DonaldRumsfeldsTofu
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Just out of curiousity, where does it say that beholders and illithids reproduce asexually?
Monster Porn?
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demiurge1138
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I don't know about beholders (I always assumed that they did reproduce sexually, albeit with difficulty), but the illithid reproductive cycle was first detailed in The Illithiad, then in 3e in Fiend Folio and Underdark. The process, ceremorphosis, entails inserting a four-tailed tadpole into a human host. The tadpole eats the host's brain and takes over its body, and the creature's psionic energies mutate the human skeleton to accomadate (jaw fuses, tentacle holes grow, skull extends). It's quite gruesome, and the "birthing" process might make for some disturbing illithid "porn" (see, I got on topic!)
Demiurge out.
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Gez
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TSR published three monster ecology books.
For the mind-flayers, The Illithiad; for the beholders, I, Tyrant (hehehe, what a pun); and for the sahuagins, The Sea Devils.
For the illithid, Demiurge already sumed up the process.
Beholders are hermaphroditic and practice autofecundation. Then they lay eggs. Being obsessed with their weird egocentrism, they will avoid sexuality, because they want perfect clones of themselves, not a genetical mixing.
PS: Everybody knows that illithid porn is hentai.
For the mind-flayers, The Illithiad; for the beholders, I, Tyrant (hehehe, what a pun); and for the sahuagins, The Sea Devils.
For the illithid, Demiurge already sumed up the process.
Beholders are hermaphroditic and practice autofecundation. Then they lay eggs. Being obsessed with their weird egocentrism, they will avoid sexuality, because they want perfect clones of themselves, not a genetical mixing.
PS: Everybody knows that illithid porn is hentai.
s/LaSH
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For nonhuman stimulation, you need look no further than the dragon. A dragon doesn't pile up gold and jewels so it can buy a better cave, it piles it up because that's what it likes more than anything else.
This is something to point out after you've run your fingers lovingly through a captured hoard...
Of course, abberations aren't necessarily put together in logical fashion. You'd think they wouldn't have... urges, but perhaps they do - perhaps their creators thought it'd be fun. If so, maybe they like the humanoid women - but I suspect they'd be heavily into domination... of a sort. How many aberrations don't have the ability to enslave your will?
Icky, icky stuff, but isn't that the point?
(I also reason that this may be the reason Space Mutants always lust after Earth Women, despite the fact that Earth Women are pink, not green, and have an internal skeleton, not a brain-baring exoskeleton.)
I can also imagine orcs with tough leather sacks they fill with grain and beat the crap out of - perhaps with faces painted on the side; and elves with lewd woodcuts juxtaposed with pressed flowers, and nobody quite knows which one is the point of the publication.
This is something to point out after you've run your fingers lovingly through a captured hoard...
Of course, abberations aren't necessarily put together in logical fashion. You'd think they wouldn't have... urges, but perhaps they do - perhaps their creators thought it'd be fun. If so, maybe they like the humanoid women - but I suspect they'd be heavily into domination... of a sort. How many aberrations don't have the ability to enslave your will?
Icky, icky stuff, but isn't that the point?
(I also reason that this may be the reason Space Mutants always lust after Earth Women, despite the fact that Earth Women are pink, not green, and have an internal skeleton, not a brain-baring exoskeleton.)
I can also imagine orcs with tough leather sacks they fill with grain and beat the crap out of - perhaps with faces painted on the side; and elves with lewd woodcuts juxtaposed with pressed flowers, and nobody quite knows which one is the point of the publication.
yes. Forbes 500 is Playdragon to them!s/LaSH said:
Shadowdancer
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In Dragon magazine No. 319, there is a "Zogonia" comic on page 14 that is very appropriate for this thread. Check it out when you get your copy. Funny stuff.
frankthedm
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Soulforging statues.
These are hand sized statues of Dwarven couples in varying positions. Each statue has a base with runes descibing the position's Name, pros and cons. Materials vary but usually stone or non rusting metal.
"The Watchtower" - 'both are standing and can draw weapons if attacked' - 'slightly unromantic'
These are given to new Soulforgers [newlyweds] by their clan leaders or relatives. The statues are stored in well made but plain boxes. These figurines have a habit of being sold as "erotic dwarven chess sets" much to the ire of dwarves. Value is hard to estimate since the sets not being sold by the dwarven crafters are suspected to have been stolen, since the sets are normally passed down through clans and families. Still coin can be had for a well made statue of unique nature.
Giving a set to a unmarried couple is a request they marry, given to a married couple is a hint to them to have more children, given to a single dwarf it is a forward request he or she settle down. Given by a dwarf to the opposite sex in an owned dwelling is a wordless and clanless proposal. The giver presents the set to the intended, in the home the giver wishes to raise the family in. If given outside of a home owned by one of the two dwarves then it’s a request they find someplace together. If a single statue is given, then its just a request for sex. In most cases if the statues are accepted then the “soulforging” begins. Others in the area are expected by custom to show blessing by giving privacy.
If a set is given by a lifelong friend to a single dwarf, it means” I know you well and you would raise good children”. However if the set is given by someone who is a combat ally it means “If that is as well you fight, we need more dwarves” or “Maybe your children will fight better than you do.” Their meanings have sometimes dissolved adventuring parties as an unknowing ally gives a found set to allied dwarf. The dwarf must either 1. Accept the giver as a friend then accept the gift as a friend or insult the friend by refusing or 2. Defend his honor with his axe or accept the insult and retire to family life.
These are hand sized statues of Dwarven couples in varying positions. Each statue has a base with runes descibing the position's Name, pros and cons. Materials vary but usually stone or non rusting metal.
"The Watchtower" - 'both are standing and can draw weapons if attacked' - 'slightly unromantic'
These are given to new Soulforgers [newlyweds] by their clan leaders or relatives. The statues are stored in well made but plain boxes. These figurines have a habit of being sold as "erotic dwarven chess sets" much to the ire of dwarves. Value is hard to estimate since the sets not being sold by the dwarven crafters are suspected to have been stolen, since the sets are normally passed down through clans and families. Still coin can be had for a well made statue of unique nature.
Giving a set to a unmarried couple is a request they marry, given to a married couple is a hint to them to have more children, given to a single dwarf it is a forward request he or she settle down. Given by a dwarf to the opposite sex in an owned dwelling is a wordless and clanless proposal. The giver presents the set to the intended, in the home the giver wishes to raise the family in. If given outside of a home owned by one of the two dwarves then it’s a request they find someplace together. If a single statue is given, then its just a request for sex. In most cases if the statues are accepted then the “soulforging” begins. Others in the area are expected by custom to show blessing by giving privacy.
If a set is given by a lifelong friend to a single dwarf, it means” I know you well and you would raise good children”. However if the set is given by someone who is a combat ally it means “If that is as well you fight, we need more dwarves” or “Maybe your children will fight better than you do.” Their meanings have sometimes dissolved adventuring parties as an unknowing ally gives a found set to allied dwarf. The dwarf must either 1. Accept the giver as a friend then accept the gift as a friend or insult the friend by refusing or 2. Defend his honor with his axe or accept the insult and retire to family life.
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