Morbods
Phagia is an icky plane of matter that sorcologists describe as the athlete's foot of Existence. As you might expect, this weird and gross place has some weird and gross denizens. One of the most common are the morbods.
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| Morbod by Zuza Gruzlewska |
A common morbod looks like someone took the bottom half of a person; connected a giant arm to the waist; replaced the arm's hand with a mouth, and then called it a day. The uncommon morbods look even worse.
Phagia encroaches upon the other Planes of Existence - popping up like boils. When a Phage incursion occurs, it expands via the hard work of creeps like the morbods. These awful entities travel forth into the Physical Plane and gobble down any material available - be it rocks, gerbils, or sundials. They convert what they eat into phagoplasm. By regurgitating this terrible substance, the Phage incursion will expand for as long as it takes for some adventurer to turn up and slay down the law.
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Morbod Facts
- People have likened the call of a morbod to the sound of a giant frog coughing up a tambourine.
- The giant 'morbodons' look like their smaller brethren only with three additional arm-bodies sticking out of the main one. This makes them look like mutant teddy-grabbing machines.
- Like most phage creatures, morbods have the fresh and zesty smell of a fruit smoothie.
Creation Notes
The name 'morbod' has its genus in 'morbid' and 'odd' - so they're 'morbidly odd', basically. I thought 'morbid' meant specifically interested in death, but looking into it just now, it turns out several definitions actually make sense for how I've used the word! From dictionary.com:
- suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- affected by, caused by, causing, or characteristic of disease.
- pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
- gruesome; grisly.
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