Category Archives: Monsters

Traveller: Sentient Races Statistics

Posted on September 1, 2019 by lostdelights

Back in the 1980s I made up a list of sentient races for Traveller, both the canon races (Hiver, K’Kree, etc.) and non-canon stuff from Star Wars and Star Trek. I’ve added a couple since then, and made it available … Continue reading →

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An Ankheg Queen by Caio Monteiro

Posted on July 2, 2018 by lostdelights

A while back I talked about how old D&D monsters kept mutating as new artists got a hold of them. The Ankheg was what set me off in old-timer grumpiness, but here’s a new image of the Ankheg I liked. … Continue reading →

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Dug Stanat’s Creepy Clayworks

Posted on December 19, 2017 by lostdelights

I stumbled over The Art of Dug Stanat in a search for new critters to challenge my players. He has a lot of fun stuff there, and he does commissions and sells his work so you may want to patronize … Continue reading →

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Some Great Blogs to Visit

Posted on November 19, 2016 by lostdelights

In case you haven’t seen them already, here’s two other great sites to visit. A Book of Creatures (https://abookofcreatures.com/ is a wonderful collection of creatures and monsters drawn from a wide variety of folklore. Recent additions come from the Congo, … Continue reading →

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Avenger of the Seven Seas

Posted on October 22, 2016 by lostdelights

After desperately looking for a movie to watch on YouTube, I stumbled across Avenger of the Seven Seas (1962) with Richard Harrison as David Robinson, Australian convict who becomes a British officer, mutinies, gets tied to the rocks to drown … Continue reading →

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In the Tunnels under the Roc Nest

Posted on February 14, 2016 by lostdelights

The party began exploring the tunnels under the Roc nest, which were created by the jumble of ships that the Roc used to make the nest. Passages are tall and low, narrow and wide, and often slant up and down … Continue reading →

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On the Size of the Roc or Rukh

Posted on January 18, 2016 by lostdelights

The player characters are currently on an island in Faerie on which a Roc lives. The Roc (in Persian, Rukh) is an enormous bird of prey that appears in the Arabian Nights and probably is based on the legends of … Continue reading →

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More Monsters from A.J. Fosik

Posted on December 21, 2015 by lostdelights

I’ve mentioned his work before, and I’ll do it again. Check it out: The Abyss Stares Back AJ Fosdick Interview Fierce Folklore The Third Way Out Mastodon cover Title Unknown Can you name the artist if he didn’t tell you? … Continue reading →

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The Black Destroyer (The Coeurl)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by lostdelights

The Displacer Beast is a copyrighted property of Wizards of the Coast, but its inspiration, the Coeurl, is not. A.E. Van Vogt wrote about the Coeurl back in “The Black Destroyer” (1939). The Coeurl were intelligent, with two tentacles coming … Continue reading →

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Christmas Present Idea: Japanese Toys and D&D

Posted on December 14, 2014 by lostdelights

There’s a great article by Tony DiTerlizzi on the origins of several weird D&D monsters, which began life as cheap Japanese plastic toys. Based on those toys, Gary Gygax made up the Carrion Crawler, Umber Hulk, Rust Monster, and Purple … Continue reading →

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