Mameplayer guy says Mameui v.0.161

 On his Demonfront 2002 play… comments. Says use

Mameui v.0.161

Btw, his Vanguard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhPaim4frj8

Absolum game. Partial review. Some cool references to pop culture.

 Absolum’s references, Easter eggs (kinda?)

REFERENCE, this has best good info so far (not sure I agree with their Pickaxe gold counting numbers) (totally disagree with their Chef's Ladle opinion, it is broken good) if you don't want to figure it out yourself first: https://progameguides.com/absolum/absolum-trinkets-tier-list-common-rare-epic-trinkets-ranked/ 

I'm putting the ones I remember down here. Can't go searching for stuff b/c too many spoilers out there. Hopefully I won't spoil too much, but something might be. 

• “There and back again” says Karl the dwarf shortly after respawn to start area. Like in Lotr by thehobbits… Bilbo”s book 
• In fire swamp (Princess Bride reference?), you’ve got moving flower shaped plants and root tentacles.  Same as 3 minutes into Ghouls ‘n Ghosts 2988, classic side scroller. 
• "A Fistful of Crystals", is in reference to Clint Eastwood's A Fistful of Dollars movie. 
• The metal magic rovers… voices sound like Doctor Who Dalek enemies that say destroy destroy. 
• Rovers also said “i may not be able to see you, but i can smell the magic that taints yourblood” (is that a reference?) then “you will be shredded”… in reference to Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade I for sure think… they look and move a lot like the metal roving robots (with shock tentacles) from that game. — this happens in the swamp world a lot. 
• Red Forest south south path… raft area. Much like in D&D tower of doom or shadow over mystara arcade game's raft area. 
• Rock throwing like thief in DnD SoM arcade. 
• The mount animal that looks like a dragon... might be a "dracoraptor"... it has animations and especially the fireball attack that look just like the one from the arcade classic, Golden Axe. 

How do you like the shadow under the fb? It's for fairness, eyeballing it. 

Aww, no fireball shadow. Looks nice though. 

• Swamp area, spike worms have the vacuum suction thing… where is that from … was it tmnt or Final Fight? Man that is so familiar. 
• The "grab 'em, hit hit throw" stuff was in Final Fight and Street Fighter 2. Was also in Double Dragon on the NES, so that mighta been first. 
• Cinder's Wall jump from Street Fighter 2 -… and she has the off the wall air vega claw+arms open wide+chest hit attack (Flying Barcelona Attack) from SF2 also. 
• Galandra’s dive kick is styled much like Cammy’s move from Street Fighter.  
• Cinder's (and others?) Dive kick from Street Fighter 3... Yun and Yang were the first I recall at least. Oh wait, TMNT the arcade game had dive kicks of course! Probably something else before that. 

Divekick in TMNT.

• Cinder's Maximum Spider super move, like Spiderman's from Marvel Super Heroes, the arcade game. I think newer Cammy has a version, too. 
• Cinder says vs. undead dwarf giant king - “look on my xxxxx and despair!” From LOTR the elf Galadriel. 
• Cinder’s Dash into grind attack from… from… so familiar. What the heck is that from? 
• Cinder - “So shiny, my precious” when good loot. LOTR's Gollum's saying.  
• Galandra's name (the necro chick) has to be inspired by LOTR's Galadriel's name. 
• Mouth of Sauron from LOTR reference below. One of the Blackcoats has the look. It occurs in the necromancy/dead area... behind the portcullis door that requires the "thumbs dwn thumbs up password".    

The covered face with only a giant creepy smile. Mouth of Sauron. 

• Lizardpeople - the main bad ones look and move a lot like the Lizalfos from the recent Zelda games. 
• The main Necro chick with the giant Dark Souls sword. Sword looks goofy just like in Dark Souls, which got it from the Berserk Manga... but anyway, yeah, it swings (with an effort, a heft) very much like Dark Souls to my eye. 
• Brome floats/levitates like the Lich in D&D TOD and the dashing Green and Black wizards in D&D Shadow Over Mystara. I like it. 
• He also has a Hold jump button, slowly floats down. Feels like... yeah feels like Storm in X-Men:COTA arcade game (I think you hold UP with her to slow float fall)! And maybe the 6 armed Spiral in COTA had similar(?). And maybe Magneto from Marvel Super Heroes arcade fighting game... or was his just Fly?  
• The Raft Scene is very similar to the one in whichever D&D arcade game that was, TOD or SOM. 
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Slight Review

FUN?

