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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.
@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..
@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.
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.
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.
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. 🐸🕷️
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.
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.
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