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<blockquote data-quote="Shade" data-source="post: 3139882" data-attributes="member: 287">This is an interesting topic.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> What I find interesting is what scares me as a player is radically different than what scares me in life.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a player, I fear few things more than monsters that trash my possessions, like rust monsters, disenchanters, and the like.&nbsp;&nbsp; The absolutely most terrifying creatures I can imagine ever facing are the lavawight and shape of fire (both in the Epic Level Handbook).&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because they drain hit points permanently that can never be restored!Now, in real life, I'd be far more horrified by something that could cause me great pain or pain to my loved ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; I'd much rather have material possessions ruined...those can be (at least potentially) recovered.&nbsp; In real life, I'd rather face a rust monster rather than just about any other creature since it could barely hurt me.What do we still fear in our modern, jaded culture?&nbsp;&nbsp; I think torture is far more disturbing nowadays than death.&nbsp;&nbsp; Look at the trends in horror movies...in the last century, most of the horror movies focused on a creature/killer dispatching people.&nbsp; The deaths, while often creative and horrific, were usually quick.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nowadays the focus is on torture and mutilation.&nbsp; I can't really stomach most of the recent horror movies, like Hostel and the Devil's Rejects.I definitely feel that the greatest traction of monsters is a combination of nostalgia and being part of the greater D&amp;D picture.&nbsp;&nbsp; Githyanki aren't just old school cool, but they tie in to illithids, githzerai, red dragons, the Astral Plane, and so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shade, post: 3139882, member: 287"] This is an interesting topic. :) What I find interesting is what scares me as a player is radically different than what scares me in life. As a player, I fear few things more than monsters that trash my possessions, like rust monsters, disenchanters, and the like. The absolutely most terrifying creatures I can imagine ever facing are the lavawight and shape of fire (both in the Epic Level Handbook). Why? Because they drain hit points permanently that can never be restored! Now, in real life, I'd be far more horrified by something that could cause me great pain or pain to my loved ones. I'd much rather have material possessions ruined...those can be (at least potentially) recovered. In real life, I'd rather face a rust monster rather than just about any other creature since it could barely hurt me. What do we still fear in our modern, jaded culture? I think torture is far more disturbing nowadays than death. Look at the trends in horror movies...in the last century, most of the horror movies focused on a creature/killer dispatching people. The deaths, while often creative and horrific, were usually quick. Nowadays the focus is on torture and mutilation. I can't really stomach most of the recent horror movies, like Hostel and the Devil's Rejects. I definitely feel that the greatest traction of monsters is a combination of nostalgia and being part of the greater D&D picture. Githyanki aren't just old school cool, but they tie in to illithids, githzerai, red dragons, the Astral Plane, and so on. [/QUOTE]

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