Magical Monstrosity Press is an online book of beasts and art gallery inspired by the look and feel of vintage role playing game books and classic death metal album covers. There will be hordes of slimy monstrosities from beyond time and space, along with an onslaught of undead, simply because that's what I enjoy drawing. For some reason, I've always enjoyed the combination of an illustration, a block of statistics and descriptive text, and this blog is in part a reflection of that. 

What's in the name? Well, it's something I came up with a number of years back and just liked the sound of it.Some day I may actually publish something in physical form, but for now Magical Monstrosity Press is nothing more than me and this blog.

Sometimes I'll post a fully developed monster entry with an illustration, stat block and description or maybe I'll just post sketches or artwork. At other times, I might feature an artist that I find particularly inspirational. You can think of this blog as an interactive monster book. If you have suggestions for changes to creatures I post here, or would like to see variants, let me know and I might incorporate them.

In any case, enjoy the site and let me know what you think. I welcome feedback. 

Armor Category: 6 [13] Monster Type: Abomination Health Dice: 3d8* Affiliation: Evil Chaos Movement 120' (30') No. Appearing: Pack (1d4) Morale: 5 Experience: 500xp Attacks & Damage: Tentacles (2)1d6 — Claws (2)1d4 — Bite 1d6 Special Attacks & Abilities: Illusory Displacement: (-2 Opponent To Hit) The baleful destroyer can project thoughts into its victim's mind, making it appear to be several feet from its actual position. Treasure & Possessions: None AC [Desc] 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 To Hit 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 AC [Asc] 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Blast or Breath Toxin or Disease Ray or Gaze Magical Device Spells 12 - 14 15 16

Description
Vaguely feline in appearance, baleful destroyers are deadly six-legged predators with fiendish intellects that belie their bestial appearance. Their shimmering hide ranges from indigo to purplish black and two vicious, claw-tipped tentacles sprout from the shoulders. These claws make fearsome weapons, but are also suprisingly dextrous, allowing for manipulation of weapons, tools and traps as needed.

A network of tendrils on the ears and back send and receive electromagnetic vibrations, allowing them to communicate telepathically and subtly manipulate thoughts. They have a voracious appetite and subsist on the raw chemical compounds (primarily phosphorous) derived from the bodies of their prey.

Combat & Tactics
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Notes
Feel free to use baleful destroyers as straightforward combat-centric beasts, but they also have potential to be surprisingly intelligent and clever foes. Their mild innate telepathy allows them to coordinate attacks when not encountered individually. The telepathic ability also allows them to appear to be where they are not, making them harder to hit.

Armor Category:	4 [15]		Monster Type:	Undead
Health Dice:	4d8*		Affiliation:	Evil Chaos
Movement:	120' (30')		No. Appearing:	Solitary
Morale:	5		Experience:	125
Attacks & Damage: Claw/Claw/Bite (1d4/1d4/1d6+1) Caustic Poisoned Blade (1d6/1d6+1)
Special Attacks & Abilities: Decapitating Finisher: If damage from one attack kills an opponent, there is a 30% chance (1d20;15+) that the victim will be decapitated.
Treasure & Possessions: 100-400gp, Magic Scroll

Three glowing red eyes stare out from the misshapen, pulpy head with a hateful gaze.

Description
The slavering assimilator is an insidious colony of single-celled organisms which imitate in both form and behavior any living thing they encounter. In its original form, this horrific thing ranges from six to eight feet in height with three hateful glowing red eyes. Writhing tendrils sprout forth from the pulpy, misshapen orb that passes for the thing's head.

In this form the creature is dangerous enough, but the fact that any given piece of this creature can potentially infect, ingest and mimic countless creatures of any species makes it a threat of the highest order. It is effectively a very dangerous and aggressive plague. If allowed to assimilate all life on a planet, it would revert to an amorphous protoplasmic ooze which would eventually devour all life. When encountered, the creature must be defeated and destroyed to the last particle (fire or acid make for particularly effective disposal methods) or it will either continue to attack or will become dormant only to wait for another group of hapless victims.

Combat & Tactics
Slavering assimilators prefer to avoid direct combat and would rather slink off and pick off adventurers one by one. If attacked, it will respond quickly with whatever natural weapon it deems most appropriate to the situation. It can call upon an apparently infinite variety of hostile forms to fend off attackers and continue on its goal of conquest (See "Random Defensive Mutations" Table below.)

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GM Notes
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Armor Category:	7 [12]		Monster Type:	Abomination
Health Dice:	3d8*		Affiliation:	Indifferent
Movement:	120' (30')		No. Appearing:	Pack (1d4)
Morale:	5		Experience:	50
Attacks & Damage: Claw/Claw/Bite (1d4/1d4/1d6+1) Caustic Poisoned Blade (1d6/1d6+1)
Special Attacks & Abilities: Poison Spikes: The wormhound can fire a tentacle spike for 1d4 points of damage plus poison. Save vs. poison or take additional 1d6 points damage.
Treasure & Possessions: 100-400gp, Magic Scroll

The creature emerges from the shadow of its den on sturdy canine legs. A mass of writhing tentacles and glassy, obsidian eyes sprouts from its shoulders.

Description
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Combat & Tactics
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