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<blockquote data-quote="Fajitas" data-source="post: 3074172" data-attributes="member: 377">The problem came about because I did not quite fully describe the Null Shadows the first time they appeared.&nbsp; I had, in my head, a clear image of crouching humanoids, with glowing red eyes, long claws, and strangely, snuffling noses.&nbsp; In fact, as I described them, I stoop on my chair, crouched down, and made sniffing, snuffling sounds with little growls.Creepy and effective, if I don't say so myself.What I forgot to mention was that they were humanoid.So the players all saw me crouched down snuffling like an animal, and assumed that the Null Shadows were animal-like creatures, rather than humanoid.We didn't discover the visualization gap until this session.Which explained a lot.&nbsp; It explained why, when the Miyen Kai (elven god thing) described the evil nasty boar-like things (the ones that came out of the hole in the ground) to the party, they thought they might be <a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/1766566/" target="_blank">shadowbeasts (Null Shadows)</a>.&nbsp; It also explained why, way back during the Mages Academy fire, Spyscribe chose to use the word <a href="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/1273278/" target="_blank">haunches</a> when describing the creatures.&nbsp; I thought it was an odd choice at the time, but figured &quot;what the heck.&nbsp; Writer's choice.&quot;Now we're all on the same page.&nbsp; Um, d'arrrrrr.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fajitas, post: 3074172, member: 377"] The problem came about because I did not quite fully describe the Null Shadows the first time they appeared. I had, in my head, a clear image of crouching humanoids, with glowing red eyes, long claws, and strangely, snuffling noses. In fact, as I described them, I stoop on my chair, crouched down, and made sniffing, snuffling sounds with little growls. Creepy and effective, if I don't say so myself. What I forgot to mention was that they were humanoid. So the players all saw me crouched down snuffling like an animal, and assumed that the Null Shadows were animal-like creatures, rather than humanoid. We didn't discover the visualization gap until this session. Which explained a lot. It explained why, when the Miyen Kai (elven god thing) described the evil nasty boar-like things (the ones that came out of the hole in the ground) to the party, they thought they might be [URL="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/1766566/"]shadowbeasts (Null Shadows)[/URL]. It also explained why, way back during the Mages Academy fire, Spyscribe chose to use the word [URL="https://www.enworld.org/index.php?posts/1273278/"]haunches[/URL] when describing the creatures. I thought it was an odd choice at the time, but figured "what the heck. Writer's choice." Now we're all on the same page. Um, d'arrrrrr. [/QUOTE]

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