NatureCheck

CEO of Fake Ecosystems 🌲🌲 | Knowledge (Nature) enjoyer | Spidermogging the Monster Manual | Guaranteed to impress that cute druid at your table (no promises)

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

Have you ever encountered creatures while playing #DnD or other #TTRPG and thought "This existing might really change how the world works..."?

Post it here, and I might deep how fantasy meets real ecology with that creature. You might even end up with free content for your game.

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@Devon_Eriksen_ Really depends on your magic system and the rest of your world building. But doing a little world building to make it make sense is no small pirtion of the fun. Would necromancy totally devalue labor? Maybe. But then what? It depends..

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@fol463 Not sure if I'm ready for Wednesday

[黒猫†フランベルジュ @ayakasi_k39]

拡大。点描でグラデーションを何度も重ねていったら樹脂で閉じ込めた植物みたいに。

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@EricDiaz_RPG I've had a lot of luck with exhausted monsters at lower levels. Lets you do set pieces with more creatures without overdoing it. Exhausted monsters roll at disadvantage which blunts the random crits issue, and they move half speed making escapes viable. May work for you too.

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

How do beholders do all that? Proteins in their eyes. It's science!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Birds can literally see the Earth’s magnetic field thanks to specialized light-sensitive proteins in their eyes.

Migratory birds possess one of nature’s most remarkable superpowers: the ability to navigate thousands of miles with incredible precision. At the center of this ability is a protein called Cry4 (cryptochrome 4), found in the retinas of their eyes.

When blue light enters the bird’s eye, it triggers a quantum reaction in the Cry4 proteins known as the radical pair mechanism. This ultra-sensitive process responds to the orientation and strength of the Earth’s magnetic field, essentially turning the bird’s visual system into a biological compass.

Scientists believe birds don’t just sense magnetism — they may actually see it. The quantum fluctuations likely appear as subtle visual patterns, shadows, or color gradients overlaid on their normal vision, much like an augmented reality heads-up display.

This extraordinary adaptation allows migratory birds to cross oceans, deserts, and mountain ranges with pinpoint accuracy, relying on the strange rules of quantum mechanics to guide them on their epic journeys.

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

I will ponder this

[Ser Crotum @Ser_Crotum]

Seeing this got me thinking of a fire serpent that lives undergroundto lie in lava beds, and when it's hurt, it goes above ground to heal in the sunlight. I think giving it a fire aoe when attacked and the ability to heal outside could make it really fun to run.

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

Me on the left

[TinyWarfare @tiny_warfare]

A couple quality pieces of art in Dwellers of the Forbidden City. Jim Roslof and Jim Holloway. Great stuff.

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@SandyofCthulhu I will give that a read. Thanks!

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@SplashDamage1 @DnDOnTap @RBAnder238 @TheJ011yR0ger Can sugar be paranoid?

[Old School RPG Art 🎲🐉🐲⚔️🧙‍♂️ @OldSchoolRPGArt]

Arnie Swenkel - Art from 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘗𝘦𝘢𝘬 (Bruce Cordell), AD&D 2e, 1996, TSR, Inc. #TSR #dnd #dndart #ttrpg #ttrpgart #fantasyart

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

This encounter mostly builds itself...

[ALEXIS ™I ❤️🇷🇼• @dufitalexis1]

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, scientists have observed a surprising partnership between a tiny humming frog and a large burrowing tarantula. Instead of eating the frog, the spider allows its tiny "housemate" to live inside its burrow as a "pet". In return, the frog helps protect the tarantula's eggs by feeding on ants and other small insects that could threaten them. Researchers believe the tarantula recognizes the frog through chemical cues and has learned that it is a helpful ally rather than prey. The unusual relationship has even led some people to describe the frogs as the spiders' "pets," making it one of nature's most remarkable examples of mutual cooperation. 🐸🕷️

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@DungeonNoir No. But maybe.

[Castle Grief @CastleGrief]

The final installment of this serialized horror-fantasy story in the world of Lordes is here.

I certainly hope you enjoy it, and I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@kat78901 That's extremely metal. What species do people use these days?

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

Does your setting have gross healer kits? Do you flavor druid healing to be downright unsettling? You could.

[ArchaeoHistories @histories_arch]

In the era before antibiotics, managing infected, suppurating wounds on the battlefield was a delicate task where surgeons relied on keen observation of natural healing processes. Though shocking to modern eyes, surgeons noted that wounds infested with certain fly larvae stayed remarkably clean, as the maggots consumed only the dead, necrotic flesh while leaving healthy tissue untouched. After the dead tissue was naturally cleared away, surgeons washed the wound with warm wine to disinfect it and applied poultices of garlic and lard. This ancient form of wound care prevented the onset of deadly gangrene and saved many wounded soldiers from amputation.

© Medieval England

#archaeohistories

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@GrampsToolshed Dice with bones inside...

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@sciencegirl 🔥 DJ Kookaburra 🔥

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

Alright players, here's your lore dump #dnd #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpg #dm

[Interesting World @_fluxfeeds]

Cross-writing was a writing technique commonly used during the 18th and 19th centuries to save paper and reduce postage costs.

It involved filling a page normally, then rotating the paper 90 degrees to write directly over the original text.

📹Verse & Sip

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@natural77384672 But does turtle weed have sap?

[NatureCheck @NatureCheckDM]

@DKagemann I mean, ending a campaign with battle royale can be pretty fun