Saturday 17 March 2012

C is for Carrion Crawler


We've had some debate over whether we should include creatures with more than one word in their name. After all, B may stand for "Brain", but it doesn't stand for "Mole". In this case, we've got two Cs, so we're both happy.

Carrion Crawlers are horrible worms that feed on the dead and lay their eggs inside corpses. They're also efficient hunters of the living, using tentacles coated in paralysing gum to subdue their enemies. Interestingly, the 1st Edition crawlers don't have a bite attack, and their poison doesn't actually deal damage. In fact, they don't even appear to have mouths. This is a million times creepier. I imagine their paralysing attacks are completely unfelt, anaesthetising the nerves instantly, like the bite of a leech. Once they've subdued their prey, maybe they lay their eggs inside the still living bodies? This is probably painless too. In fact, once those hatchlings start to feed, I don't imagine you'd feel that either...

Later editions added mouths (fair enough), and fangs (which seem wrong to me). Now they look a little silly, much like the cute pair above. Aw, bless!

6 comments:

  1. Man, how long will we have to wait for D through Z? My son already knows the alphabet, but I'd love to print these up and laminate them for him anyway!

    By the way, my son also loves your Venger profile pic! He always wants me to click on it when he sees it. :D

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  2. Heh, I wish she could spend all day on them, but unfortunately she has to go to work. If only weekends were longer! :)

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  3. Very cute! When they're done, I want to spell something in your monster alphabet! I agree with you on avoiding two-word monsters starting with different letters, FWIW.

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    1. Yeah, one-word monsters make things a little trickier, but I think they make more sense.

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  4. Fantastic! I have a friend who sells Elvish writing on Etsy in the same type of theme, and would love to see the completion of this product actually get sold as a series of flashcards to pick up at a Convention or such.

    Slainte,

    -Loonook.

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    1. Glad you like them, Loonook - and thanks for the linkage on your blog!

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