Thieves’ Guild So. Way back in the early 1980’s , the gaming market was exploding, and experiencing this sort of Cambrian sprawl of adaptive radiation, with everyone looking for new niches and unexplored concepts. A lot of games just went … Continue reading →
Rotscale Dragon The design notes and thought process which led to this beast are here. The Rotscale Dragon is a massive creature of vile decay. Bone shows through in many spots, and it seems impossible that its tattered wings could … Continue reading →
Part of Zombie Week here on MrLizard.com! It shuffles, it shambles, it eats your brains. What more do you want? share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on fark share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading →
Roll The Dice To See If I’m Getting Drunk! (Those of you who do not recognize the title, it’s from the classic and hilarious Dead Alewvies radio sketch, which came before the widely-distributed machinima often called “Summoner Geeks”. I have … Continue reading →
Of Arduin And Green Slime Golems To my mind, the pinnacle of gaming is/was the Arduin trilogy by David Hargrave. The later books were alright, but nothing matched those original three volumes, with their “Percent Liar”, their incoherent layout, and … Continue reading →
Green Slime Golem At first, this creature appears to be a puddle of stagnant liquid, or a thin sheen of mold growing over a surface. Only when someone comes within its programmed ranged (usually 20 squares or so) or if … Continue reading →
Cactus Demon Impaler Cactus Demons are massive creatures, "humanoid" only in the vaguest sense. In general, they are roughly the size and build of an ogre, but an ogre which has been picked up, mangled, and twisted by a clumsy … Continue reading →
Zungol The Water-Trader Zungol is an odd creature. Eight feet tall, blue skinned, hairless, very thin, and covered with sharp spikes, he is utterly unwilling to discuss where he comes from, though he claims to be a demon native to … Continue reading →
Whiptail Description A whiptail is a bipedal reptile slightly smaller than a man in height, but up to twelve feet in length. Built almost like a snake with long, agile, legs, it is a fast and maneuverable beast which can … Continue reading →
Plodfoot Description The Plodfoot, as its name implies, is a slow-moving creature, at least for a mount. It is a four-legged reptile about the size of a rhinoceros, except for its extended, snakelike, neck which terminates in a small head … Continue reading →