This rare and valuable monster is prized for both the beauty and danger of its melodious piping, capable of driving other creatures into a terrifying furvor as their senses are overloaded with surreal, synesthetic hallucinations often accompanied by an intense feeling of dissociation. As the frantic song intensifies, listeners may begin to believe they occupy a wholly different reality in an indescribably alien form.
Eledirge are difficult to replicate faithfully, their psychosonic powers dependant on a precise arrangement of neural broadcasters and vocalization tubes. Rumors abound that even the finest specimens pale in comparison to the long-lost original, whose singing is said to have truly broken the boundaries of reality. Unsurprisingly, many Unknown-class monsters seem unaffected or even bored by their musical stylings, one Xenogog infamously dismissing an Eledirge symphony as “kiddie fare.”
The genetic fusion of a human with a scorpion, the Venomox is an uncommonly resilient monster with unparalleled tolerance to radiation, temperature extremes and biochemical threats, capable of surviving without food or water for years at a time. Virtually blind, it tracks prey by vibration, drumming the ground with its fingers as it closes in.
Venomax range broadly in proportion, toxicity and combat strategy, from specimens who rely primarily on brute strength to smaller, frailer individuals with significantly deadlier venom, though even the mildest Venomax sting can cause hours of numbess, euphoria, hallucinations and minor ocular bleeding. Coupled with their beautiful coloration under ultraviolet light, they are popular additions to nocturnal social events.
Venomax are most comfortable in hot, sandy environments, though they shun sunlight.
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Nope, but they say they’re in the final stages of developing the first rulebook(Codenamed: Munchkin) which will be priced at $15, last I checked.
The fusion of a human with a butterfly. This bizarre-looking insectoid produces a highly toxic but sweet-smelling gas that allows it to float through air, propelled by its otherwise small, feeble wings. It expels excess gas through its anus, which causes paralysis in most other creatures. With its long, hollow tongue, it reaches down the throats of those affected and drinks their stomach contents.
A blighterfly’s face randomly changes arrangement throughout its life. Its wings match the species of butterfly used to create it.
This sleek and agile vampire’s obsidian scales reflect direct light in a dazzling display of sparkles most sight-equipped beings find impossible to look at directly without nauseating disorientation, considerable ocular pain and momentary blindness. Even in darkness, the monster can wave its bioluminescent barbel about its own surface or emit rapid, strobing flashes from its bulbous eyes, its entire body shining and pulsing in a torturous effect for even moderately light-sensitive organisms.
Vain, brash and sometimes juvenile, Twileye regard themselves as simply “too amazing” for “lesser beings” to appreciate. To them, the pained howls of their victims are the shamed cries of those who have finally seen “true beauty” and understand “how ugly and stupid they really look.”
Growing up to the size of boar, this canine mutant can drag itself quite fast on its muscular forelegs and swing its spiked tail with enough force to punch a hole through concrete. If it bites down on another creature, it will never let go until the prey is dead or dismembered. It does not bark, but emits a deep, rumbling groan not unlike a crocodile. It enjoys gnawing metal to sharpen its teeth.
Every geneticist can remember their first slime. The crudest and simplest monsters to cultivate, these ambulatory, omnivorous tissue colonies have a staggering array of practical applications, widely utilized as cleaning solvents, food additives, exfoliating facial masks, paradermal necraphoid disruptors and occasionally hats.
Docile and only moderately corrosive in smaller volumes, slimes exhibit an exponential acceleration in metabolism as their biomass increases, necessitating more aggressive, even predatory feeding methods. Often called “blobs” or “globsters,” massive enough slimes can make fiercely destructive but nearly uncontrollable biological weapons, feeding until their energy demands are no longer sustainable and their own overcrowded digestive cells dissolve them into smaller, more passive fragments.
Slimes can be cultured in a nearly limitless variety, with several distinct strains officially recognized by the Slime, Ooze and Jelly Cultivation Society:
Rotsnot - the most common distinguishable strain, Rotsnot is vivid green and highly viscous with a hot, briny odor. Its overactive digestive cells make it highly unstable, but moderately more destructive than conventional slimes.
Bugbile - a runny, green-yellow slime heavily saturated with ammonia, always seething with many small bubbles. Known to contract itself and burst upward in a wave or geyser, crashing down on prey.
Tarbaby - oily black, slow moving and rubbery, known for its incredible adhesiveness, tensile strength and acrid, burnt smell.
Jellydrop - a transparent, sweet smelling slime known to hold a dense, smoothly rounded shape. It has a tendency to split in two when it detects danger.
Crypt crud - this luminous yellow slime tends to spread far in a veiny lattice of pulsing channels. It seeks out decomposing materials first, but consumes them slowly, thickly infesting both inert and animate corpses.
Bogfire - a thickly veined, bioluminescent, red-orange jelly. Venomous, barbed microcilia inflict a prolonged burning rash.
Frogvomit - these intensely sour slimes retain lumps of partly digested matter in their slushy, chunky, multicolored matrix. With a slow digestive process, they attempt to simply smother prey by invading any available orifices.
Blarf - retaining waste matter and thick with bacteria, much of a Blarf’s plasmodium is homogeneous to mammalian excrement, varying in consistency. Like the Frogvomit, it attempts to clog the airways of its prey.
Devil blood - a deep crimson, fast moving slime which travels in a winding stream and may crystallize its edges into needle-like shards. It condenses into a ball and hurls itself at prey, not unlike a striking serpent.
Bloody gums - this wet, pink, putty-like slime sweats beads of a dark crimson, highly toxic gel. Ingestion or even close proximity may cause dizziness and cramping.
Rust pus - a reddish orange slime with a sponge-like plasmodium smelling strongly of vinegar. Rust pus are uninterested in most organic tissues, breaking down metals and minerals for sustenance.
Scabcurdle - a red and brown, blue-veined mush with a crusty, lumpy surface and a sharp copper odor. It feeds only on the blood and other bodily fluids of prey through its probing microtendrils, discarding the drained husk.
Baby guts - pinkish purple to sickly blue, its creased and folded mass resembles a jiggling heap of intestines. Able to “spit” thin streams of itself a considerable distance.
Headcheese - forms a pulsing, deeply wrinkled, green-gray gelatinous dome often likened to a crawling brain. It leaks a clear, odorless mucus with psychotropic effects.
Moldmush - with an irregularly lumpy, multicolored plasmodium, dense patches of cilia and dark, oozing secretions, a Moldmush is often likened to a heap of rotting fruit. Its matching odor causes sneezing fits.
Funk - a highly fluid, pure white slime with a large yellow nucleus, often compared to a “fried egg.” A Funk’s nucleus gives off a repellantly foul odor and may burst into a vile cloud of pungent vapor if punctured.
Before the perfection of more civilized mental conditioning, the Dissolvore was one of many popular methods for guaranteeing the obedience of human minions, functioning as a living restrainment device that would rapidly consume tissues at its master’s command. They continue to see popular use in certain crime syndicates, especially in the feral human territories beyond Mortasheen, and can make quite capable (even fashionable) battle-monsters. Unattached to a body, they are highly acrobatic fliers and can stretch their membranes to encase far larger creatures and smother them in digestive enzymes.
A Dissolvore can regenerate from the tiniest scrap of its head in only hours. Usually engineered fully formed, feral specimens can eventually produce fluttering, bow-like larvae. Quite intelligent, their deadpan no-nonsense attitude often belies a dry sarcastic wit.
Tell me a Trixie’s hat and cape version of this wouldn’t be fucking awesome.
These two images were the first to get me into Mortasheen. And while the artist has since not continued it, I’ve driven myself nuts with making up teams for the rest of the six.