Chimeras & Manticores | D&D Monster Lore | The Dungeoncast Ep.151

Will and Brian are tackling two classic creatures on this edition of Monster Mythos! These monsters may not be the smartest around, but they can definitely cause a party plenty of problems. Find out what makes them want to eat the flesh of humanoid-kind this week on The Dungeoncast!
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[@MunkeeMag]

Whenever I hear “chimera” Dragon’s Dogma immediately comes to mind.

[@epiccthulu]

The chimera from the old god of war games were awesome in design too

[@TheDreadedBeauty]

Myotonic (fainting) goat, ragdoll cat (goes limp when picked up), and a white dragon head

[@charlottewalnut3118]

TheDreadedBeauty Psuedo dragon head

[@TheDreadedBeauty]

@@charlottewalnut3118 I had initially been amused at the idea of this idiot dragon being stuck with 2 useless heads, but your idea is better! This has to be the cutest chimera in all of history.

[@RobFrog11]

"Inteligence 3... that's 3 points above a rock"

[@Licjr]

RobFrog11 *Sobs in earth elemental*

[@mattrondeau2]

No bullshit I was just about to find a way to get a chimera and a manticore into my campaign. You two are reading my thoughts I swear to Demogorgon!

[@lordhogwash8393]

It’s goat head is one of the fainting goats. It just seizes up in combat

[@OthEdden]

One of the things I decided in my campaign was that there were going to knightly orders tied to monsters and Manticores were one of the easiest to write because of the demon Allocer. They used morning stars and demon-like lions in most of their imagery. They have faction spells like the Oath of Black Wings, and Withering Justice.

[@bluedruid8152]

Super quest is an amazing show.

[@AdrydYT]

I know someone probably talked about this before, but in every video in which Will wears that hat, I just can't help but keep looking at how it seems almost transparent, so you can see some of the books behind him, like Will is some kind of ghost or something.

[@draxthemsklonst]

Yoda-manticore Manny for the win

[@CharlemagneSupernova]

I need more Manny the Manticore in my life.

[@eddvultures40]

Hail Demogorgon! Jaguar, Black Dragon & Ram (Male Sheep).

[@shaderunner8220]

I was actually born around the area of Bangladesh (neighbor of India) which holds the jungles of sundarbans famous for tigers (specifically the royal bengal tiger). and i had the opportunity to see honey collectors and lumberjacks that use the mask on the back of the head. It's obviously not a fool proof technique, but for something so simple it is definitely more effective than one would suspect. and i heard a lot of stories of man eating tigers. what i have collected from it all seems to be that if a tiger is moving its personal territory and it overlaps with a village, they could attack humans. and as the saying goes, once they taste human flesh, they come back for it more and more. there's no scientific proof of it as far as i am aware that human flesh somehow tastes better to them though. and finally, the color festival brian mentioned is called holee. its a very happy, joyous celebration that everyone enjoys together.

[@wallywest2517]

Manticore I want manti-more content

[@paulmiller6431]

Love the show! Thanks for all the fun and effort you put into it! Siberian Tiger, white dragon, mountain goat.

[@fobbles_]

Got yelled at in class when I started laughing uncontrollably when Demigorgon came up. I thought this episode would have nothing to do with him!

[@imlaughing2death]

Personally, I kinda imagine Manticores to sound like John Goodman in that scene in The Big Lebowski where he's smashing the car... *Manticore pounces on a guy and has him pinned* Manticore: "You see what happens Larry!?" *rips guys arm off* Manticore: "You see what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass!?" *tears open his chest*

[@sOlOnOmO11]

I absolutely love the way you speak.

[@jakemarsh8967]

I based a guild in my world around the Witchers from the games and books so I cant wait to throw a Chimera at them after they nearly just died from a Cockatrice in the last session.

[@andrewaustin8590]

Yup that going to be my next manticore voice thank you 😂

[@darnell1391]

I love this show and superquest saga

[@wraithreaper22]

Cheetah is my favorite animal! ❤️

[@marceledel8619]

I love all your podcasts, but Monster Mythos has to be my fav series.

[@concretephill8509]

*HEY I GOTTA SEE YOUR REACTIONS TO THAT BALDURS GATE 3 TRAILER* 😁😁😁

[@snoopanoop7705]

Awesome video as usual.

[@DeedeeDirt]

I can't wait to make a one shot in which my players venture through the swirling chromatic chaos and end up in a chronological crossover of their main timeline!!!!

[@fracros95]

Oh shit, video just dropped, time to drop everything again and listen.

[@darnell1391]

Also beard game on point

[@ithinkillpass9056]

I love chimeras! I always try to mix the creatures it’s made from to throw my players off

[@tishabyte]

I remember they had a manticore in the beginning of campaign 2 of CR. Was pretty nasty but I would def stick a chimera in somewhere as a deterrent.

[@Mrryn]

I've only found the depiction of manticores more and more fascinating the more I think of them. While chimeras are the more well-known "monstrous hybrid" creature, the specific body part combinations and the choices of animals of the manticore is way more interesting because they really do seem like a fiendish abomination created from the "fears/enemies of mankind" from nature: - Body of a lion, the "maneater" of the plains - Tail of a scorpion, the tiny crawling creature with poison to kill and not be seen until it's too late - Wings of a bat, the "bloodsucking" terror that flaps in the night - The jaw and teeth of a shark, the hunter of the seas And of course... - The face and mind of a man, the most dangerous beast of all

[@Born-Bitter]

Critique: You guys are dope.

