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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 5907728" data-attributes="member: 18333">If history, knowledge checks, with nasty descriptions and horrible rumors don't work, sometimes I try other medium.  For example, before the group encounters the creature(s), the group may see artwork depicting the creature(s) mauling victims - maybe it is woven into a tapestry, or painted on a vase or canvas painting.I also have (on occasion) put an NPC in harms way killing him or her outright.  Sometimes, the NPC stands valiantly up to the creature and yells to the others "fly, you fools." (The Gandolf Method)   Other times, the NPC is just in the wrong place at the wrong time and he or she gets squashed or swarmed or ripped to shreds.  (The Star Trek Red Shirt Method)</blockquote>