The skin of a cryon might be black, blue, brown, green, pink, purple, or any combination of these colors.
The grapefruit-sized aberrations also like to hide in wait to see if passersby fall for their latest pranks. IntrocasoĬryons pull their round, lumpy bodies with their eyestalks into areas of cover to search for small prey like insects and rodents. They pull with their eye arms, and they roll. So without further ado, I present to you my father’s version of a beholder. Nobody needs a death dog simply renamed to be a killer canine. Similarly, if he happens to get a creature’s lore and abilities mostly correct, I’ll likely leave that on the cutting room floor too. Dragons, orcs, goblins, and a few other obvious creatures like mummies and vampires, are out based on the fact that he knows what those are.
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It’s also important you know my dad’s background because he does know what some things in the Monster Manual are based on his experiences with genre fiction. There won’t be many creatures simply named “Bear Guy” or “Squid Face McGee” in My Dad’s Monster Manual. His answers about what a creature’s lore and abilities are deep, fun, and imaginative. He’s still great at it today with his grandchildren.Īll this is to say, my dad is pretty great at making crap up. Pop (as I call my dad) was always ready to give a fantastic made-up answer about what’s happening in an illustration or with a toy when I was a kid. This is the person who, along with my mother, sister, and brother, instilled a love of storytelling in me. He’s the one who introduced me to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings as a kid. My father, while not a D&D aficionado like me, does enjoy fantasy. I really wanted to explore this idea with one of the best storytellers I have ever known. You could rewrite many creatures in the Monster Manual just by chatting with someone unfamiliar. Suddenly you would have three new uses for your aboleth miniature and a zillion ideas for new adventures! Much of the art in the Monster Manual shows only the creature with nothing to compare for size, so you could end up with baseball-sized beholders (as my father described them). One creature image could evoke three different stories if shown to three different people who knew nothing about the monster depicted. D&D is filled with art of original creatures that make even the most seasoned fantasy nerds unfamiliar with the game scratch their head and think “What is that?” Sure they likely recognize the art of dragons and vampires, but show a Lord of the Rings fanatic unfamiliar with D&D lore a beholder or a bulette and watch as they ponder the possibilities of the unkown. I know it seems like My Dad’s Monster Manual is an excuse to make some weird dad jokes (and on some level, it totally will be), but the idea behind the book is a little deeper. Today I’m going to tell you what he thinks of the beholder in a little preview for My Dad’s Monster Manual. I got such a great response from the tweet, that I decided to ask my father if he would do it. #DMsGuild Product Idea: "My Dad's Monster Manual." I show my father art from the MM, ask him what he thinks each creature's name and lore is, then I restat them based on his responses.
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