#decapus

[twilightofthesandwiches]

Which Edition of D&D had the best design/artwork of a Decapus?

First Edition

Second Edition

Fourth Edition

Fifth Edition

Voting ended onMar 15

[educationaldm]

For your weekend #coloring pleasure:

This is Eric Vedder's homage to Erol Otus' original Decapus: on the D&D Module (Palace of the Silver Princess) cover art.

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Decapus by Shawn Wood

[lilpeache]

[dr-archeville]

Another refugee from the Known World/Mystara, the decapus is ripe for reëxamination.  Though it’s been around since—what, B3 Palace of the Silver Princess?—it’s never moved much beyond its “tentacled tree monster” archetype.  The decapus’s shape recalls H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds; its preferred diet of gnomes points to an origin in the lands of the fey.  At the very least, decapuses should be canny opponents who use their environment to the utmost advantage.

Ah, the majestic Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus!

See here for what the proper plural of "decapus" (decapuses?  decapi?  decapodes?) should be.  The creature itself can be seen in Bestiary 2.

[creaturesfromdreams]

Decapus by ~christopherburdett

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