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Snails

Started by Cave Bear, November 15, 2016, 03:36:58 PM

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Bren

#15
November 16, 2016, 09:16:22 AM
Thanks for sharing your art. I really like the snail mage.
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Bren

#16
November 16, 2016, 09:21:19 AM
Quote from: rgrove0172;931054One of Robert E Howards Conan stories (the hall of thevdead) had a giant snail as the main monster.
That was an unfinished/unpublished story that was finished by L. Sprague de Camp. Is seems de Camp was responsible for the giant snail.

Quote from: The Butcher;931056The acid-spitting giant snails from the D&D RC were an absolute nightmare for my PCs.
Players always hate monsters that dissolve magic items. Go figure. :D
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Shipyard Locked

#17
November 16, 2016, 11:58:32 AM
Quote from: Cave Bear;931037I haven't played Final Fantasy III in almost a decade... was that monster anything like Ymir from Final Fantasy VI?
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Ymir_(Final_Fantasy_VI)

In the sense that they alternated a more defensive mode with a more offensive mode between rounds, yes, but not quite as punitive as the VI version.

The basic mechanics of 4e made mode-switching monsters pretty straightforward and rewarding, but I should be able to recreate them in 5e with little effort.

Christopher Brady

#18
November 17, 2016, 02:12:18 AM
Welp, I now, and I mean this seriously, have respect for the Flail Snail design concept.  I totally accept it as viable, and creepy, monster.
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rgrove0172

#19
November 17, 2016, 02:35:54 AM
Quote from: Bren;931097That was an unfinished/unpublished story that was finished by L. Sprague de Camp. Is seems de Camp was responsible for the giant snail.

Players always hate monsters that dissolve magic items. Go figure. :D

Technically your right of course.

3rik

#20
November 18, 2016, 04:43:58 PM
Quote from: ArrozConLeche;930994The slugs in the king kong movie with jack black were pretty nasty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTWYQhTT388
Those are more like worms, with lamprey-like mouths. The CGI makes their movements look a little fake, though.

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#21
November 20, 2016, 11:23:36 PM
In my DCC campaign, the city of Arkhome is practically maintained through harvesting of giant snails for their meat and milk.
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#22
November 21, 2016, 10:54:32 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;931817In my DCC campaign, the city of Arkhome is practically maintained through harvesting of giant snails for their meat and milk.

Snails are delicious but the thought of "snail milk" churns my stomach.
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RunningLaser

#23
November 21, 2016, 10:57:24 AM
Quote from: ThatChrisGuy;931866"snail milk"
Another terrible thing this thread has given us....

3rik

#24
November 22, 2016, 06:04:50 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;931817In my DCC campaign, the city of Arkhome is practically maintained through harvesting of giant snails for their meat and milk.

It wouldn't make sense for it to be actual milk, so what the heck is it?
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Bren

#25
November 22, 2016, 07:53:13 AM
Quote from: 3rik;931973It wouldn't make sense for it to be actual milk, so what the heck is it?
The ooze they secrete to slide on?
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Baron Opal

#26
November 22, 2016, 10:45:59 AM
Numbing to the touch and very slippery; an excellent grease for the mill axle as well as alchemical raw material.

Thornhammer

#27
November 22, 2016, 08:35:46 PM
Quote from: 3rik;931973It wouldn't make sense for it to be actual milk, so what the heck is it?

You've heard of "Man Milk" yes?  That ain't actual milk either.

Dot dot dot.

Shipyard Locked

#28
November 22, 2016, 08:56:11 PM
Quote from: 3rik;931973It wouldn't make sense for it to be actual milk, so what the heck is it?

How about a substance that is horribly poisonous to most creatures the snails traditionally had to fend off, but alas, turned out to be delicious to whatever humanoids discovered and enslaved them in Pundit's city? Bonus RP points if it is a deadly poison to some player races but not others. :devilishgrin:

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#29
November 23, 2016, 06:47:34 AM Last Edit: November 23, 2016, 05:24:35 PM by Shipyard Locked
Switching gears, how about some inspiration?

Check out the mechanics of the snail-boss thing in the old SNES game Demon's Crest (at about 3:05 in the video):

[video=youtube;qM2QXOMF9f4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM2QXOMF9f4[/youtube]

Note the way it controls the flow of water in the chamber by blowing it in or out.
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