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Monday Monster: Coychure

For use with the Dragonbane RPG.

Coychure

Description:
Once someone encounters the Coychure, they can’t unsee it. Some have gone so far as to beg Mentalists to erase it from their minds. This nocturnal predator causes other cryptids to flee at the very sight of it.

It is unclear where this creature originated. Some say it is a demon, others say it was hatched in a mad Archmage’s laboratory. Deep research, as best that can be done by scholars at present, suggests that more than one of these beasts indicate they came from a pocket dimension or subplane. One victim driven mad by the Coychure claimed that it came from a strange puzzle box along with other nightmares.

Its most striking feature are its two mouths, one lupine, the other more human. Its eyes are similar to a bee, set farther back on the skull. It has a body of a coyote, wings like a vulture, warped, distorted limbs similar to vulture talons. The Coychure’s tail is almost reptilian, but also similar to a fish. Its body is covered in a mix of fur, feathers, and scales making its actual body very difficult to identify.

One interesting thing about this monster is that its flesh and even bone dissolves when it is slain, making any sort of identification impossible. Once slain the creature turns to a sizzling puddle of goo withing one Stretch. Contact with the goo deals 1d4 acid damage and burns for one Stretch unless neutralized or washed off.

Resistance:
The Coychure is immune to effects requiring a WIL roll such as Fear or mind control. Also immune to acid and poison. Takes half damage from non-magical fire, cold, slashing, and piercing attacks.

Nimble: Coychure Evades attacks at skill level 14.

Wings: The Coychure may take its movement in the air.
Swimming: The Coychure swims at normal movement speed and can hold its breath underwater for a full Stretch.

Aura of Terror: The first time a creature steps within 10 meters of the Coychure it must make a WIL roll. Failure means a roll on the Fear Table. Creatures who have seen the Coychure before have a Boon to this roll.

Ferocity: 2  Size: Medium
Movement: 12  Armor: 3 Natural HP: 22

MONSTER ATTACKS

D6 Attacks:

1. Existential Dread Howl: Anyone within 30 meters must make a WIL roll with a Bane regardless of having seen the creature. Failure means rolling on the Fear Table.
2. Bite-Bite: One target within 2 meters is bitten twice for 2d4 piercing damage.
3. Swooping Talon Rake: One target within 4 meters is hit for 1d8 slashing damage and is knocked prone at the start of their turn.
4. Gibbering Nonsense: All creatures within 8 meters must make a WIL roll to fend off a psychic attack. Failure means becoming Dazed. If already Dazed, the GM may choose another condition.
5. That Tail: The Coychure flies up into the air slapping one character within 4 meters with an attack that does 1d4 piercing damage and injects a Potency 12 Paralyzing Poison. If armor negates the damage, no poison is delivered.
6. Drag-N-Drop: The Coychure attempts to grab one character or creature (Medium or smaller) and carry it into the air 1d12 meters and in a direction of the GM’s choosing before dropping them for an appropriate amount of fall damage and starting the turn prone. An Opposed STR roll vs a 14 may be made to resist being picked up and dropped early.

Monday Monster: Gorvult

Compatible with Dragonbane RPG.

Description: A large, black, hairy beast that glides seamlessly between the trees and lands on prey from above. It is the terror of the night in deep forest/jungle areas.

Ferocity: 2             Size: Large
Movement: 12 (Flying) Armor: 2 (Natural)            HP: 36

Has wings, can fly. When flying at night is treated as having 14 Sneaking.

Gorvult Attacks:

D6 Attacks:

1: Big, Big Bite: Inflicts 2d8 piercing damage on one target within 2 meters.

2: Big, Big Crunch: The Gorvult leaps high into the air and comes down with all of its weight on one target inflicting 2d6 bludgeoning damage and knocking the opponent prone on their turn.

