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Mimics - Vaults of Vaarn (vaultsofvaarn.com)
submitted 1 year ago by hawkguy@feddit.de to c/osr@lemm.ee

New blog post by Leo Hunt on the Vaults of Vaarn blog:

I run a bi-monthly feature on the Vaarn Patreon called Monster Monday, where patrons get the chance to vote on spark words, which I then use as inspiration for new Vaarn monsters. A recent vote resulted in a tie between the spark words ‘echopraxia’ and ‘pareidolia’. These mean ‘an involuntary imitation or repetition of someone else’s actions’ and ‘the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous visual pattern.’ For reasons I trust are obvious, these prompts got me thinking about mimics, creatures that copy something or someone else. What follows is part of the post I created for Patreon, a variety of riffs on the idea of a mimic.

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[-] Oldbean@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Wow, first time coming across this blog. Certainly interesting and I could spend all day reading the posts instead of working. I’ll bookmark this for continued reading.

[-] hawkguy@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I know that feeling. But do take a look the zines! They are name-your-own-price on itch.io and they are just great!

[-] dethb0y@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That's pretty awesome, the black window one in particular.

[-] hawkguy@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that would be a great dungeon encounter and also "part of the dungeon itself" because of the possible translocation.

I feel like the Exemplars could be a great (maybe recurring?) NPC with a lot of potential.

[-] dethb0y@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

yeah Exemplars could get a lot of mileage for sure!

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