D&D 5E ...an invertebrate world?

[NaturalZero]

'Cause we're living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl
You know that we are living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl
Living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

'Cause we're living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl
You know that we are living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl
Living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl

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That would be a cool D&D creature: Owl-water-bear or Owl-Tardigrade

 

[Undrave]

Apropos of the reptilian thread.....how about an invertebrate world

thri keen - noble warriors
mind flayers - evil geniuses (again)
(my spider folk - cute gnome-like sidekicks...shameless plug here )


.....aboleth (are these fish or something more invertebratey?)

Just thought about it: the world Splatoon!

Woomy!

 

[Vaalingrade]

An invertebrate world is easy to achieve simply by having the barbarian confiscate everyone's spines.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I don't think a mind flayer counts as an invertebrate.

There were many types of creatures in Dark Sun associated with the Tohr-kreen Empire (and Spelljammer's Xixchil). Rastipedes, bloodwings, giant snails (their slime can be used to construct buildings), and so forth.

 

[Undrave]

I guess....am not familiar with them....will google...

They're both video games featuring worlds inhabited by bugs

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

'Cause we're living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl
You know that we are living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl
Living in an invertebrate world
And I am an invertebrate girl

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Come on Tardi, let’s go party!
(Yes, I know, different musicians.)

 

[Tonguez]

Mulholand from Kipo and the Wonderbeasts comprises a colony of sapient tardigrades with a hive-mind who construct a body from water. He's probably the most powerful entity in Kipos world

 

[Casimir Liber]

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At least according to everything published, mind flayers are vertebrates. Or rather, nothing ever suggests otherwise, and they are literally created from human stock. Nothing in their description says they lose their bones.

It's your world, though, and they can be anything you want.

hadn't made it yet .....just posted the idea after seeing the reptile world thread, but it did get me thinking as I am in the process of planning and arid harsh dark-sun like region of my home campaign so making it more like this is intriguing...

 

[Ath'kethin]

I

hadn't made it yet .....just posted the idea after seeing the reptile world thread, but it did get me thinking as I am in the process of planning and arid harsh dark-sun like region of my home campaign so making it more like this is intriguing...

Focusing on invertebrates is a really interesting idea. Have you considered stuff like oozes in addition to the usual arthropods? Veering outside the animal kingdom more generally could also be cool, with creatures of the Plant type maybe.