When asked what scared him, part of his answer--
"Bugs with transparent carapaces that allow the luckless observer to view the bugs last meal. Bugs with transparent carapaces that allow their paralyzed last meal to watch its would-be rescuers flee in terror as weak acids slowly dissolve its flesh."
That deserves to be fleshed out and made official. I want an illustration too. A good one. While you're at it make me a sammich.
His gory imagery stuck with me for days and I'm not even afraid of bugs.
(except when a monster like the one above devours me and I'm forced to spend my last minutes peering through its clear belly toward a Ben Affleck marathon on TV--at least the gurgling sounds of my own dissolution would mute out any dialog)
When asked what scared him, part of his answer--
"Bugs with transparent carapaces that allow the luckless observer to view the bugs last meal. Bugs with transparent carapaces that allow their paralyzed last meal to watch its would-be rescuers flee in terror as weak acids slowly dissolve its flesh."
That deserves to be fleshed out and made official. I want an illustration too. A good one. While you're at it make me a sammich.
His gory imagery stuck with me for days and I'm not even afraid of bugs.
(except when a monster like the one above devours me and I'm forced to spend my last minutes peering through its clear belly toward a Ben Affleck marathon on TV--at least the gurgling sounds of my own dissolution would mute out any dialog)
It was a creepy idea... it would make a cool submission, so go to the thread and bug him to submit it already.
- Ashavan
It was a creepy idea... it would make a cool submission, so go to the thread and bug him to submit it already.
- Ashavan
Well I've already committed the rudeness of daring him in the town square so I guess he'll get the idea.
Hmm, in his own post... yes, that would have been more logical.
;)
'Bug' him to submit it. You are good.
It was a creepy idea... it would make a cool submission, so go to the thread and bug him to submit it already.
- Ashavan
Well I've already committed the rudeness of daring him in the town square so I guess he'll get the idea.
Hmm, in his own post... yes, that would have been more logical.
;)
'Bug' him to submit it. You are good.
Hey, I do what I can. You're right, they are excellent ideas. I hope he submits them since he seems to have a knack for the description, which is one of the more difficult bits to master.
- Ashavan
oh my...
I should say that nothing I posted in the other thread was entirely original. I know I've somewhere seen a monster with a transparent digestive track. It just wasn't an insect. Short stories, books, movies, and mythology provided other inspiration.
Wyste From Speaker in Dreams maybe. Big tenticled worm with transparent skin through which can be seen its guts.
ASEO out
oh my...
I should say that nothing I posted in the other thread was entirely original. I know I've somewhere seen a monster with a transparent digestive track. It just wasn't an insect. Short stories, books, movies, and mythology provided other inspiration.
The thoughts are encouraging though. I may get around to submitting something eventually, though not necessarily bug-related.
As far as illustrations go, sometimes things left to the imagination are the horror writer's best friends. Besides I can't really draw. :p
Yes, well... do we have it in D&D, because if we don't, me wants it. :)
As for the illustration... I was kind of hoping Dragon would kick in for some art.
When I was a kid I'd been published in Dragon, issue #139's "Oh look, a harmless statue," and they gave me a full page of art for a five hundred word golem article. Not complaining. It doubled the size of the piece!
Submit away if you get the chance, Ultrazen. It's fun, easy, tax deductable, and it always stays crispy in milk.
You definitely have the stuff. It wasn't the monster, it was the way you used it.
When I was a kid I'd been published in Dragon, issue #139's "Oh look, a harmless statue," and they gave me a full page of art for a five hundred word golem article. Not complaining. It doubled the size of the piece!
Jade,
I just wanted to say I remember that article way back, and I've always thought it was excellent! Since then I've used a whole bunch of your ideas in different campaigns I've run...
I just wanted to say I remember that article way back, and I've always thought it was excellent! Since then I've used a whole bunch of your ideas in different campaigns I've run...
Thank you so much for the kind words, Knight.
I'm glad you were able to use those ideas. The last editor of Dragon greenlighted a '100 examples' sequel of the piece but I was in a car accident and never got my head on straight to send in the finished piece. These days I'd have to convert it to the new rules if it's ever to see the light of day, if there was even any interest from the staff that is.
I've been to a few game cons and was surprised to find that people did remembered that article so fondly.
I can tell you that when I sent it in Robin someone was the assistant editor and kept fighting for it to be accepted. Roger Moore kept blocking. Robin kept up the assault saying "The nuts and bolts crowd will like it."
I'm still not certain what that means.
Roger finally succumbed and published it.
I know this because they had this disagreement ALL OVER my manuscript, in black and red ink respectively.
It was the first piece of writing I'd ever sent out and it came back accepted. What are the chances of that in this world of form letter rejections one could wallpaper a rec room with? Thank you Dragon for making the impossible possible I say.