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D&D 5E You've heard of three goblins (or kobolds) in a trench coat, but what about ....?
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RoughCoronet0
Dragon Lover
Intelligent swarms in a suit of plate mail sounds like a fun idea.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Is the entire colony in one suit of armor?
MarkB
Legend
Have individual hermit crabs taken up residence in each piece of the armour, and then (perhaps because it was magic armour) found themselves drawn together as a group and endowed with extraordinary collective intelligence?
Do they share a single consciousness, or just some form of collective government banded together for common interest?
Does the irony of a group of hermits forming a close-knit cooperative team bother them at all?
Do they share a single consciousness, or just some form of collective government banded together for common interest?
Does the irony of a group of hermits forming a close-knit cooperative team bother them at all?
Jefe Bergenstein
Legend
Important question - are the crabs in little shells in the armor? Naked in the armor? Or a swarm of little crabs in little armor?
These are all good questions.
Each crab would be wearing an individual piece of the plate mail as it's own shell.
Collectively, they Voltron together to form a humanoid form.
Clearly, there's some magic at work. Let's just say it's feywild influence because that seems to be in fashion.
They are all individuals, but collectively working together.
Each crab would be wearing an individual piece of the plate mail as it's own shell.
Collectively, they Voltron together to form a humanoid form.
Clearly, there's some magic at work. Let's just say it's feywild influence because that seems to be in fashion.
They are all individuals, but collectively working together.
Marandahir
Crown-Forester (he/him)
This thread reeks of plans to create and worship a leviathan lobster god
Have I told you about my Lorb and Saviour?
Have I told you about my Lorb and Saviour?
Swarmkeeper
Hero
Sounds fun.
Perhaps any one part of the Voltron can sacrifice itself when the "Swarm" suffers damage from a particularly nasty attack in order to preserve the rest of the "Swarm". The lingering injury table might be the inspiration for a mechanic here.
Perhaps any one part of the Voltron can sacrifice itself when the "Swarm" suffers damage from a particularly nasty attack in order to preserve the rest of the "Swarm". The lingering injury table might be the inspiration for a mechanic here.
Vaalingrade
Legend
So I'm thinking about this and I suddenly hit on something: Since each 'character' is a colony, then that character is actually a community in spirit and personification, sort of like how fusions and Steven Universe are relationships personified.
