Faction for EOM: Aberrations

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » July 30th, 2006, 2:40 am

I was still just commenting on the art.

Post by **Eternal** » July 30th, 2006, 8:47 am

It looks cartoony for I made it in roughly 5 minutes.

Tell me JW, what kind of beasts are we looking into here, in the Aberrations?

Post by **Eternal** » August 9th, 2006, 5:54 pm

I made a few useless units. Check them out and brainstorm! Perhaps we can get some beasts out of these.

Also if they would fit in other factions of EOM (tweaked or as they are) tell me.

Also included the beholder, just if you might get ideas out of it.

Temuchin Khan · Post by **Temuchin Khan** » August 9th, 2006, 6:04 pm

flesh golem -> putrid golem -> golem of decay

or:

flesh golem -> putrid golem -> plague golem

Post by **turin** » August 9th, 2006, 6:08 pm

how is a flesh golem different from a walking corpse?

Post by **Eternal** » August 9th, 2006, 6:29 pm

It doesn't turn other people to flesh golems on their death.

Also it could have a branch with cut damage: Razorflesh

Do not hesitate to brainstorm and comment.

Post by **Pic** » August 9th, 2006, 6:43 pm

Something like:

Blood golem -> Flesh golem --> Bone golem

might be nice.

The difference being that, instead of being the walking corpse of something once living, it is a artificial human construct made from corpses

Post by **turin** » August 9th, 2006, 6:46 pm

That's rather disgusting... but why would anyone make a golem out of corpses? What advantage does flesh have over stone or metal?

Post by **Pic** » August 9th, 2006, 6:51 pm

Perhaps it is easy to create a golem with any kind of intelligence by using the dead?
Or perhaps there are benefits in scaring the enemy with such creations?
Or making such creations out of such a readily available material makes them cheap?

*Ponders*

Perhaps having a golem made of flesh would allow you to magically imbue the flesh with regeneration ability

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » August 9th, 2006, 8:19 pm

Eternal wrote:I made a few useless units. Check them out and brainstorm! Perhaps we can get some beasts out of these.

Beholda: No melee, flying, 5 moves, and a ranged attack with backstab except that instead of dealing double damage, it has drain, poison, and slow when in a backstabbing position.

Another thing: the simple huge eyeball is missing any blood vessels, which looks rather odd.

Dragon Master · Post by **Dragon Master** » August 9th, 2006, 8:21 pm

The flesh golem looks like steak golem to me, but that's not a problem. (BTW, you could eat your flesh golems if you run out of supplies)

As for a scout aberration, how about giving the eyeball wings, or just leave it as is, it looks cool. I don't think a scout with no attacks has been done before. Something like:
Mind eye: lvl1
0-1 ranged, mental i guess
15 hp, 5 xp, 10 movement. 50% resistence to all damage types, nuetral.

Post by **Thrawn** » August 9th, 2006, 8:32 pm

turin wrote:That's rather disgusting... but why would anyone make a golem out of corpses? What advantage does flesh have over stone or metal?

several reasons:
1. psycological effect: seeing a huge golem of rotting flesh
2. cheaper materials than a metal golem
3. no necromancers needed (as opposed to zombies)

Post by **turin** » August 9th, 2006, 8:34 pm

Whatever. I really don't like the idea - seems like pointless grossness to me. But go with it if you want.

JW · Post by JW » August 9th, 2006, 10:46 pm

turin wrote:Whatever. I really don't like the idea - seems like pointless grossness to me. But go with it if you want.

That is always what we do, turin. Thanks for your permission though.

Flametrooper · Post by **Flametrooper** » August 9th, 2006, 10:53 pm

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