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1 of 1- Spider of Leng
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- From: Plateau of Leng
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Freaky Take on Megatherium
So I was working on a vhuurmis lair in a section of Mount Vhuurmithadon for my Dark Treasury campaign tonight and got a jolt of inspiration. I decided to have the chief's main throne hall guarded by a megatherium magically altered to look like Xathoqqua. Giant bat sloth toad indeed! And this isn't one of those namby pamby docile megatheriums....
"Could you fancy me as a pirate bold? Or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on his side? Well, I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero. But I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark ride."--Jethro Tull
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Re: Freaky Take on Megatherium
Spider of Leng wrote:
So I was working on a vhuurmis lair in a section of Mount Vhuurmithadon for my Dark Treasury campaign tonight and got a jolt of inspiration. I decided to have the chief's main throne hall guarded by a megatherium magically altered to look like Xathoqqua. Giant bat sloth toad indeed! And this isn't one of those namby pamby docile megatheriums....
As a kid I loved the megatherium I had plastic t-rexes that were the bad guys and one megatherium who was the good guy. But I digress. The megatherium was ginormous and must have been very powerful! Great choice.
“How can I wear the harness of toil
And sweat at the daily round,
While in my soul forever
The drums of Pictdom sound?”
- Spider of Leng
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Re: Freaky Take on Megatherium
Yeah, I had those toy megatheriums too; not sure they still make them. I still remember when I first started playing D&D and saw how the rust monster and bulette were exactly like toys I had from some pack of "dinosaurs." Much later I learned that was really where they came from. That same set had something that looked like an umber hulk crossed with a dragon.
"Could you fancy me as a pirate bold? Or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on his side? Well, I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero. But I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark ride."--Jethro Tull
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