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Published: 2015-02-01 21:42:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 3375; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 0
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Bestiary artwork for Endless Realms , a D&D-like "pen and paper" fantasy RPG I'm working for.Have you ever been to the shore, shortly after the tide has gone out, and the beach is covered in sheets of seaweed, and birds and other animals are busy foraging upon the plants and sealife that were washed up? Do you know what bull kelp looks like? Its this long, thick, tough, snake-like slimey rope with a bulb at the end - they're great for swinging at your friends and snapping like a bull whip! Anyway... Bull kelp used to freak my husband out as a child, and he'd dream about it grabbing him, and dragging him down into the surf to drown, or other, more terrible things.
Turns out, a lot of childhood terrors make great monster fodder!
This is our carnivorous bull kelp, a bull kelp mimic, if you will - a carnivorous plant that disguises itself as harmless, inanimate bull kelp washed onto shore with the rest of the seaweed, and waits for foraging creatures to come along...
We're expecting a number of jokes about this one, for various reasons, but I still think it's a great concept :b
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Now this is just plain awesome. I almost want to steal this (I won't, but damn)
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Thanks! Haha, glad you like it so much! lol, steal for what purpose?
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Well, I've begun writing stories. And this looks like a really fun thing to have as part of your fauna.
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Go for it 
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Hmm, in that case, perhaps I will think about it, heh, but I hadn't planned on anything.
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Now I am really afraid to go in the water........
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Had to read a little about the algae, now i know what you mean.
They would be a nice little trap for sure and creepy as hell. XD
Good idea!
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I could definitely make a few NSFW comments about what that looks like. Just remember, the last time my mind was 'in the gutter', I got altitude sickness!
Other than that, oh yeah, definitely nightmare fodder! Well done!
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Thanks! Well, I suppose really the thanks should go to Casey, since that's where the idea really came from. The name of the proposed monster was even jokingly named "Casey's nightmare beach monster."
As far as inappropriate commentary goes: Sperm. Penis. Poop. Those were the three we were expecting, anyway :b
Sort of tangentially related but otherwise random fact: barnacles have the biggest penis:body size ratio in the animal kingdom :V To make up for their sedentary lifestyle, barnacles evolved extraordinarily long penises, so that they could "travel" to other areas and spread their genes there rather than being limited to what's immediately next door. ((I have a B.Sc. in biology, and of all the facts I remembered, this had to be one of them :V))
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You -and Casey - are quite welcome.
The first two words featured in my NSFW thoughts, yes.
*Gigglefits* Of COURSE that is one of the facts that you remembered! It's so 'off-the-wall' it has to stick in your mind. Quite logical, too, once you think about it. Doubt it will become a popular reference, though. Guys are still gonna compare themselves to horses, because horses are much more visually pleasing than a barnacle. 
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Horse penises are kinda freaky, gotta admit :b Then again, frankly, to humans, most animal penises are kinda freaky :b
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Ah, brings back fond memories of swimming in the frigid northeastern oceans and chasing people while covered in heaps of kelp and seaweed...
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I remember swimming in the ocean and like seaweed would touch you, and i would freak out being like "oh knows something is going to eat me!" then realize it was seawead or kept....
but now i realize this really will eat me... the ocean is no longer safe for me
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I have news for you: the ocean was NEVER SAFE for you 8V
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This reminds me of a game I've watched a walk-through of. It makes the game even more terrifying if you sub this in.
Awesome! Well done!
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Oh, what game? Games don't often capitalize on the inherent creepiness of water to land-dwellers enough :b
Thanks!
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The Visitor I believe it's called. It's actually about an extra terrestrial life form that starts as a worm and eats things in order to gain their abilities. It's gory and bloody but a clever concept.
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Hah, sounds pretty cool!
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It's short, but it's pretty good!
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It looks like a wurm with large amount of fangs. 
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If it's leaves are on it's tail, then how can it remain on one place in sea?
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It uses its leafy parts as psuedopods for crawling/grappling if necessary aside from using its main body, so it can use them to grab hold of other things to anchor it in place. I also imagine it can swim, whereas normal algae can't.
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I see ... what if it's flooded to a beach as on the picture? Can it just move back to the sea?
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Yeah, I imagine it hangs out or swims around while the tide is in, and waits on the beach for foragers when the tide is out.
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