Woah.
I just want to mention that this post marks a full month of this blog running, and I have to say - I'm enjoying the hell out of it. There's plans for guest writers, maybe for some stat-blocks, and other cute shit... but this format is just so fun to do.
The monster we'll be covering today isn't exactly your standard fantasy beast - hell, it looks like it'd be more at home in starfinder than in pathfinder. But if you want to throw some weird fantasy at your players, or you like that sweet spot between unknowable cosmic horror and this thing can it you in a single bite, this is exactly the creature you want to use.
The crew of the galley "Saint Sandair" find a shipwreck on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. The ship's captain, who appears unharmed, can't seem to remember what happened, and the rest of his shipmates lie around his ship, looking brutalized. When the rescue crew disembarks to take a closer look, the glamour fades - the ship appears as a half metallic-half organic behemoth, while in the place of the old captain, there's a lumbering, scorpion-like monstrosity.
Exploring the worlds beyond, the Gean Exploration Force meets the contemplatives - the giant-brained, shrivelled-boddied monks. The weird psychics embrace them, and a great cultural exchange is born. To top it off, two of the explorers are invited to join the ritual in which seven chosen people are conjoined, becoming a single mind. Unfortunately, the ritual involves the chosen ones' brains being consumed by a blistering monstrosity that arrives from beyond the stars. Refusing the deal might anger the hosts, not to mention the weird beast, but accepting it is not an option.
Maximiliana Van Der Mooth is an alchemist, theologist, arcanist, and philosopher. Her latest discovery is that the so-called Neh-Thalggus are the last remnants of the darkness before creation, and were present when the One Before All shaped the world. She now hypothesizes that the weird whispers that the creatures telepathically emit are indeed a perversion of the Song Of Shaping. If someone were to record such a thing, it may unlock the secrets of what makes gods gods. Of course, finding a neh-thallgu and surviving an encounter with it are great accomplishments alone, so finding someone mad enough to attempt something like this won't be easy.
I just want to mention that this post marks a full month of this blog running, and I have to say - I'm enjoying the hell out of it. There's plans for guest writers, maybe for some stat-blocks, and other cute shit... but this format is just so fun to do.
The monster we'll be covering today isn't exactly your standard fantasy beast - hell, it looks like it'd be more at home in starfinder than in pathfinder. But if you want to throw some weird fantasy at your players, or you like that sweet spot between unknowable cosmic horror and this thing can it you in a single bite, this is exactly the creature you want to use.
The crew of the galley "Saint Sandair" find a shipwreck on a deserted island in the middle of nowhere. The ship's captain, who appears unharmed, can't seem to remember what happened, and the rest of his shipmates lie around his ship, looking brutalized. When the rescue crew disembarks to take a closer look, the glamour fades - the ship appears as a half metallic-half organic behemoth, while in the place of the old captain, there's a lumbering, scorpion-like monstrosity.
Exploring the worlds beyond, the Gean Exploration Force meets the contemplatives - the giant-brained, shrivelled-boddied monks. The weird psychics embrace them, and a great cultural exchange is born. To top it off, two of the explorers are invited to join the ritual in which seven chosen people are conjoined, becoming a single mind. Unfortunately, the ritual involves the chosen ones' brains being consumed by a blistering monstrosity that arrives from beyond the stars. Refusing the deal might anger the hosts, not to mention the weird beast, but accepting it is not an option.
Maximiliana Van Der Mooth is an alchemist, theologist, arcanist, and philosopher. Her latest discovery is that the so-called Neh-Thalggus are the last remnants of the darkness before creation, and were present when the One Before All shaped the world. She now hypothesizes that the weird whispers that the creatures telepathically emit are indeed a perversion of the Song Of Shaping. If someone were to record such a thing, it may unlock the secrets of what makes gods gods. Of course, finding a neh-thallgu and surviving an encounter with it are great accomplishments alone, so finding someone mad enough to attempt something like this won't be easy.
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