I am waiting for one of my regular and senior character
design artist to submit his rough draft of the Phrenic Scourge which is going
to be part of the VERY dangerous monsters and villain you are going to meet in
the upcoming Cross of Fire Saga adventure path. While many use the Phrenic Scourge
as a replacement for the WOTC IP protected Mind Flayer, (including me) I am
glad that I can use the Phrenic Scourge instead. There is TOO MUCH of a history
with the Mind Flayers and what people expect from them. Using the Phrenic Scourge
give me the ability to use a concept people are familiar with and twist it ways
that might not be ready for. That really is what my secret when creating
monsters: Take something you know and twist it what that make it unfamiliar. For
example: Star Wars from Hidden Fortress; Avatar from Dances with Wolves; and Magnificent
Seven from Seven Samurai. Hiding tings in plain sight is fun and difficult to
do, and this is no different with the Phrenic Scourge. I have decided to use
the Durlan race from DC Comics and the artwork from Wayne Reynolds’ Age ofWorms as inspiration and the template for visually where we are starting from
for them. Plus I am going to make some cool psionic influenced monsters related
to the Phrenic Scourge. Basically put, I looking for ways to make your PC’s head
explode and I am off to a good start.
Talk to you later…
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