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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 8636761" data-attributes="member: 57383">Hmm, the original text says &quot;In place of an ordinary tongue, the Gurgotch has a great trumpet-like funnel from which it exhales a noxious gas&quot; as well as referring to its trunk, suggesting they might have both.That said, I would be fine making the &quot;trunk&quot; and &quot;funnel&quot; one and the same, or maybe the &quot;funnel&quot; is inside the trunk and it &quot;sticks out its tongue&quot; to use it.I wonder whether the Gurgotch uses its funnel-tongue to feed. Maybe the damage the gas does is actually it supping on the nervous systems of its victims?There's no mention of their trunks being grey - the illustration shows them to be as dark or darker than the Demon Pachyderm's body. Maybe have them be ebony black rather than the ivory white of a true elephant?Not sure about specifying they were created as shock troops, would prefer it to just say demonic armies use them for that purpose.One idea I had was to say its face looks somewhat skull-like with its trunk/tongue protruding from where its nasal socket would be. However, that would be at odds with the description &amp; picture which are pretty clear it just looks like a fiendish elephant.Commonly known as the demon elephant, a gurgotch is a being from the lower planes. Matte black like coal and ashes, it resembles a huge African elephant with great saucer-like white eyes, glowing and pupilless, and long curved tusks the hue of ebony. Their tail ends in three barbs like a trident.

Unholy Invaders. Gurgotches are often part of Abyssal armies attacking other planes, serving as shock troops, living siege engines, or mounts for giant evil masters. If their demon allies are defeated they are often abandoned to roam the material plane causing mayhem.

[Some Title. Stuff about their funnel-tongue and its neurotoxic vapours.]Anything else?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 8636761, member: 57383"] Hmm, the original text says "In place of an ordinary tongue, the Gurgotch has a great trumpet-like funnel from which it exhales a noxious gas" as well as referring to its trunk, suggesting they might have [B]both[/B]. That said, I would be fine making the "trunk" and "funnel" one and the same, or maybe the "funnel" is [B][I]inside[/I][/B] the trunk and it "sticks out its tongue" to use it. I wonder whether the Gurgotch uses its funnel-tongue to feed. Maybe the damage the gas does is actually it supping on the nervous systems of its victims? There's no mention of their trunks being grey - the illustration shows them to be as dark or darker than the Demon Pachyderm's body. Maybe have them be ebony black rather than the ivory white of a true elephant? Not sure about specifying they were [B][I]created[/I][/B] as shock troops, would prefer it to just say demonic armies use them for that purpose. One idea I had was to say its face looks somewhat skull-like with its trunk/tongue protruding from where its nasal socket would be. However, that would be at odds with the description & picture which are pretty clear it just looks like a fiendish elephant. [INDENT]Commonly known as the demon elephant, a gurgotch is a being from the lower planes. Matte black like coal and ashes, it resembles a huge African elephant with great saucer-like white eyes, glowing and pupilless, and long curved tusks the hue of ebony. Their tail ends in three barbs like a trident. [I][B]Unholy Invaders.[/B][/I] Gurgotches are often part of Abyssal armies attacking other planes, serving as shock troops, living siege engines, or mounts for giant evil masters. If their demon allies are defeated they are often abandoned to roam the material plane causing mayhem. [[COLOR=red][I][B]Some Title.[/B][/I] Stuff about their funnel-tongue and its neurotoxic vapours.[/COLOR]][/INDENT] Anything else? [/QUOTE]

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