
The Parasitic Beard, one of the weird entries you can find in Forlorn Encounters: https://lemos.itch.io/forlorn-encounters
The Parasitic Beard, one of the weird entries you can find in Forlorn Encounters: https://lemos.itch.io/forlorn-encounters
For #Crustmas on #ManuscriptMonday + #MedievalMonday, please enjoy some medieval #bestiary #crabs
Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 291 (De rerum naturis) f97v
Bib. Apostolica Vaticana, Reg. lat. 258 f25v
British Library, Harley MS 3244 f67r
Koninklijke Bib. KB KA 16 (Der Naturen Bloeme) f113v
My Monsters of the Month compendium for December is funding now!
Monsters of the Month: Ancient Blasphemies is 50+ pages of fiendish things and odd ex-angels for D&D 5e, offered up as a sacrifice unto you!
Crawling primeval godlings, warrior hellions, the beastmasked choir of angels, and many more!
You can check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/periaptgames/monsters-of-the-month-ancient-blasphemies?ref=1454id
The second-round playtest versions are up on my #ttrpg #bestiary #secretproject Discord server! If you weren't in on the first round of testing, now's the perfect time to join!
Join the server at https://discord.gg/kxNnZzz4 and DM me for access to the playtesters channel - or just hang out and chat with some really cool people. And me.
I am both Informed and Entertained by the Bonnacon being featured on Have I Got News for You https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnacon
#mythology #bestiary #cryptid
Today's work in progress picture of this large bestiary illumination... I have painted the other half of the vignettes' backgrounds in bright red, and the big central image in black, and I've added golden details everywhere! Phew! More will be done tomorrow.
#wip #illumination #painting #MastoArt #FediArt #enluminure #peinture #bestiary #bestiaire
For #WorldBearDay: the usual story in the #medieval #bestiary tells of #bear cubs being born as shapeless lumps, which the mother must then "lick into shape" (yes that's the origin of that expression!).
France, c. 1450, MMW 10 B 25 folio 11v: https://bestiary.ca/beasts/beastgallery171.htm
Here is today's blog post about #gremlins for #OldSchoolEssentials.
https://denofgames.wordpress.com/2022/12/05/ose-monster-gremlin/
I've been putting more work into the bestiary for my D&D campaign setting lately. What do you think?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tBZM8zOlWxwaqhhE8iJwAGdCAXUuRSAFSNbzufI2YZU/edit?usp=sharing
My D&D Campaign's Bestiary.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WGGh6-SZh-nUYJRxB94VTV8K1n9SZHf_5sypg5jvr14/edit?usp=sharing
This isn't the big doc I'll eventually share, but I love the 3 monsters I designed here.