Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
Hosted Forums
Creature Catalog Forums
General Monster Talk
5E: Monstrous Arthropods for Fifth Edition
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 9262766" data-attributes="member: 57383"><p>Came up with the following.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: magenta">A typical giant damselfly naiad or nymph is an aquatic insect around 5 feet long, usually green or brown in color. They have wing-nubs on their backs and a "mask" covering the lower face like giant dragonfly larvae, but are far slimmer in build, with flexible streamlined bodies better shaped for swimming (see Giant Dragonfly Nymph for details). A damselfly naiad does not have internal gills like a dragonfly nymph, but breathes with external gills at the tip of its abdomen that usually form a three-lobed trident that also acts as a tail fin. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: magenta"> A naiad of this size could be the larva of a giant damselfly that is nearly fully grown or in its final instar (see Giant Damselfly), a half-grown juvenile of a man-sized giant (see Giant Dragonfly) or an earlier instar of an even bigger damselfly, likely one of the giant tropical helicopters (see Imperial Giant Dragonfly, Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly, or Titanic Tropical Dragonfly).</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: magenta"> <em><strong>Lurkers in Lake Weed.</strong></em> Damselfly naiads hatch from eggs. Damselflies and dragonflies have a range of egg-laying strategies. Some species lay eggs above the water, and the larvae drop in when they hatch. The majority lay in water, mostly on water plants—some stick their eggs to the plant, others cut a hole with a blade on their abdomen tip and hide the egg inside. In either case, the female odonatid must lower its abdomen in the water, often entirely submerging itself during its egg-laying. The remaining species mostly just hover and dip their abdomen in water to drop their eggs, which allows them to quickly scattering a clutch over a wide area. Some tropical giant odonatids leave eggs in the water-filled hollows of plants, called phytotelmata (see Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly for details).</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: magenta"> While dragonfly nymphs hunt on the bottom, damselflies prefer to live nearer the surface. They tend to hide in underwater vegetation and ambush passing prey. In general, damselfly naiads are reluctant to attack large prey that dragonfly larvae would not hesitate to ambush, and naiads often avoid hunting creatures their own size or larger.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Will it do?</p><p></p><p>It's more information than strictly necessary, but the same applies to the biological digressions and detailed explanations in some of my other Giant Odonatid entries.</p><p></p><p>Going by the <em>Monster Manual</em> examples, there's no need to give weights for a monster or detail its habits in pseudo-scientific jibber-jabber. I just enjoy writing such.</p><p></p><p>But then learning is fun! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Hopefully some DM out there will find the info useful and/or interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 9262766, member: 57383"] Came up with the following. [INDENT] [COLOR=magenta]A typical giant damselfly naiad or nymph is an aquatic insect around 5 feet long, usually green or brown in color. They have wing-nubs on their backs and a "mask" covering the lower face like giant dragonfly larvae, but are far slimmer in build, with flexible streamlined bodies better shaped for swimming (see Giant Dragonfly Nymph for details). A damselfly naiad does not have internal gills like a dragonfly nymph, but breathes with external gills at the tip of its abdomen that usually form a three-lobed trident that also acts as a tail fin. A naiad of this size could be the larva of a giant damselfly that is nearly fully grown or in its final instar (see Giant Damselfly), a half-grown juvenile of a man-sized giant (see Giant Dragonfly) or an earlier instar of an even bigger damselfly, likely one of the giant tropical helicopters (see Imperial Giant Dragonfly, Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly, or Titanic Tropical Dragonfly). [I][B]Lurkers in Lake Weed.[/B][/I] Damselfly naiads hatch from eggs. Damselflies and dragonflies have a range of egg-laying strategies. Some species lay eggs above the water, and the larvae drop in when they hatch. The majority lay in water, mostly on water plants—some stick their eggs to the plant, others cut a hole with a blade on their abdomen tip and hide the egg inside. In either case, the female odonatid must lower its abdomen in the water, often entirely submerging itself during its egg-laying. The remaining species mostly just hover and dip their abdomen in water to drop their eggs, which allows them to quickly scattering a clutch over a wide area. Some tropical giant odonatids leave eggs in the water-filled hollows of plants, called phytotelmata (see Mammoth Helicopter Damselfly for details). While dragonfly nymphs hunt on the bottom, damselflies prefer to live nearer the surface. They tend to hide in underwater vegetation and ambush passing prey. In general, damselfly naiads are reluctant to attack large prey that dragonfly larvae would not hesitate to ambush, and naiads often avoid hunting creatures their own size or larger.[/COLOR] [/INDENT] Will it do? It's more information than strictly necessary, but the same applies to the biological digressions and detailed explanations in some of my other Giant Odonatid entries. Going by the [i]Monster Manual[/i] examples, there's no need to give weights for a monster or detail its habits in pseudo-scientific jibber-jabber. I just enjoy writing such. But then learning is fun! :) Hopefully some DM out there will find the info useful and/or interesting. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
Hosted Forums
Creature Catalog Forums
General Monster Talk
5E: Monstrous Arthropods for Fifth Edition
Top