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The Most Dangerous Monsters Of Fiction
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Eh, I don't buy that they can walk around the US (or many places) without running into trouble, though. Sure, people won't remember when they fired their guns, but there'd be bits of Silence splattered around everywhere.the silence said:
And, people kept remembering the Silence when convenient anyways.
EDIT: Hey, you have nearly 1500 posts and I don't remember seeing you around here before...
My vote has to go with Cthaeh from the Kingkiller Chronicles
A creature living within a great tree in the Fae Realm.
So far not much has been revealed about it, but what we know so far is that it completely malicious, and it has full knowledge of all possibles courses the future can take. But its actions are limited, it's bound to the tree deep within the Fae Realm, and guarded by the Sithe. It gets few visitors every century, and when they come, all it can do is talk to them, and it cannot speak a lie.
However, through this it has been "responsible" for all the worst travesties that have occurred in the world. The more you think about it, the scarier its influence becomes. Particularly when you consider that whatever you try to do to mitigate its impact, that is exactly what it wanted you to do
So far not much has been revealed about it, but what we know so far is that it completely malicious, and it has full knowledge of all possibles courses the future can take. But its actions are limited, it's bound to the tree deep within the Fae Realm, and guarded by the Sithe. It gets few visitors every century, and when they come, all it can do is talk to them, and it cannot speak a lie.
However, through this it has been "responsible" for all the worst travesties that have occurred in the world. The more you think about it, the scarier its influence becomes. Particularly when you consider that whatever you try to do to mitigate its impact, that is exactly what it wanted you to do
Considering we're all mentally wired to kill them on sight now, you've probably fought a number of them yourself without even knowing.the silence said:
I second this one. Colour Out of Space still gives me the fucking creeps as a concept.Summerstorm said:
I also cast my vote for the Crawling Chaos Nyarlathotep from the Cthulhu Mythos, one of the few Lovecraft creations aware of man and the one most overtly malevolent. Hell my current avatar is an interpretation of one of his nigh limitless forms.
Well, from a pure 'danger' perspective there's a host of critters and god-like entities to pick from which would be able to peform an instantaneous extinction-level event. As for the ones I fear the most, well, I'd have to go with anything that uses its victim's body against their will in some way - The Flood, those plague carriers from Dead Space, Xenomorph facehuggers, etc. That last one in particular is nightmarish to me because of the whole tentacle rape theme.
Yeah, I know a lot of people really disliked the Tau, and I can kind of see where they're coming from (mind you, they wouldn't even be in my top 10 of canon-breaking moves GW has pulled out of their collective butts over the last 15 years). But, what aspects of them do you think is particularly anathema to the setting? The (slight) hint of optimism and (mostly) lack of grimdark bloodlust? The clean, uncluttered aesthetic? The way I see it; is the universe is a big place. Even in the 40K universe you'd expect a few notable minor races to have carved a niche for themselves, albeit possibly a very temporary one before attracting the attention of something big and getting splatted.thaluikhain said:
Which is kind of why I also approve of the new direction they took Dark Eldar; less late-90s caricatures of vein-bulging, gritted-teeth nihilism and more 80s Saturday morning cartoon villains. It's like a small lightbulb switched on at GW HQ and they realised that "a brutal and deadly faction, they exist only to fight and kill" could describe 75% of the current races. Anything that diversifies that kind of stodgy grimdarkery is OK in my book.
Well, the optimism, yeah, built on breaking some of the rules of 40k. Technological progress was more or less set in stone as not going to happen to anyone...except this does not apply to the Tau. Traveling through the warp is seriously dangerous, except this does not apply to the Tau. Peaceful coexistence with aliens is impossible, except this does not apply to the Tau. Chaos undermines everyone, meaning exceedingly harsh measures are needed to survive, except this does not apply to Tau.Batou667 said:
Dunno, though my main problem with the new fluff isn't the direction, it's that the new fluff is generally awful. Everyone's codex seems to be "forget everyone else, we are the awesomest evar, it's official" with some rules stuck in. If they'd gone for the same theme, but kept the writing standard up, I'd not have minded.Batou667 said:
Really annoying that the guy didn't report it, he let them use the place as a reservoir, but as long as he didn't have to drink the water. I mean...come on. His job is to look for problems, and that's a big 'un.Michael Tabbut said:
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If you can kill it with 24 HD of undead, it's not that scary.
As for a less serious, and therefore more entertaining option, I choose Mecha-Hitler. Personally responsible for ruining an eastern religious symbol AND a facial hair style for the rest of the world. Plus, dude dual-wields grenade launchers and stuff...
If you can kill it with 24 HD of undead, it's not that scary.
As for a less serious, and therefore more entertaining option, I choose Mecha-Hitler. Personally responsible for ruining an eastern religious symbol AND a facial hair style for the rest of the world. Plus, dude dual-wields grenade launchers and stuff...
None of you know what you are talking about.
The most dangerous monster in fiction is CLEARLY the Luggage.
The most dangerous monster in fiction is CLEARLY the Luggage.
Cthulhu, and there's monsters big enough to destroy the Earth that qualify. Don't remember their names though.
Thanks to you, I literally started reading different kind of SCP to my free time. They are just so enjoyable.Weresquirrel said:
Thank you.
Anyway, Most Dangerous Monster? MMMmmmmm.
The most easiest answer I have, is Azathoth from H.P Lovecraft stories.
He/it can literally damage the whole world even a small essence appear to our world.
On individual terms they're nowhere close but the Phyrexians from Magic: the Gathering are pretty dangerous. The thing about the Phyrexians is that they can rebuild from a single drop of oil, the oil contains the blueprints for the entire Phyrexian war machine, a single sleeper gets anywhere unnoticed and there's a risk of total planar invasion. Additionally, like the Tyranids, they're devilishly hard to get rid of once they get somewhere.
On top of it all the Phyrexian civilisation is brutally callous and frighteningly intelligent, they'll patiently spin plans that take centuries to bear fruit, they'll design new technologies and whilst individuals aren't imaginative at all as a culture they're incredibly cunning. They also recycle the dead of their enemies and adapt their technology.
On top of it all the Phyrexian civilisation is brutally callous and frighteningly intelligent, they'll patiently spin plans that take centuries to bear fruit, they'll design new technologies and whilst individuals aren't imaginative at all as a culture they're incredibly cunning. They also recycle the dead of their enemies and adapt their technology.