The game is fun, really fun, let's get that straight. It took some adjustments for me, but once I got over the first couple of hours, it started to make more sense (from a gaming/fun perspective). 

TYPE OF GAME?

Beat 'em up or Roguelike? Well I practically grew up on what people now call Beat 'Em Ups. Golden Axe and the sort were like the best thing ever as a kid. I also was fairly heavy into the early years of Blizzard's Diablo 1 and 2, and that's the closest thing (as far as I can tell) to a Rogue-like game that I've played. So my viewpoint is not a typical video game reviewer who has played 500 games already this year. Nope, I save my playtime for only games I stumble upon that are really fun, then I tend to play them heavily for a while. 

So what is this game then? To me, it's a game where you can't quite configure your characters the way you want (like in Diablo)... and you can't quite perfect what you are trying to do, b/c those options don't come the first 20 hours of play. No, you get just a couple of "tools" that are consistent, and the rest is random. So as I play on, I am good with the variety... although my "gotta hone this option" gene is annoyed, it's satisfying the "try out something new" gene and the "is this combination of things so good it's kinda broken in a fun temporary way?" gene. Let's talk about that more.

Update: been playing more. Beat the first run through of the game with frogger Brome (the delay Pressure for bigger combos plus stacking dmg on his melee is gooood), but it's not really over. Got to the end of the second run through with Brome and Galandra (trying not to type Galadriel). Starting to feel like the way to beat the game is to get all the super power ups, stack more power ups, and then it's not too bad. It goes from hard to power-overwhelming at some point. Maybe there is a gradual shift, but it felt a little abrupt every time I did it. See my Kinda Broken Combos below.... I guess the good news is that they purposely(?) put in some weaker options so you can mess around. For instance, just for the hell of it I went all Luck Based on my last run with Galadriel... and to my surprise it became really powerful. Had 20% no it was 30% dodge incoming attacks, had like 12.5% luck, etc. Will talk more below on the Luck Build. 

TIPS/SECRETS

• Jaroba’s fire swamp, sputh path…the secret is right side of pond, down down, a bramble to hit. Past that and “under” the purple pond is a Chest! Nothing to do with the funky NoClipping rocks.  

 KINDA BROKEN COMBINATIONS, in a good way?

• Unstable Dash Time ritual to dash thru phase thru is AWESOME Vs. bosses like the undead king in mine. 
• Cinder with the triple jump + wind gale thing on her feet or on the enemy. She tends to combo them into the ceiling.  
• Cinder's Skill move, the arm that stretches out... if you get in the right situation, it is really good at comboing bosses into the ceiling by repeating it a lot (needs to be mostly the forward stretching not the diagonal I find). Against the giant sized green goblin(?) boss, I had a couple of times where it was nuking him. 
• Brome's dash into Drill move (Skill triangle move option you might get) seems really really good. Do that, into the default Skill move (giant exploding globe), repeat forever I think. Oh, I had the Wind Gale yellow rings (probably improved) on the enemies when I did this, and it made it really hard for them to deal with, they kept floating up forever. 
•  Update: upgrading his melee is awesome. His thingie that makes melee hit twice per one hit (something about how many mana bars are full or something?, it's green power) is awesome. Stack that with Burn, Super Punch Knuckles(?), Eyeball Mono dmg, and whatnot, he will be hitting HARD. Like stun locking everything in the game, especially bosses. 

• Dwarf's grenade R2 super move + Big Waves (option) on R2 super + the Reload Mana option. Wow, this is broken. I blew through the entire swamp world and was only stopped by the giant Lizard boss at the end b/c I didn't know what to expect with him. Up until that point, it was very broken. Shoot to the right, reload, shoot to the left, reload... etc. just wherever the enemies are, you'll get 'em and sometimes juggle them with the reload even. Only once or twice it got tricky b/c the enemies (I think the Rogue looking ones in maybe the library area) were so fast they'd run up and get me during a reload. 
• The Necro chick, Galandra, with the giant Dark Souls sword. I have played her the most, despite her voice. If you get her infinite spin on their head with the sword move (skill move in air), that seems really broken. No other combinations needed, so this seems kinda easy to get. Then again, I thought I saw it as the 2nd to last pay-for-with-game-currency upgrade, so... is that the upgrade that stays with you? Must not be permanent, but another chance drop, I'm still not organized there yet. 
• Use her dash into regular combo a lot.  

