Monster Files/Grotesque

Summary

Grotesques are powerful monsters with the largest range to them. From the smaller Goblins and other mutant-like humanoids to the enormous fat Devourers, these Grotesques often create their own tribal societies with their own languages. They tend to be of low intelligence in and off of themselves, except for some of their exceptional leaders - such as Orc Warlords, Goblin Shamans, etc. Grotesques are all considered ugly by almost all races. They, in fact, spread filth everywhere they go and find cities and regular domicile living to be alien and vile. They find pleasure in darker matters, such as torture. They do not reason in the ways of a normal human being and are driven by a primal and destructive need to give rise to such emotion.

Types

Goblinoid

Goblinoids come in various shapes and sizes and live in massive communities in mountain caves and ruined cities. They generally can’t stand the sunlight and will do their best to avoid stepping out in it unless the situation calls for extreme measures.

It’s not uncommon to find small scout groups of goblins, or smaller warbands trying to take over a small settlement. As such, adventurers are commonly highly familiar with these beings. But few understand the fear they put into the hearts of the People of the Land. Where the other grotesques, thrive on instilling terror, Goblinoids /revel/ in it.

Orcoid

From the ‘smaller’ pig-like Orcs, to the enormous Ogres and Trolls, Orcoids live in communities that roam the lands. These communities are often smaller than the Goblinoids, and have a stricter order to them. The Orcoids often actually wield weapons and armor; be it stolen from People of the Land or Adventurers.

Unlike the more hive-like Goblinoids, which send small scouting parties and rarely are seen overland in large armies, Orcoids will wage all-out-war against the People of the Land.

Devourers

Devourers, also known as Horrors, are beings that look so grotesque they can’t be considered something one would find in the real world. They are enormously fat, and often pocked with warts. Bile leaks from them wherever they go. They are disease carriers of the highest order, are rarely seen living alongside any other kind of monster, and rarely in a community larger than ten. On their own, however, they are considered the most dangerous of all Grotesques. It takes a well-equipped party to take down even a singular Devourer due to the enormous amount of Debuffs they tend to apply. What’s more, to be ingested by a Devourer is said to have long-lasting effects on Adventurers. Even People of the Land who managed to not be killed- freed from these enormous beings’ stomachs by a Hero or the like- are never again the same.

It is said that the land where a Devourer is killed becomes cursed.