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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 3004027" data-attributes="member: 9255">THE CREATION SCHEMASEGMENT 2548/05/06“Lord Tyranid”DM NOTESFiends.Everyone thinks of the word comes up with aquick image of their favorite nasty creature.  I never did fiends because one: the public mentality behind them and two: they bored me.  Eberron however gives me ideas.  They have a role to play other than just to cause mischief or invade.  They are looking to free their leaders and retake a world that was once THEIRS.Theirs.   Curious when one thinks of it that way.Lord Tyranid is my first true use of the fiends and is in many ways very different from the normal fiend.  These creatures x-breed to create their different versions and they are looking to explore the world first.  Now they are exploring by means of gathering information.What kind of information and what they will do with it are uncertain and thus fun to explore.  This said-  I present Lord Tyranid and his Tyranid Horde.The Huge creature sat on its stone throne.  Khyber shards both decorate and empower the throne for the fiend’s use.  Dozens of tubes rise to the back of the throne.  These tubes spread out and reach to vats of glowing green fluid.  Within each vat is a thinking subject.  The Tyranid master feeds.  It feeds on their thoughts, memories and sometimes emotions.It has been very hungry and for a long time.  A hundred years ago, humans came here in crafts that floated on the cold waters that surround their island home.  No longer did the hive need to feed on the primiative humanoids that hid in the hills miles away from them.However, these humans created warriors.  Strong and tough.  Digesting these creations was not pleasant.  But it was done.  (1/2 golems / the Forgotten)Eventually the humans left but not before showing the horde leader something about the world.  It had slept too long.  These humanoids thrived and covered the surface.  They used magic of many types and created powerful items and tools to protect themselves.  Recently though new humanoids came.  Some were short, some squat and others tall but all still just humanoids.  They came on flying ships.  These were shot down and the insects captured for study.  More came and more still.  They all sought something within the shelter they built on the surface.  The very place their protectors stayed.  These were captured also and studied.  New breeding tests are being done.  Some of these creatures show such control over magic that they could be a threat to the coming CHAOS.  What EFFECT they had for her plans was uncertain.So for now the Lord Tyranid drinks, thinks and plans.   Soon she will spread her touch.  Soon her horde will leave the island and find these creature’s home and destroy them and their brood.   Soon.</blockquote>

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