Ryslig's Expanded Monster Guide
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waitingforplayer2The Expanded Guide is edited by Chiaki Nanami.
The Expanded Guide begins with a condensed & re-edited version of Spengler's Guide, written several years prior. This contains broad knowledge of the 23 monster types at the time, and largely features the information covered in Ryslig's bestiary.
The new content in the Guide consists entirely of individual monster testomonials.
Submissions to the Guide can be made by anyone at any time, in a drop-off box at the Insert Coin arcade. The form below can be used as a template for any monsters looking for inspiration or structure for their entries. Nanami copies out the entries longhand, and stores the information in several locations, so that the information is never lost.
A copy of the current manuscript may be requested for casual perusal at any time.
As of now, the Expanded Guide has not yet been officially published on the peninsula.
MONSTER ENTRY SUBMISSION TEMPLATE
The Expanded Guide begins with a condensed & re-edited version of Spengler's Guide, written several years prior. This contains broad knowledge of the 23 monster types at the time, and largely features the information covered in Ryslig's bestiary.
The new content in the Guide consists entirely of individual monster testomonials.
Submissions to the Guide can be made by anyone at any time, in a drop-off box at the Insert Coin arcade. The form below can be used as a template for any monsters looking for inspiration or structure for their entries. Nanami copies out the entries longhand, and stores the information in several locations, so that the information is never lost.
A copy of the current manuscript may be requested for casual perusal at any time.
As of now, the Expanded Guide has not yet been officially published on the peninsula.
delivered as a bound manuscript written by hand in fountain pen
Date: 2023-05-23 01:30 pm (UTC)That's highly subjective. But the three-dimensionality of both my senses and thinking augment my research. Thanks to their sensitivity to vibrations, arachne are highly aware of their surroundings, and their penchant for web-building serves as a physical aid to thought.
What do you dislike about being this monster?
All unwilling transformation is subjugation. The specific type is irrelevant.
What is something unique to you about being this monster?
I express my thoughts through patterns in webs. Translating them to human speech is an imperfect process, but to be succinct, [ several dozen pages of diagrams and explanations follow. ]
What types of creatures or beings influenced your monster form?
Thwaitesia argentiopunctata.
What is it like to feed as this monster?
Messy.
What are some notable physical features you have as this monster, and what do you like or dislike about them?
I have no particular opinion about my physical appearance. My abdomen bears the "mirror" markings, which expand and contract according to tension, of the spider I resemble. My feet are the primary means through which I perceive the world, and thus are highly sensitive, to vibrations and [ there is almost but not quite a smudge here, as if the writer had to stop and restart ] otherwise.
The number of eyes I possess has increased to eight, but my vision has worsened with time. As I navigate by touch, this primarily affects my reading ability. I have purchased glasses.
Notably, four of my eight limbs are spider legs on my cephalothorax. Two are human arms. The other two are spider legs that emerged from my shoulderblades. I am therefore a hybrid of the two most common arrangements of arachne appendages.
What are some notable mental changes you have as this monster, and what do you like or dislike about them?
Aside from the standard hunting instinct, I've noticed a penchant for disproportionate thinking. My love of order and harmony, an aesthetic befitting an alchemist, can be twisted into obsession with cleanliness, particularly of areas I consider "my" territory. I've weaponized this tendency against Ryslig where possible, funneling it into work for the good of mankind, but the fact my thoughts are not my own is both immutable and intolerable.
Would you become this monster again?
I am already this monster.
Would you become this monster for good?
This form is temporary, to be endured until the revolution. But in the meantime, it isn't bad.