•  What is the deal with Deathvines and her? Every site says it is good. Tech hit? What is that in this game, i can't find it. One says she has a skill that works on downed enemies. Is a tech hit just hitting a guy on the ground or something? ?

• Luck Build. Update. Happened to be using Galandra, got the spinny super Reaper Cyclone that is probably her best, and I got the invulnerable pet Sword that lasts forever. Had four of the 4-leaf clover trinkets. Had a  Crown of Dissonance Epic +2.5% Luck per Ritual family held (total 10 luck). Had two of the Cloaks that give you dodge Evade 5% based on luck. Had a Crown of Harmony Epic (more of same ritual is better).  By the end, had a whopping 30% Evade (awesome!... wait, I see a Backtrack level 2 ritual of Time showing me 30% chance to Evade, so is that the same thing completely overlapping or was it stacking???). And was so lucky on loot drops on the last stage/tower, that I randomly got a Spark of Power in a hallway statue (the Star double trigger Ultra-Super-Duper move that you get only 1 or 2 of ever). Also had awesome options at the end to choose from, got a Chef's Ladle Epic giving me 50% extra lifebar. First time ever, I got a Level 3 Burn on melee hits... and first time ever got a ritual giving Spectral Armor on melee hit. That comboed well with Spectral Armor other effects (was it... something that seemed like it was stacking, but spawn a Rose turret on dropped armor or something?). 
• Reaper Cyclone Arcana side note - sf2 style "walls" they bounce off of will do dmg to enemy.  
• Haha, I just found this... apparently I got two of the 3 S-Tier items for this Luck Build. Just lucky when I went for it I guess. https://progameguides.com/absolum/absolum-trinkets-tier-list-common-rare-epic-trinkets-ranked/

DESIGN/LOOK Problems?

I have beef with the divergence from classic D&D, sword and sorcery, and that sort of thing. I don't like mixing genres. I don't like things that just go against the medieval feel of those worlds. So yeah, I would have done a lot of things differently. Also, I like grittier art styles, but this thing does look good overall. OK, enough dancing around the topic, here's what I would have liked to have been done differently:

• Voices. Please no modern voices. No tough guy businessman style, or overly Cockney style (I can't help but get London modern criminal actors out of my head), or overly stereotypical American movie teen speech. This is a tall order, I am sure, but... yeah. 
• I prefer more realistic representation of NPCs. Males have historically for thousands of years held more of the fighter/knight/soldier/warrior type roles. I'm cool with like one or two special for the story types of women... maybe the main heroes, that's believable and fun. When 1/2 of the super tough types are women shaped like men, with giant man arms, it doesn't suit my tastes. Are we looking at bodybuilders from the world of 2025 on Earth? Stop taking me out of the immersion of the game/genre. 
• No guns. No guns. No guns. I don't want blackpowder anything, my medieval fantasy worlds are before guns. 
• Overly cartoony art on many characters. The goofy giant fists + wrists that are half the size of a torso are no good for me. The characters that are 90% torso + arms and 10% legs give me  serious annoyances. 
• Mushroom people monsters are wwaaaayyy goofy. Too goofy for me. 
• I prefer goblins to be 100% evil, but I can deal with this game making them neutral I guess. Well, this game pretty much makes all monster races neutral in the sense they might be good or bad. I prefer to have only purely evil monsters to kill in games myself. 
• UPDATE: man, the amount of po litical stuff in this game (too many games nowadays, I miss the old days) just grates on my nerves. Keep all that junk out of my escape from reality, if I want to see po litics I would watch the news every day. 

DESIGN/LOOK Good stuff?

• Backgrounds, plants, floors, buildings, wagons, etc. look really good. 
• I like the goblins a lot, in their look. yeah slightly too cartoony, but overall kinda great. 
• The lizardmen(people?) are fun. Not super gritty, but still neat, just like when they were in Zelda.
• The map looks great. 
• The story is mostly pretty cool. Having to look at a giant pregnant belly every time I die is definitely incentive not to die. Hey, having kids is great and obviously the most important and awesome superpower of us animals in real life. It's disturbing to see the human version of it constantly in a video game though.  

