Angels of the Far Future

[Rusty Shackleford]

There's a monster that always stuck in my head: the Shinning Child of Thassilon, from RotRL #5. Their utter, horrifying OTHERNESS was far more compelling than slime and tentacles. I was glad to see it again in Bestiary 2.

Their various origin stories were creepy as hell, especially the insane reflections of a dying star and the celestials of the far future one. It's like they're Angels of some alien cosmos. Kind of gives me a slight Evangelion vibe, too.

Thing is, I saw the same background for something else...the Caulborn in City of Strangers, the hive-minded thought eaters that live under Kaer Maga. Since both creatures have ties to thassilon...

Does paizo have some sort of big idea behind these things? Will we see any more monsters in a similar vein?

[Rusty Shackleford]

Maybe I didn't focus that question well enough:

Is there a particular person on the creative team behind these monsters, and will we ever see more like them?

[pad300]

You might want to check out Lost Cities of Golarion, as they have an origin for shining children hidden in the Sun Colony section...

[Rusty Shackleford]

pad300 wrote:

You might want to check out Lost Cities of Golarion, as they have an origin for shining children hidden in the Sun Colony section...

Jawesome. thanks.