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Snails

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

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Cave Bear

#30
November 23, 2016, 01:24:14 PM
Quote from: 3rik;931973It wouldn't make sense for it to be actual milk, so what the heck is it?

It's the paralytic venom that these things...

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Quote from: RunningLaser;930992For starters- that second comic pic is creepy and I do not like it at all.  

Snails are very creepy creatures.  The thought of a giant carnivorous one?  Gah!!!  I remember watching a nature show where there was a cone snail or something in the ocean.  It shot out a poison barb, stung a fish, then slowly enveloped it's mouth around it and ate it alive.  It was horrible....

[video=youtube;30zgbn_QffM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30zgbn_QffM[/youtube]

Imagine that at three to four hundred pounds or more.....


...shoot at their prey before swallowing them whole.

Humans use it as an anesthetic for their biomantic procedures, or as a recreational narcotic.

Quote from: Shipyard Locked;932132Switching 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):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM2QXOMF9f4

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

I love combat with forced movement effects (hence, why I am a 4E fan.)

Shipyard Locked

#31
November 23, 2016, 05:23:04 PM
Not snails, but Magic The Gathering does have a variety of kooky slug creatures:

http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Search/Default.aspx?output=spoiler&method=visual&type=+%5bslug%5d%7c%7csubtype%3d+%5bslug%5d

The Mega Man games feature a variety of robot snail things if you like constructs in your fantasy, including the bizarre Crystal Snail robot master (starts at 2:24):

[video=youtube_share;6jCya5UlJqE]https://youtu.be/6jCya5UlJqE?t=2m24s[/youtube]

antiochcow

#32
November 24, 2016, 12:44:16 PM
Quote from: Cave Bear;932189It's the paralytic venom that these things...

...shoot at their prey before swallowing them whole.

Humans use it as an anesthetic for their biomantic procedures, or as a recreational narcotic.


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Nexus

#33
November 29, 2016, 09:39:41 PM
Quote from: Cave Bear;930988
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Yikes...

I'll be seeing him in my nightmares.
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#34
December 01, 2016, 11:09:33 AM Last Edit: December 01, 2016, 11:12:20 AM by Opaopajr
Cone snails are terrifying! So lethal!

As a child at the beach we were taught to give a wide berth to sea snakes, even if they were drying up dying in empty oil drums, because they can still spasm and bite you, or you might step on a sand covered dead head and inject yourself with venom. And also to never just pick up a pretty shell without knowing what you're doing because you might just grab a cone snail with one still left alive inside... and die (quickly!). The cigarettes with lingering cherries, discarded soda pulltabs, medical waste syringes, and 3rd degree burning sand were further down the list of dangers at the beach.

Things to teach children who ever might visit the Persian Gulf or Red Sea back in the day. :)
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everloss

#35
December 02, 2016, 07:43:40 AM
Man, I just use giant snails as pack animals and flail snails as guard beasts.


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#36
December 04, 2016, 07:19:18 AM
In our old RQ2 campaign, we had a Morokanth who rode a Giant War Slug into battle, it was a bit slow but great for climbing up walls.
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#37
December 06, 2016, 07:57:34 PM
Check out all the medieval snail combat illustrations on this Imgur gallery.
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