunbathing on beaches; inner
lining hosts colonies of photosynthetic bacteria.
Blobbat
A
bat head, but also a blob, crawling around on a single muscular foot.
Embyrian
A
fetus that recieved its soul too early,
directly from the gods. Floats around in a sphere of amniotic fluid
and placental tissue. Wants love and validation and hates the cold
uncaring universe that woke it up from its wonderful, not-dangerous
nap.
WE COULD HAVE STOPPED THIS |
Pretty sure the last one is just Reuniclus.
ReplyDeleteTo my great shame it took me a moment to remember which one that is.
DeleteI'm not exactly sure what Arnold K and Scrap Princess did, but I'm glad they did it.
ReplyDeleteEach of these opposite monsters are surreal, many are absurd, and half are as hilarious as the other half are nightmare-inducing.
Apparent proof you can create some pretty effective monsters with a clever rebalancing of the equation.