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Monster Monday: Ossein Giant

by Tom Hopkins

Ossein GiantThis statuesque giant has tan skin. Its hair is braided into a ponytail, and jewelry made of bone adorns it.

Ossein giants are sometimes referred to as bone giants. By using their mental abilities, these giants can manipulate their own body structure. When threatened, they use the ossify skin ability, but they find it much too cumbersome to use outside of combat.

Ossein giants stand 24 feet tall and weigh approximately 12,000 pounds. They have brown hair and most have tan colored skin, but dark brown skin is not uncommon. Some wear jewelry made from the bones of their prey, and most prefer to braid their hair behind them into intricate patterns, winding creatures carved from bone among their braids. These giants can live to be 700 years old.

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Monster Monday: Date Palm Dryad

by Rob McCreary

Date PalmAn achingly beautiful woman steps out of the trunk of a tall date palm. Her skin is like sun-bronzed wood and her hair resembles leafy palm fronds. With eyes that are wild and playful, but disturbingly inhuman, she captivates all who gaze into them.

Find out more about this dryad, which should fit nicely into any campaign or setting that includes desert terrain.

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Monster Monday: Sorrow Singer

by Mike Wice

Sorrow SingerA soft and achingly beautiful lullaby drifts to your ears. Strangely compelling, its harmonic overtones cause your focus to drift. Nearby, a baby starts squalling, but perhaps oddly, it doesn’t matter. Nothing matters—not even the strange woman who is slowly moving toward you. Behind her, you can barely make out drifting forms, but you’re too tired to care.

Dare you take a look at the sorrow singer? Will your game be the same if you use this creature? Also: Welcome to the New Year! Enjoy this disturbing bringer of kidnapping and missing child storylines.

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Monster Monday: Sorcerous Soapberry

by Jonathan McAnulty

Sorcerous SoapberryLurking within the woods, and sometimes used by those who despise magic, the sorcerous soapberry can serve you well when you want to give any nonspellcasting NPCs an advantage in an area. Come take a look at what this vine can do.

The sorcerous soapberry, also called the spell-eating balloon vine, grows in temperate woodlands and along the banks of marshy waterways. Though some herbalists prize the lush vine for its pale white flowers and its large, hollow (and very intoxicating) seed pods, the plant is despised by spellcasters everywhere. Indeed, the plant is dangerous only when exposed to magic. Though it ignores most creatures, the presence of magic causes the plant to animate and seek to leech all magical auras.

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Krampus Christmas Carnival: Enter the Krampus! (Part 3 of 3)

by Daniel Perez

Merry Krampus - Artist: Steven AustinThe dark cohort of old St. Nick, the Krampus is the sinister creature tasked with punishing the little boys and girls who fail to listen to their parents throughout the year. Presented here for your holiday entertainment is a collection of Krampuses—a bundle of badness who are intent on leaving behind lumps of coal and teaching a few fear-inspired lessons for a trio of game systems! So, tell your players to be good, lest the Krampus come into play while on their watch!

The third Krampus in our collection has found a dark, dark place within the AGE system. OH NOES!

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