Mimics | D&D Monster Lore | The Dungeoncast Ep.110

[@paulcoy9060]

A gigantic mimic that looks like a stone hallway 15 feet long with a barred iron door at the end. When a PC tries to open it, I say it's stuck, make a STR check, which of course fails. When other PCs come in to help, that's when the entrance closes and they get chewed up.

[@SuperLawilson]

The eternal war of the Mimics versus the Mimes continue. When we the horror stop!

[@paulcoy9060]

In real life squids, cuttlefish, and octopi can change color and skin texture, so in D&D a mimic can be amazing at copying a door or chest. It might even know that as long as it stays still in a busy urban setting, people will ignore it, and get used to it. Only when a victim is clearly not going to be missed, will it eat him. This means a mimic can understand languages, perhaps from those it has eaten. Holy crap, what if it learns to cast spells?

[@ASecondStory]

danm, that space swarm of mimics sounds amazing! what an idea!!!!

[@Yachera]

It’s just standard practice to put an arrow into a chest as soon as you find it, ain’t nobody got time for that

[@Xyzyshi]

The best mimic I've ever played against in the game was what I refer to as "the Room". The DM decided that this mimic had taken the form of an entire room in a dungeon and when we had all entered the room it amorphously closed the passage we entered through and then it was us fighting the walls and stuff while struggling to not be rooted by the floor during combat. New levels of door paranoia, room paranoia

[@danielrowan4716]

This is absolutely evil. I salute your DM and their paranoia inducing idiom.

[@llewballantine6678]

Realmspace does a solar system though, there are quite a few planets in Realmspace. Not to be nitpicky though! I'm binging all of these, I love these, they're really great intros into the various topics.

[@markrajca6783]

I like the idea of creatures of different origins that evolve into the same type of predator. An niche inevitably filled in any world affected by magic.

[@darkqueenfenrisulfr]

Easy to id a mimic , the chain is unfurled and you can see it breath time to time

[@loganb7059]

I’m actually working on my first Campaign that I will DM! The main idea is that there is a sudden and mysterious explosion in mimic population. Of course that won’t immediately be known. Basically a key regional trade route through a forest suddenly gets cut off. Caravans go missing, maddened survivors babble about “the forest coming alive.” While this is happening, weird occurrences have been happening, much like your statue example. I just imagine the nature of the mimics slowly changing as the campaign progresses. From normal, passive ambush predators, and by the end they would be something akin to “The Thing,” now mimicking people.

[@markrajca6783]

Toilet mimic is the worst

[@kristenhouston2122]

This is so awesome to learn. My husband hadn't done much with mimics but I had seen images of them and brought them up and put them in our game once. I had seen another video video that brought up the intelligent ones but didn't say what resource it was from. I also hadn't heard of the metal ones.

[@DeedeeDirt]

wow can't wait to roll up a gang of marvelous mistical mice marksmen!

[@draxthemsklonst]

Murder-hobos love that stein of ale. Edit: Maybe just I do. Projection. You'd totally get me if the mimic was a brew.

[@tishabyte]

"And they do that thing with the rope and the fake wall for change on the street." "What?" "They're mimes." "Oh goddammit."

[@MegaKamtheman]

I love the imagery of a wardrobe sprinting full force at you on all fours, just trying to scoop you up with it's wooden spoon arms!

[@MrNickums]

When it turns out the glory hole was a mimic.

[@duanebradway1627]

Mimics reproduce through mitosis. As they age and feed on things, they continue to grow until they split. In some rare cases, they have been known to bypass the mitosis stage and continue growing. There are stories of some growing to house size or larger. There was one campaign back in the day where a mimic had grown large enough to become a wizard's tower. Everyone thought it was magic teleporting the tower around, but it was just the mimic moving around to find food.

[@justablankcomment3721]

In my game a mimic became a old spooky mansion. Its was like the movie monster house. Anyone remember that?

[@notsae66]

Wield a metal mimic as a weapon; shapeshifting weapon/armour gained. Also, testing everything doesn't _have_ to be meta gaming, if you're playing a paranoid character it would make total sense for them to check for every type of danger they know of or could imagine.

[@HopelessReminder]

@The Dungeoncast You gave us a way to discern a mimic from a chest Vile of acid Poor abit (not enough to ruin a chest) If it doesn't damage the body of the chest, it's a mimic

[@julierose689]

I got so excited when this video popped up on my feed. I've been riding the Mimic high since making a mimic dice box for a couple of friends who happen to be DMs. Every time the parties find a chest the dice box comes out into the table just to spread a little fear lol.

[@ShurikenSean]

12:40 so like a doppelganger that eats people

[@HowtoRPG]

Very interesting, space mimics.

[@danielrowan4716]

I run a variant of mimics that have a hyper-adhesive hide that requires PCs to make a DC25 Strength Check to pull their weapon free after a successful hit. They are also resistant to critical hits and spells. Not overly powered but are a curve ball the party almost never expects. A low level party might struggle with them though.

