Monstertalk

Monstertalk
Author
Douglas Austin
Event type
Mission victory

After a battle the party discuss their favorite monsters.

Choices

None.

Trivia

This event was added in update 0.18 Dahlia Leraan.

Monsters

The Loner's Favorite

• Bookish: "Dnontha, the celestial worm that eats stories, and produces stars."
• Coward: "Something small and funny, like a pieclops."
• Goofball: "Dinnerwolf. Cute idea, him stealing the ham. Walking on two legs."
• Greedy: "The Mulkmorrow Creature. Up all night crafting quartz out of moonbeams."
• Healer: "Doctor <npc>. Noble, but tragically fallen. Their story moves me."
• Hothead: "The Tenfold Gorilla. Busting big lizards. Always was partial to that."
• Leader: "The Rain Bear. Ambles in and out of every myth, it seems."
• Loner: "None of them. Well, the Banyanman, I always understood."
• Poet: "Maud's moth. Like the idea of a giant moth, drawn to listen to great poetry."
• Romantic: "<Lynxlady, Charvanya/Foxman, Dvan>. Because, well... Like to imagine <him/her>. Us. Meeting."
• Snark: "The Mudwallower. Some shark-pig, living in the swamp? Appeals to me."

The Romantic's Favorite

• Bookish: "An ancient vampire. Raised in a castle from a bygone age, intelligent and charming beyond all question."
• Coward: "Mine would be a Goblin. Something I could easily disbelieve."
• Goofball: "A skeleton! Got that amiable expression all the time!"
  • Goofball is skeletal: "No offense intended."
  • Loner is skeletal: "Not you, though, <loner>. Obviously."
• Greedy: "A troll! I'd make a deal with him, and we'd run a bridge-building business to span all rivers!"
• Healer: "The Phoenix. I like the symbolism, mostly: finding rebirth in the literal ashes of ruin."
• Hothead: "The Kraken! Eight-hundred arms and a wise-eyed face! Strength to move the continents!"
• Leader:"The hydra. Think about it. Everything it does, it does with the input of six or seven heads? Must be good at compromise."
• Loner: "Do we count dryads? I came here to say dryads. Don't ask me specifically why."
• Poet: "The Giant. A race of monstrous folk, different from us, and yet not entirely. The essence of monstrosity lies in the twisting of a human ideal."
• Romantic likes females: "A unicorn, with a beautiful, dark-haired woman on its back. Eyes mystical and deep. She sings in a forest tongue."
• Romantic likes males: "A unicorn, tended by a tall handsome man with broad shoulders and a smoldering stare. He does the feed, and all. Carries water."
• Snark: "I don't know, a werewolf. That's a... I mean. I don't care, but a werewolf is kind of sexy"

The Goofball's Favorite

"Those answers are fine. But... Some of us will always love a dragon." ...

• Bookish: "Dragons embody the essence of the Monster, that thing beyond human capacity: not just fierce, but impossibly cunning, wise, heartful. Distinctly above the human apex."
• Coward: "The dragon is a symbol of terror, isn't it? And yet, there's a kind of... sympathy? I don't know. Almost, right? I guess I wish I was a dragon."
• The Bookish Goofball: "Dragons come in every geometry, every chromatic flavor, can be evil or good in their hearts. A legendary monster tailored to the tale they'll serve..."
• The Cowardly Goofball: "Not that I find dragons unthreatening, but more that I find them... admirable. Worth seeing, even if it's the last thing you take in."
• The Greedy Goofball: "I've always identified with the way dragons... I don't know, they've got all this power, accrue all this wealth... but they're always worried they'll lose it. Even a fraction of it. It's funny."
• The Compassionate Goofball: "I don't know. Part of me, my heart goes out to beings like the dragons. Lonely in their majesty. I'd be friends with a dragon. Make her laugh sparks!"
• The Hotheaded Goofball: "Relate to them, sort of. I fly on an air of fun and farce, but I know, too, about the limits of rage. How far that can take you. I'd make a pretty awesome dragon, I feel like."
• The Decisive Goofball: "If I was a dragon, I'd be on your side, you know? That's what I feel like, I feel like a dragon chooses sides. Not every monster does.
• The Aloof Goofball: "A dragon. It's a funny creature to identify with. I see myself as a dragon. A mist dragon. All my ferocity an illusion."
• The Poetical Goofball: "You laugh, maybe. But that was the one thing I never felt the spirit to mock. A dragon. All myths arise from somewhere. Some distant truth."
• The Romantic Goofball: "A dragon! Such a romantic figure, really, that it surprises me neither of you said it. I'll always look at clouds and shape dragons from them. Theeglind, and Do-Essi. Mighty Kthaun of Netherflare."
• The Snarky Goofball: "I know, it's the most typical monster of all, probably. I can't help it! Think about finding a clutch of dragon eggs, hidden somewhere. Raising one to be my sarcastic and humorously voracious companion."
• Greedy: "Any hoard-keeping beast is dragonly, to my mind. Appreciate how a dragon makes their bed, and how direct the metaphor is. Being comforted by wealth."
• Healer: "Elicits sympathy, doesn't it? A dragon. The right kind of dragon, I suppose. Always figured, if it came to it, that I'd befriend a dragon. They sound like lonely beings."
• Hothead: "There'll never be something as monumentally awesome as a firebreathing dragon. I could definitely see myself riding one. It'd be black. Or maybe red." "
• Leader: Just the legends, you know? The impossible challenge they represent. And the way we both fear them, and feel sympathy for them. Hm. Was always drawn to dragons."
• Loner: "When did I start to love dragons? I don't know. Sometimes, they're the only things in this world -- I realize they're imaginary -- but they're the only beings I feel that I understand."
• Poet: "Dragons glide on that line between the imaginary and the real. To me, it's the great example of how a thing becomes so fully realized through thought that it is real, in all but the final and most mundane details. Hm."
• Romantic: "A dragon! Such a romantic figure, really, that it surprises me neither of you said it. I'll always look at clouds and shape dragons from them. Theeglind, and Xamantha. Mighty Glyffrix of Netherflare."
• Snark: "And sure, a dragon's a broad, overdone idea. But of all the monsters, it captures my heart, somehow. From when I was young. I'd love to find proof. Maybe I'll get one painted on my door."