Slugdraegens
Slugdraegens number among the slimiest fiends in existence. They're so slimy they make tabloid journos look like... whatever the opposite of 'slimy' is. Dry and unsticky, I suppose? Is there one word that encompasses those two states? Because you can be dry and sticky, and I wouldn't call that the opposite of 'slimy'.
Hmm.
Anyway, this is what one looks like.
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| Slugdraegen by Zuza Gruzlewska |
Each one has the appearance of a regular yet massive slug with a body type set to dinosaur. If you'd expect them to have little in the way of velocity, expect again. Slugdraegens leak so much ooze that they can slide around like ice skaters. On top of that, when they pick up enough speed they can actually teleport.
Slugdraegens are greaterfiends, which means you're unlikely to encounter one in polite reality. They can certainly make a nuisance of themselves in the wild-realms, though. Disturbingly, if you get so much as a smidgeon of their slime on you a slugdraegen can track you from an entire continent away - something they take advantage of by slooping their sludge all over the place.
When one of these things has a lock on you, getting away can prove impossible. On top of their pace and teleportation skills, slugdraegens can speed-slime up vertical surfaces. They can also ensnare victims by gobbing slime at them.
So yeah - one to avoid, tbh.
Slugdraegens: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ - Too much slime (Quest Advisor)
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Slugdraegen Facts
- Slugdraegens go: "THLUK-THLUK-THLUK!" People compare the sound to a golf ball slocking about in a cup full of goo.
- A group of slugdraegens are collectively known as a 'splatter'.
- The slime of a slugdraegen can be used in several potions - particularly ones designed to make things sticky/gross/fluorescent.
- Like true slugs, these fiends have a vulnerability to salt (and also being stood on by something much larger than them).
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Creation Notes
The slugdraegens got their first mention in The Fame Eaters when Daveth Bowleggy likens Blauweiss Montauk to one. They only get a brief reference there, but they have an actual speaking role in Game of Plagues. It's always fun referencing a thing in one book then using them later. I've not drawn others yet, but my intention is for 'draegens' to be a class of flightless creature with this basic body type. I started trying to draw an ape version, but...
...well...
...it didn't really work out, so I turned it into a 'longrilla'. I'm not sure if this will be one of the creatures that get referenced and then show up later, tbh.*
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| Should probably make that a loooooooongrilla |
*Looking at it again, I might finish this because it's pretty funny. I also might change the name to 'sausage ape'.
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