[@felixweapon]

A mimic that's an unidentified magic scroll. When a PC gets stuck to it they're subject to the effects of that scroll. Like a short distance teleport that separates them from the party

[@andrewaustin6365]

Excited to be the 63rd subscriber to TDC plays also can’t wait to see how the mimic is used in space might be a giant coliseum space mimic jk And you guys are awesome thank you for existing I wish I could subscribe more than once Keep up the good work

[@MySerpentine]

I like the idea that mimics are basically kelpies :D

[@KS-PNW]

Back in 2e there was a 3rd party product that said mimics were juvenile doppelgangers, I always kind of liked that idea.

[@OMGwtfSTFUbrb]

I like to think mimics as big one celled organism with the ability to harden and camouflage its cell membrane. So my version does not actually have a mouth, it’s just that it forms part of its cell wall in a mouth like shape with sharp teeth that it then hardens. I also imagine it using some form of photosynthesis and the ability to go into stasis until awoken by light, sound or force to sustain themselves.

[@fake-king3837]

I would give the adhesive of a mimic acid damage. Which adds to the idea of how dangerous one is

[@confuseddullahan5046]

Always stab the chests

[@suruxstrawde8322]

Someone should make an official awoken mimic as a character. It could be a sentient weapon, or book, it could even be a shapeshifting humanoid as a team-mate. Also, if they can shapeshift into anything why would they not have eyes?

[@PlaneWalker18]

Who else remembers the Canniboxes from the Dragon Quest games?

[@roflzwafflez117]

Yeah I do, but I don't remember opening any chests and encountering them. I could be wrong but I specifically remember just being able to find them as a random encounter?

[@martinpat94]

Oh man when the Uber mimic came up and the joke of cars was made. What if a mimic has like a symbiotic relationship with like a group of assassins or something and they lead people into a carriage and once they are inside it just eats them

[@nikp3572]

Single chest in center of the room. The chest is normal but the room is the mimic.

[@slewone4905]

put a link to tdc place, or is it plays. It makes it easier for us to find.

[@Thedungeoncast]

Thank you. the links should be up now.

[@OliverurFace]

A friendly mimic armor

[@geeks_dungeon]

Are you guys doing the add space thing still

[@Thedungeoncast]

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[@geeks_dungeon]

Thanks

[@andrewp.4852]

Definitely stealing the statue mimic as a tiny adventure

[@sterrre1]

Tasha's has a lot of 5e lore about mimic colonies.

[@MisterTutor2010]

How do you know a mirror is a mimic? . . Your reflection moves without you :)

[@senorquakes]

They suggest that a player who checks every door and chest with a 10-ft pole is meta gaming but I don't see how being afraid of mimics is meta. If anything its more realistic assuming your character is aware of the existence of mimics. I would not be surprised to hear that it's standard procedure for an adventuring company to check doors and chests for traps/mimics every time before breaching. In the military don't they do the same repetitive breach protocol for pretty much every door or passage they come upon to make sure it's safe. For the record I don't think I would waste this much time doing it on every single door and chest but I am only suggesting that it wouldn't be meta and frankly it's meta of me to not do it just because I don't wanna slow the group down going through dungeons.

[@noobPWNER1141]

Check out the book Everybody loves large chests by neven iliev. It's a LitRPG book and a mimic is the main character. NSFW 18+. It is hilarious and there is a audiobook version by soundbooth theater.

[@noobPWNER1141]

Edit: the title is actually Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests Currently on book 5

[@CyberMaverickGamer]

Where's Kurt Russell where you need him?

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Can one take a form of a humoid statue or doll I have a perfect character if so

[@kit2250]

I'd say so if it was a mature one, doll might be hard because it'd need to be mature and small at the same time. Maybe a starved one?

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Throw shuriken at them

[@samleeroy5638]

How about a non common mimic wich is not sentient and is a hyper agressive mimics making small spawns the size of a 10 pound dog that at first make rat holes on the walls of dungeon to pray on rodents until they are big enought to then switch to a barrel size chest and start preying sentient creature. And by assimilation slowly get sentient? I love mimics of all sizes they have so much potential!!!

[@InquisitorThomas]

A bunch of Voice Actors are doing a D&D Podcast? Where have I heard that before... *Cough* Critical Role *Cough*

[@draxthemsklonst]

Why you asking us? Where have you heard that before? Why you so inquisitive "Inquisitor Thomas" if that's even your real name. Psssht. I see you answered with your edited comment. *cough* (now wash your hands)

[@mysury]

The guy in the kings cap is totally pointless and sucks. He's constantly comparing things to other, it's like this it's like that creature. STAY FOCUSED!!!!! Then he's wrong most of the times. I tried to watch it but couldn't get through even half. And I really wanted to know about mimics. Now the other was amazing. Great information nice voice focused and to the point. I would love to just watch him.