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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nixlord" data-source="post: 9517818" data-attributes="member: 77670">Deadly Denizens Vol. III November Art Previews #5: Last year, I ran a poll on my Patreon asking if they’d like to see creatures inspired by the Cthulhu mythos, and 80% of them said yes. However, I decided to focus on templates instead, thinking the Aberrant template would suffice for now. For Volume III, however, I’m diving in—and here’s the first: the Oculus Malus, also known as the Evil Eye or Malevolent Eye. As far as I can remember, I think this is my most powerful original creation to date that has no direct ties to existing D&D creatures. Its weakest form starts at CR 15, the formidable elder version rises to CR 22, and the near-omniscient ancient variant is at CR 29. I recall someone mentioning how rare CR 29 creatures are, so here it is.But what exactly is the Oculus Malus? Let’s delve into its primordial origins:"Born in the primeval void beyond time and space, the oculus malus is a cosmic agent of chaos, destruction, and corruption. It exists only to unmake order, feeding on the psychic energies of fear, despair, and hopelessness that sentient beings exude in their final moments. Wherever it manifests, reality distorts in its presence, with nightmares bleeding into the waking world. No ancient record or arcane text can fully explain its origin, only that it is an avatar of a far greater force—a fragment of an unknowable, infinite malevolence.Legends speak of older and far more terrifying forms of the oculus malus, their size spanning 20 to 40 feet in diameter, with powers verging on omnipotence. These greater manifestations exude an aura of pure corruption, withering all life in their vicinity, turning the land into barren, rotting wastelands. An elder oculus malus can raze entire civilizations to ash, while an ancient one has been known to obliterate entire worlds, leaving nothing but void and echoes of madness in its wake. Such entities are extremely rare, their existence serving as grim harbingers of the universe’s eventual, inevitable unraveling."The November issue is set to arrive later this week, just in time for the holidays![ATTACH=full]387171[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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