3: How Good Is Your Armor? The Gorvult makes excited noises and jumps up and down on one target within 4 meters 1d6 times inflicting 1d6 bludgeoning damage each time. Each bounce counts as a separate attack when parrying. A successful EVADE avoids the attack entirely. One successful bounce leaves the character prone on the start of their turn.

4: Big Wallop! The Gorvult swings both fists together striking up to 2 adjacent characters within 2 meters for 1d8 bludgeoning damage each. Characters struck by the attack are knocked prone until the start of their turn.

5: Thump Thump: Gorvult grabs one character within 2 meters by the ankle and slamming them against the ground 1d4 times for 1d6 bludgeoning damage each time. Armor bonuses do not apply. After the first slam, the character can make a free attempt to wriggle out of the creature’s grasp with an opposed STR roll. (Gorvult has a 16 for purposes of this check.) Characters hit with this attack also suffer the Dazed condition.

6: Snatch and Drop: Gorvult grabs one character within 2 meters with its talons and soars skyward 45 meters before dropping them. Standard falling damage applies.

I love building monsters, beasts and all sorts of creatures. This is a concept i've been playing with for a while. What do you think? #blender #3dmodeling #creaturedesign #indiecharacter #3dcharacter #monsterdesign #fantasybeast #monsterhunter #monsterart #game #gamedev #indiegame #indie #videogame

Each creature is going to be built with some technical and weird design mechanics, aka tactical hooks that force thinking and strategy over the equivalency of "button-mashing" or rash decisions.

The math stays "Redacted" for now, mostly because I'm refining it in the private playtests within my Discord community.

My sister is providing the visual sightings (sketches) for the journey.

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The Seep
The camp is gone.
The land breathes crystal.
The shamblers walk.
The Seep doesn’t end—it spreads. https://www.hodgepocalypse.com/2025/10/the-dig-part-6-seep.html
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NEW CHAPTER ALERT! Soda & co are still belching gremlin-class yokai! Can our friends escape the clutches (and cleavage) of the nefarious Mrs. Minj? Find out free: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/107544/sifillis-v-soda-and-the-spazmotronic-slughunt

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Full info: Inks: $45
Flats $60 + simple shape background $65
Simple ref sheet: $78
Rendered illustration: $95 + $15 for more complex background.
Character design: $50+

TOS: https://spiralofvertigo.carrd.co/#art-tos

Inks: $45
Flats $60 + simple shape background $65
Simple ref sheet: $78
Rendered illustration: $95 + $15 for more complex background.
Character design: $50+

TOS: https://spiralofvertigo.carrd.co/#art-tos

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Meet Poo-Go, the Spijokenian Nekroklown! He lives at sifillis.com!

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Ozurnyla - The Deceiver

Ozurnyla is the deceitful god of divination and the unknown within the world that I've been building for a while. She's known for being inquisitive, but unpredictable, so many supplicants offer sacrifices of live game to occupy her while seeking her guidance.

This is the largest I've worked in graphite since college, and I'm stoked with how it turned out! :D

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Working through finishing up the poses I did for the sketch sheet of my taur man Angseth.

ANGY boi you startled him!

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So we got to roll 100d8 lightning damage on some of these guys today 🤣 10 out of 10 would recommend!!! #DnD #ttrpg #monsterdesign

The Undead Fighter awakes, leaving his crypt to fight again.

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Decided to develop that persona idea of mine. So here's Menrva, named after the Etruscan goddess of war, art, wisdom, and medicine. I'm putting it under the Sun arcana because of the focus on self-expression. On the nose, I know.

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Another monster design for SphinxDen/patreon the "Time Guard"

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Here's a look at the November rewards for my patreon: four holiday themed monsters icons! We've got a treant decorated for christmas, a snowman slime carrot and all, a mimic candy cane, and one very jolly, frosty flying skull!
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All of these are quite old but I still really love them; just gotta redo them to show off what I can do now anatomy wise.

These are four Swifthorn subspecies (from top left to bottom right): Venom; Arctic, Aquatic and Aerial.

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