Midweek Monstrosities: Gargoyle, Grick and Nothic

A smattering of monstrosities from the world of Dungeons and Dragons. The gargoyle is probably known to most anyone - the other two being a lot more obscure creatures.

Gargoyle

Grick

Nothic

 

Even more monstrosities

From the top, these beasties are: animaed armour, brown bear, death dog, dire wolf, giant badger and giant fire beetle.

You can read more about them on "The Realms of Auria" blog.

More Beasties

From the top, these beasties are: cockatrice, giant wasp, gnoll, hobgoblin, lizarfolk, orc, satyrs (fauns) and worg.

You can read more about them on "The Realms of Auria" blog.

Some Beasties

The Axe Beak

Blink Dog

Giant Centipede

Giant Lizard

Giant Wolf Spider

Skeleton

Goblin Week: Midweek Goblin

Careful with that axe, Azgroth!

Midweek Monster: Flying Sword

Not much of a monster this time, but a sword moving and attacking all by itself is still quite unnerving.

Midweek Monster: Axe Beak

Today's monstrosity is called an Axe Beak, a large, aggressive, flightless bird, inspired by prehistoric birds that once roamed the earth.

Midweek Monster: Twig Blight

This little thing is called a Twig Blight. It might resemble Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy, but it stands little more than 3 feet tall. Though if you listen very carefully you might hear a very low "I AM GROOT!"

Midweek Monster: Flying Snake

A new regular, the "Midweek Monster", which in essence is just more of Fantasy Friday - illustrating D&D monsters from the free Basic Rules for Dungeons and Dragons - kicking off with the flying snake.

While a fantastical being, they were described as quite real by the Greek historian Herodotus (c 484-425 BC), who claimed they came from Arabia, and every spring they would fly towards Egypt in great numbers. Their progress would however be stopped by sacred birds -ibises- who would kill and eat the snakes barring their entry into Egypt.

Herodotus says "its form is like that of the watersnake; and it has wings not feathered but most nearly resembling the wings of the bat." In that respect, the Monkey's rendition above is a bit off...