[@FORtheEMPEROR]

Love your vids. Look forward to every sunday

[@danielrowan4716]

The Chimera, like the Beholder, is an easily identified monster but ripe for tinkering with its abilities / power set. No two should be alike and possibly there is only one on the party’s plane of existence. Make it a beast, a BBEG or even a mercurial NPC who is alternately helpful and harmful as it has its own agenda and goals that are unknown to the party. Lots of possibilities with these creatures.

[@tucosito1]

My level 1 party took down a Manticore, they were 6 tho’

[@dorianrobinette9712]

(slautes) I HAVE LIKED AND COMMENTED! I continue to serve the dungeoncast! it would be heresy to critique you in any unfavorable way milords! thou art perfect in every way! getting to see thy holy visages is always the highlight of my week! man this praising has me tired. I need to rest. hey everybody! this is the short rest where I'm not talking about that thing I previously talked about nay! for I...shall talk of love today. love for all of you! that's right you! right there! and love for will and Brian of course for always bringing us such great videos! Will lord of knowledge and Brian Lord of laughs! I confidently speak for all us viewers when I say thank you! and thank you my fellow viewers for every view like and comment we help get them closer to further fame and glory! anyway I'm feeling rested so back to your regularly scheduled comment! man chimeras are awesome. it's very coincidental because I've been playing dragons dogma since I got it on my birthday just over a week ago and man has it become my new addiction. I actually took a break from it to watch this video.anyway the chimeras in that are awesome. in that game the goat head casts spells and the snake head which acts as the beasts tail spews poison gas clouds. also a fun fact about them. if you kill they lion head before the goat head in dogma I'm pretty sure the beast begins moving around more like a goat than a lion. honestly I think I much prefer a snake head to a dragons head. I also had an idea for a reflavored demonic chimera which would have the goat head be the main head. the snake head which would be the beasts tail would normally coil around the chimeras body and the lion head would be on the beasts back similar to the goat head of a dragons dogma chimera. except the lions head would have a mane made of fire it's back paws would be covered in fire and its front goat hooves would be red hot on their bottom and scorch the ground where ever it walks. and if I had to mash a chimera altogether using some of my favorite animals I'd go Siberian tiger main head, anoconda snake head for tail, and just a goat head with big curly rams horns on its back. also while I'm here I had and idea for an Egyptian themed lich I thought of a few days ago I wanted to share for anyone who'd like to read about it. firstly instead of being more skeletal it'd be mummified and wrapped in bandages perhaps along with wearing robes of some kind. I don't really knows what people in Egypt wear sorry. then he'd also be wearing one of those headdress crown things pahroahs wore with the snake on the front. it'd then have symbols that look like heiroglypics carved into its mummified flesh that are magical and increase it's power. perhaps he'd have spells that summon sandstorms or swarms of flesh eating Sarab beetles. maybe he'd have some kind of feline familiar. anyway those are my ideas I'm sure i'm not the first to come up with ideas like these but I hope anyone who reads this far liked them. have a good day all of you. :)

[@javunteharris2725]

Finally thank you

[@javunteharris2725]

Thanks for the heart 😁

[@ashenwuss1651]

Waddup, dudes! Sounds like a metal topic. *Down*

[@HowtoRPG]

Thanks.

[@jjmeyer74]

Ooooh, hot off the press! And awesome nightmare fuel to boot.

[@zenniboi6550]

I was already watching y'all lol.

[@zakmartel3022]

Gauntlet Legends ftw

[@joshuaowens2418]

Manticores from Mlp have scorpion tails

[@MySerpentine]

Tree-climbing goat for best goat.

[@john46525]

I feel pretty sure tigers are known to prey on people

[@thechadhuntress8061]

Chimera: Monster Mash

[@javunteharris2725]

Can you do medusa and also can you make a acidic tarrasque

[@sean9021]

Anybody else miss the Sage DM?

[@samcooper5003]

Sabertooth cat elaphant tarrasqe

[@dtllmpn]

Ok, so a mindflayers worm/tadpole gets put into these monsters, what does that look like?

[@spacewarsfight281]

Hell on on earth

[@noshrimpfry8196]

Manticore vs Chimera Who would win?

[@spacewarsfight281]

Have you guys ever though doing third party stuff

[@Thedungeoncast]

We've considered it and we may in the future.

[@harveywabbit9541]

The beast called the Manticore is found in the bible (Isaiah 9.14-15). The monster with the head of a lion (Leo) and tail of a scorpion (Scorpio) became the biblical Israel. The four sons of Ham (heat) are, in birth order, Leo, Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio. This monster called Israel represents the ancient season of summer, when the year was divided into three seasons of Winter/Shem/Nahor aka Sagittarius thru Pisces. Spring/Japheth/Abram = Aries thru Cancer. Summer/Ham/Haran = Leo thru Scorpio. The head is the Lion/Leo aka the nobility/royalty, the tail is the scorpion aka the liar found throughout the bible. Virgo is the palm frond/branch (see Virgo holding palm frond in right hand) and Libra (water plant) is the first of the southern constellations known as the sea of stars. See ratio of land vs water in the hemispheres.

[@mynameluvsdragonscancelled6759]

I’m the 238th person to like

[@telfordexotics167]

To answer brians question 110 people were killed in 2021 by tigers in india, in 1907 the champawat tiger killed 436 people.. so the odds are better today but many bodies arent found so the accurate number of people killed by tigers is hard to get, in the sundarbhans tigers killed 90 people each year, its a small mangrove salt marsh that borders india and bangladesh, if you live in tiger country the odds are moderate at best but its deffinatly more common than been struck by lightning.