With the imminent release of the latest versions of Pokémon, I got rather excited about the little pocket monsters. The games are something I’ve enjoyed since childhood and now they were on my mind yet again. With over 700...
D&D and Pathfinder have a long tradition of monsters that are just two different animals smashed together. The owlbear is the de facto example of these “deadline” monsters. Today, I add another to the ranks of the amalgam creatures....
Legends and folklore live all over the world. Some of the truly interesting tales are the local legends. While cryptids of all kinds like bigfoot and the chupacabra are said to be found in varying regions, sometimes a cryptid might...
Every little girl needs a best friend. Lunella Lafayette just happens to have a gigantic, mutated dinosaur for hers. As mentioned last week in Alex’s Iconic Design, this is a team up! I have the second half of this...
First impressions are very important, especially with monsters. There are plenty of monsters that make their mark with a look of innocence that falls away to horror. Some monsters, however, are a terrifying sight right out of the gate,...
Weapons are cool. With swords, hammers, spears, axes, and everything in between, there’s always some kind of weapon that matches a characters style. What happens when the weapons are tired of doing a character’s dirty work, though? What if...
Horror Adventures introduces a collective insect-like group of monsters known simply as the hive. These creatures are evocative of hive-mind bugs like the insects from Starship Troopers or Starcraft’s Zerg. The hive are quick to add other creatures to their...
The stars are almost right for the release of the Strange Aeons Adventure Path. Each issue will contain a Great Old One to be unleashed upon unfortunate players and I found myself wanting to take a crack at such...
Once again, with Gen Con around the corner and the imminent release of Horror Adventures, I want to bring something scary to life! This time around it’s less about straight horror and more about paranoia. If you’ve ever thought...
Gen Con is coming and with it, the release of Horror Adventures! With this in mind, I decided now is a good time for things to get a bit spooky. This week and again with the next entry of...