G3 to xxxx then Q1 (replacement for Q1)

Noone of Consequence on yt recommended replacing Q1 with this Skein of the Death Mother from Dragonsfoot.  

https://heroes.mystara.net/selenica/adventures/DF16_Skein_of_the_Death_Mother.pdf

https://www.dragonsfoot.org/dfpublications/

5e conversion~ below

https://www.reddit.com/r/dmsguild/comments/wl15y8/q1_queen_of_the_demonweb_pits_5e_conversion_with/

***Wow, Dragonsfoot has  TON of stuff you can dl.  Dragonsfoot has some great stuff, I REALLY like this Monstrous Tome 2: https://www.dragonsfoot.org/files/pdf/DF15.pdf

• AXXTOER -  scary monsters. Grabs you from a tree (both att.s hit), bites head off on 19-20, otherwise 4-24 dmg (on one type of att, it has many) in 1e, that's a lot. 
  

Here's a good smattering of the fun homemade 1e vibe

They even have a floating octopus thing, similar to "The essential worldwide monster guide" version. 

AD&D 2e Hyenas had more HP than Gnolls, 5e is the opposite

So in 2e, Hyenas had 3 HitDice (3d6HP ~= 10.5HP), and Gnolls had 2 HitDice (2d6 HP~=7HP). Orcs had 1 HD (1d6~=3.5HP). Hyenas did the same dmg as ~orcs and gnolls, too. 

There were even Hyenodonts which were like giant hyenas with 5 HitDice (5d6) and 50% more dmg. 

5e DnD is the complete opposite, with gnolls averaging 22 HP and hyenas avg.ing 5 HP. 

What does this mean? Well, hyenas were tougher, I imagine them darting in and out and not such an easy target. Now in 5e, it's like the humanoid style monsters are just automatically the important guys and are better than regular animals. Also means fireball doesn't kill squat in 5e compared to 2e, but we already knew that. Even high level spells often aren't guaranteed to kill basic 1/2 challenge rating things like gnolls. It does grate. 

Moonstone: A Hard Day’s Knight and more Amiga games

 Moonstone ahdk is very very DnD. Get some inspiration from their monsters on screen. 

Some are tall bluepurple things w hooves.  Others are sort of up from the mud shambling mounds with big skulls as faces.  Lotsa entertaining knight fighting animations.  The red dragon looks like a dragon. 

Comment on yt says inspired by dnd, Talisman, and Barbarian/Death Sword.  By Rob Anderson designer, programmer, graphic artist.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqpISemjeQ

This guy has picts of monsters https://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2016/10/game-232-moonstone-hard-days-knight-1991.html

Other games worth a peak

• Agony. the Owl. Very cool backgrounds and music.  
• Shadow of the Beast , 1,2,3
• Apidya. The bee. Great nature art. 
• Stormlord
• Rubicon
• Deliverance
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Mythological and legendary creatures in Southeast Asia

 Indonesia

• This youtube from a semi official sort, looks great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0tmVaPyaP4
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• Jambi - is the tiger humanoid

  Lembuswana - is the elephant face with wings and lionish body

  Warak ngendog - the dragon

  Ahool - the bat

  Garuda - the bird (but it has human arms and legs) (is the symbol of Indonesia)

  Ebu gogo - humanoid

  Orang Bati - looks like a lion bat with bird wings
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• https://noi.pikiran-rakyat.com/lifestyle/pr-4049507607/7-legendary-mythical-creatures-from-indonesia-you-should-know?page=all
• Gaurda - a unique giant eagle mount for a deity
• Naga Besukih - massive dragon
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  Naga Basuki spelling. Found the colorful one and the wooden one on a download art site. 

