Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Yeah I was thinking Dolgaunt in the style of HR Giger or the Cenobites - grotesque but sexy in a leather and tentacles fetish kinda way
D&D General Psionic species and subspecies, will they make a comeback too?
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Corinnguard
Hero
The Dragonstar RPG for 3e had an Ilithid offshoot as a playable race. They were called the Ith-kon and they bred to be Psychic Warriors.
Dragonstar (role-playing game) - Wikipedia
Demetrios1453
Legend
Ah yes, those mammalian thri-kreen...Only to make a slight offset in the number of mammalian species that currently exist in 5e.5e has three playable avian species- Aarakocra, Kenku and Owlin. One playable fish species- Locathah. Two playable reptilian species- Lizardfolk, Tortles. One playable species of Amphibian- the Grung. Everyone else is a playable mammal.
Mind of tempest
(he/him)advocate for 5e psionics
Dolgaunt seems a bad place to start, as well as cenobites, who are technically a monastic order.Yeah I was thinking Dolgaunt in the style of HR Giger or the Cenobites - grotesque but sexy in a leather and tentacles fetish kinda way
Now, there are ways to work on a biomechanical look
But you need more than that and more than just tentacles.
Also we do really lack something properly monstrous looking to play everything has been softened or is just a furry, some of us like the monstrous look.
Corinnguard
Hero
They only look insect-like because of that hard carapace.
Mind of tempest
(he/him)advocate for 5e psionics
They have no abdomen, thus no organs. Insects keep their organs in the abdomen.They only look insect-like because of that hard carapace.
It is an unreasonable beauty standard.
Corinnguard
Hero
Well, they were cursed (blessed?) to be anthropomorphic Praying Mantises by who knows what.
Well! We could look to Lovecraftian mythos for a new abberation-heritage design? I think it's safe to say Cthulhu and the Illithid he spawned are clearly off-limits to avoid any kind of imminent lawsuit from WotC.
The other big ones from the "Great Old Ones" range are Hastur and Yig.
Yig is the basis of Dendar the Night Serpent and the Yuan-Ti really cover a ton of the identity, there. Twisted snake-people and all.
Which leaves us with Hastur, the Yellow Sign, the King in Yellow....
Who is, of course, associated with the Worm that Walks.
It's almost like WotC mined Lovecraftian myth almost directly to try and make their Aberration stuff!
So what if we took a step just to the left and touched, instead, on the Oghru Jahad, of Hellboy, and their minions, the Ogdru Hem, instead?
Sammael, the Hound of Resurrection, would be a very interesting basis for a player heritage. Four eyes, tentacle-hair, concentric ring symbols on the body hearkening to -something- else. Three tongues on the end of a stalk that can extend outward... Not to mention the bony plates and brain-wrinkle patterns on specific parts of the body.
There's a -lot- of stimulating visuals you could mine from that interpretation.
Alternatively there's Cipactlhem for something very simple: Extra Mouths.
We definitely don't have any player character options with secondary mouths, and the gibbering mouther is a core aberration... Just thoughts!
The other big ones from the "Great Old Ones" range are Hastur and Yig.
Yig is the basis of Dendar the Night Serpent and the Yuan-Ti really cover a ton of the identity, there. Twisted snake-people and all.
Which leaves us with Hastur, the Yellow Sign, the King in Yellow....
Who is, of course, associated with the Worm that Walks.
It's almost like WotC mined Lovecraftian myth almost directly to try and make their Aberration stuff!
So what if we took a step just to the left and touched, instead, on the Oghru Jahad, of Hellboy, and their minions, the Ogdru Hem, instead?
Sammael, the Hound of Resurrection, would be a very interesting basis for a player heritage. Four eyes, tentacle-hair, concentric ring symbols on the body hearkening to -something- else. Three tongues on the end of a stalk that can extend outward... Not to mention the bony plates and brain-wrinkle patterns on specific parts of the body.
There's a -lot- of stimulating visuals you could mine from that interpretation.
Alternatively there's Cipactlhem for something very simple: Extra Mouths.
We definitely don't have any player character options with secondary mouths, and the gibbering mouther is a core aberration... Just thoughts!
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Actually, this has reminded me that Otyugh are already a telepathic species and at least semi-intelligent (Int 6). So why do all PC options have to be humanoid? Why cant we have a three legged bulk with a pair of tentacles and an eyestalk?
The Trash Heap has spoken naaagh!
Inspired by Otyugh? Possibly!Actually, this has reminded me that Otyugh are already a telepathic species and at least semi-intelligent (Int 6). So why do all PC options have to be humanoid? Why cant we have a three legged bulk with a pair of tentacles and an eyestalk?
The Trash Heap has spoken naaagh!
Actual Otyugh? Not a snowball's chance. WotC is terrified of large sized PCs on a conceptual level.
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