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  Serpent sculptures (Besakih, Bali's Mother Temple located on the slopes of Mount Agung) related they say. 
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  Maybe this is related to Besukih, altho 2-headed. Looks cool. 
• Warak Ngendhog - from central Java. Similar to a one-horned rhinoceros carrying an egg on its back. 
• Kuda Sembrani - flying horse
• Nyi Roro Kidul - a beautiful woman with powerful supernatural abilities... ocean stuff.
• Ahool - massive bat-like creature
• Orang Bati - winged humanoid with bat-like claws. 
• https://godsandmonsters.info/welcome-to-gods-and-monsters/indonesian-mythology/
• Barong - lion-like. Good guy.
• Gaurda - again a unique mighty bird-like, mount for a deity. 
• Naga - we know this one. Serpentine dragons that are often associated with water and fertility. 
• Less common ones says https://thesmedia.id/posts/indonesian-mythical-creatures-you-might-have-never-heard
• Ahool - again. Large bat, 3 meters wide. They have giant wings, long snouts, and a thin crest. While the females live in groups, the male ones live alone.
• Leak - bad guy. Appears as a human during the day. At night... human head with entrails hanging below. 
• Banaspati - from Java. Two forms, ordinary fire or fire-human (They are said to be walking upside down- hands under to walk and feet above). Dangerous. Feeds off fear from people. 
• Top 10 says https://www.beastandmyth.com/monsters-and-myths/top-10-indonesian-spirits-and-monsters
• Kuntilanak - The Kuntilanak is the spirit of a woman who died during childbirth, trapped between life and death. Cloaked in a white dress with long black hair covering her face, she hides in banana groves and abandoned houses, preying on men who wander alone.
• Leak - again. Flying head with entrails.
• Nyai Roro Kidul - Again, the Queen of the Southern Sea in Java. 
• Tuyul - Small, bald, and childlike... spirits that steal. 
• Genderuwo - a giant, hairy creature with glowing red eyes. A trickster... mimics voices or familiar faces. Kidnaps. 
• Wewe Gombel - a spirit with wild hair and a grotesque appearance. Female humanoid(?). 
• Barong - again. "The Barong is the guardian spirit of protection in Balinese mythology, often depicted as a lion-like figure. He is the eternal rival of Rangda, the demon queen, and their clash is reenacted in sacred dances. Villages call upon the Barong for spiritual cleansing and protection against negative forces. His presence is celebrated as a symbol of harmony, driving away evil and restoring balance in the community."
• Organg Bunian - again. Beautiful and kind spirits... help ppl. 
• Jenglot - a tiny mummified figure with long hair and sharp nails. Dark powers. Found in rituals and collections, the Jenglot’s role in Indonesian black magic reflects humanity’s fear of the unknown and the lengths some will go to for protection or power.
• Palasik - from darkness it emerges... head detaches and flies with guts hanging from it. 

Thailand 

Phaya Nak

https://thailandfoundation.or.th/thai-mythical-creatures-where-to-find-them/ , I will quote a ton of stuff here:

• The elephant clan
• Karinta Paksa (Thai: กรินทปักษา) is black in color. He has red ears and a bird’s tail.
• Chattan Hudtee (Thai: ฉัททันต์หัตถี) has a white torso. His tail, feet, and back ridge are red. He has six tusks, the ability to fly, and moves swiftly on his feet.
• Hem Hudtee (Thai: เหมหัตถี) is golden in color and has super strength.
• Kunchon Waree (Thai: กุญชรวารี) has an elephant torso and the tail of a fish.
• The lion clan
• Kraisorn Rajasri (Thai: ไกรสรราชสีห์) is pure white in color with spirals across his torso. He has large eyes. His lips, tail tip, and claws are red.
• Kala Sriha (Thai: กาฬสีหะ) is jet black and has a cow-like torso. He consumes grass.
• Tinna Sriha (Thai: ติณสีหะ) has a cow-like body. He consumes grass.
• Buntu Rajasri (Thai: บัณฑุราชสีห์) is yellow with black stripes and a white underbelly. His body resembles a tiger. He is a carnivore.
• The horse clan
• Durong Kraisorn (Thai: ดุรงค์ไกรสร) is red in color. His head is that of a lion and he is regal. He is a carnivore.
• Hemara Ussadorn (Thai: เหมราอัศดร) has a horse torso and the head of a bird.
• Durong Paksin (Thai: ดุรงค์ปักษิณ) is a winged horse that is pure white in color. He has a bird-like tail. His neck, hooves, and tail are jet black.
• Mah Nin Mungkorn (Thai: ม้านิลมังกร) is half-horse and half-dragon, a form influenced by the Chinese qilin (Thai: กิเลน).
• The bovine clan
• Ko U-Suparaj (Thai: โคอุสุภราช) is a noble cow. He is black with seven white spots on his body, front legs, chest, tail, and hump.
• Ko Prueksa Kawain (Thai:โคพฤกษกวาริน) has the torso of a cow and the tail of a fish. He is white and has a brown ridge.
• Ko A-Supa Paksin (Thai:โคอศุภปักษิณ) is blue with white legs. He has wings and a bird-like blue tail.
• Paksa Kawi (Thai: ปักษาคาวี) is cream colored with a bird-like tail and has horns.
• The bird clan
• Garuda, or Krut (Thai: ครุฑ), is a half-man and half-bird. He is powerful and is the vehicle Lord Vishnu, one of the three supreme deities of Hinduism.
• Nok Hussadiling (Thai: นกหัสดีลิงค์) is a large bird that has a trunk and tusks like an elephant.
• Kinnaree/Kinnanorn (Thai: กินรี /กินนร) is half-man and half-bird (the females are called Kinnaree and the males Kinnanorn). Their abode is on the Himmapan mountaintop known as Chanta Bunpot (Thai: จันทบรรพต).
• Nok Tantima (Thai: นกทัณฑิมา) has a torso of a Garuda and the head of a bird. He carries a staff at all times. Tanta (Thai: ทัณฑ) means staff.
• The marine clan
• Hae Ra (Thai: เหรา) has the torso of naga. He has legs, horns, and a kanok plaew (Thai:กนกเปลว, flame-like patterns) comb. He has an elongated face, pointed nose, and big eyes. His lips are red. He has fangs, and two rows of sharp teeth.
• Naga, or Phaya Nak (Thai: พญานาค) is a serpent with scales and a golden comb. It is a very powerful being with the ability to shapeshift. There are four naga families.
• Virupak (Thai: วิรูปักษ์) the golden naga.
• A-Ra Pata (Thai: เอราปถ) the green naga
• Chubpaya Putta (Thai: ฉัพพยาปุตตะ) the rainbow naga
• Kanha Kotama (Thai: กัณหาโคตมะ) the black nagaMermaid, or nguek (Thai: เงือก) has an upper torso of a human and lower torso of a fish. This depiction is most likely influenced by western mythologies, as traditional Thai descriptions of ngueks are more serpentine in features.
• Nak Paksa (Thai: นาคปักษา) is a bird with a head that resembles a naga. Each layer of his feathers alternate in color
• Others
• Makalipon tree (Thai:มักกะลีผล ) bears young women as fruits. They are mentioned in the Vessantara Jataka (Thai: เวสสันดรชาดก).

Fighting Fantasy book 31, lotsa lizardmen and dinos

 Battleblade warrior number 31.  Great art. Mighty Lizardmen empire.  

See Spellsingers gamebook review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgHAefgTBfQ

Time 18:45 has great pterodactyl with toothiness and leaf-end on tail, my favorite kind. 

AD&D vs 3.5e vs. D&D - Chuuls maybe came from Garbugs

I ran into the Garbug monster, doing my nightly AD&D 2e monster perusing. And the site I was using didn't have a picture. These guys had the picts up, and a nice theory about ... maybe since Garbugs disappeared after 2e AD&D and the Chuul appeared in 3e/3.5e D&D... maybe they are sort of the same monster. 

https://ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2022/08/lets-convert-fiend-folio-garbug-black.html

https://www.tumblr.com/thecreaturecodex/185094259930/garbug

A Chuul. Avg 8 ft long. 

A Garbug. They could fly a tiny bit. ~Same size as Chuul tho, 8-10 ft long. 

This guy has a Deep Dive on Chuuls. https://dumpstatadventures.com/blog/deep-dive-the-chuul

• They love to eat Lizardmen. The bastards. 
• Yeah, a good story would be saving / allying with lizardfolk to rid the swamps of the Chuul monsters. 
• ***also, underdark Chuul.
• Quote: Some Chuul prefer to live underground, and they prefer the meat of troglodytes and the occasional drow. If none are around, they are more than willing to make do with you.
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Donnie Darko

Been a long time since I watched it.  Wow, what a great movie. Makes you think... a lot.   

NOTE TO PARENTS- probably need to fastforward skip that one psychiatrist scene… embarrassing. Plus all throughout, lotsa cussing.  Still is perfect probably for the college kids, as was I back on the first viewing.  

Freaky thing over house. 

Just did the directors cut… has more hints.  The link below really goes into details of the scifi aspects. 

This https://thecinemaholic.com/donnie-darko-explained/ Has some great stuff… mostly the scifi parts, but also a nice reflection on life, death, God, love, and sacrifice. 

But my thoughts are of love and self sacrifice.  Choices you make.  Save those you love, you know?