What are Mimics?

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[@Runesmith]

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[@CommissarWallace]

I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on the Companions Codex, my current group seem to be moving in the direction of amassing familiars and pets so it'll be great to have all the creative options available.

[@theraven5850]

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[@cakecinema9385]

Just filled my shipping details for your book! Couldn't be more excited to give my players adorable companions and then rip them away from them like the cold hearted each of shit I am. Or have adorable companions that survive, that would also be fun. I currently working on a modern day setting so my friends can pretend we're going outside, defiantly putting in some little munchkins.

[@joebobby8371]

I had thought the period to get the book was over ! Awsome work mimics are interesting

[@DanateDMC]

I would gladly buy your book, but it is expensive as hell in my country due to our currency being shitty.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

The scariest mimic is the piano in Super Mario 64 inside the haunted mansion.

[@Jazzarus]

You're not wrong

[@madtrapper1312]

You obviously haven’t played dark souls with about 10000souls

[@doodledog8593]

Your even here impressive

[@kingturboturtlednoc5722]

Hey, I remember you from SAO Abridged!

[@MegaPokefan97]

What about Voltorb

[@weitaoshi4017]

Bartender: Why are you armed in a tavern? PCs: Mimics. Bartender: hahahaha PCs: hahahaha Table: hahahahaha

[@strangent404a7]

Tavern: hahahaha

[@DirtyDerg]

Heard it years ago.

[@ferociousmaliciousghost]

This is why you don't try to seduce a door.

[@joseywales6168]

@@ferociousmaliciousghost with enough charisma I can seduce anything

[@matthewhuff7334]

See I actually made a tankard into a mimic. An adventurer went to drink and there was no beer left (i actually passed out solo cups to drink soda from and one had "uh-oh" written on the bottom, so it was random who this happened to). He got it refilled and watched the level of ale slowly go down. The party then fought an inebriated mimic that was used in an attempt to assassinate them.

[@soup-flavored-soup6613]

A room with a bunch of chests and stone slab that says “beware mimic” the stone is a mimic

[@Guydude777]

Yes. Yes to this.

[@coltonwilliams4153]

Fuck that bastard. 😂

[@jamescanjuggle]

But it says it in really tiny writing so you have to get up close to see

[@coltonwilliams4153]

@James Trotman Seriously, fuck that bastard. You go up to the stone, read it, then turn around to figure out which chest is the mimic, only for it to jump you from behind. Gods damned mimics.

[@DracoMagnius]

You absolutely evil mastermind.

[@darnchacha1632]

One of My DM's was of the same mind, and he had a mimic that learned it would get more food if it worked with adventures rather than attack them, so we had a symbiotic mimic sword, basically a sticky tentacle sword that ate monsters.

[@christophercrafte]

That's a sick piece of look actually

[@snorklespy]

Played a weird homebrewed game as a mimic and that was exactly my character's motivation. Adventurers are a good investment, and it protects its investment.

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

I wanna use this idea

[@YummiBear9856ih538000ushi]

@@snorklespy god that sound so much fun to play lol

[@Lord_Xonaz]

It became a ego sword!

[@chedruid]

One of my players was meta-gaming that every single treasure chest could be a mimic. As the campaign progressed he became more and more paranoid about every single item he looted, checking first if it was a mimic (I never used neither I had any plans to use a mimic). I wonder what his previous DM did to him.

[@benshaman4548]

DnD PTSD is no joke

[@drowsyCoffee]

health potions that were mimics, those things could haunt your dreams decades after facing them

[@frimi8593]

*I enter the dungeon *its a mimic

[@dangeroussecondaccount893]

Luca Van de Linde note to self - do that

[@dusknightwings7821]

Luca Van de Linde you are giving people dangerous ideas. Thank you.

[@matteussilvestre8583]

I thought that the final stage in a Mimic's growth is when the entire dungeon is a Mimic.

[@nuclearcatpotatoe3714]

what if the entire planets a mimic?

[@maxthepaladin2147]

Adventurer 1: [enters a cave and battles something inside] Haha, I've defeated the mimic! Adventurer 2: Buddy...that's just it's tongue

[@cid4761]

@@nuclearcatpotatoe3714 That's literally the case in the Aztec Creation Myth; the entire planet is a body of a fallen Eldritch Abomination-esque monster, but it's still alive and very hungry, which is why the Aztecs always did heart sacrifice rituals to appease it otherwise it wakes up and kills everything... *again*

[@sancturillore]

@@cid4761 That's also what I thought of when I read Nuclearcatpotatoe's comment. Aztec mythology is awesome.

[@ShardtheWolf]

AN ALASKAN BULLWORM

[@SZRLM]

Player: I enter the dungeon. DM: Take acid damage as the entrance closes around you.

[@killerspartan666]

Screams*

[@redholm]

@Chonghan L No. By the entire dungeon.

[@articusramos808]

I use my bag of holding that's its content contains the following, 3/4 of the bag has syrup of Ipecac and 1/4 nitroglycerin. Time to escape.

[@mistercheese1887]

“The grand wizard said to use the LEFT entrance! NOT THE RIGHT ONE!

[@dex1630]

Rouge: No I sUcCeDEd On a TrAp ChEcK Me, the DM: Haha chest go chomp chomp

[@Ramperdos]

I was going to give you a like until I noticed how you wrote Rogue. >:(

[@kaimcdragonfist4803]

@@Ramperdos Nah man, he definitely meant Rouge, like, the Sonic character ;)

[@Ramperdos]

@@kaimcdragonfist4803 In that case I'm not stopping the Mimic.

[@strionic770]

@@kaimcdragonfist4803 This is a great mental image She evidently ALSO fucked the mimic's wife-

[@Aware_Bear]

Rouge classes have excellent disguise skills

[@cid4761]

Mimics are my absolute favorite class in DnD I once had to write a scenario where an entire dungeon was a living breathing mimic full of other mimics who ate any adventurers they came across. What was particularly terrifying was how almost anything could be a mimic. Long story short, my players got anxious each time they did something and I suddenly said "Roll for initiative"

[@SpodenarSupremacy]

CID I love that it’s literally just like the meanest yet most fun thing you can do as a DM

[@Dinomatrix21]

"Mimics are my absolute favorite class in DnD." Class? CLASS?!? Sounds like something a mimic would say...

[@cid4761]

@@Dinomatrix21 OH NO, YOU GOT ME. I'M A MIMIC *CHOMP* Hahahahaha.

[@randombrazilian4534]

I'm gonna do that XD

[@liamfitzgerald1400]

That is an amazing idea. I’ve always loved the living dungeon concept, but the idea that it’s a mimic is so inspired... I may take that idea, if it’s all the same to you.

[@breakfast3006]

I want to have my players go through a dungeon, meet the dragon at the end, and then have that dragon split open like something out of the thing and they fight a CR 19 mimic.

[@pooplooser6497]

Seeing the Letter C and the number 19 in close proximity really isn't the same anymore

[@amosbirb2616]

That's the evilest thing I can imagine...

[@DryBonz1]

Gaping Dragon - DS1

[@breakfast3006]

DryBonz1 nice

[@blankflank3488]

@@DryBonz1 My thought exactly

[@zyibesixdouze4863]

I once had to deal with a "ghost house", where once inhabitants, then those unfortunate enough on dares alike would vanish the night they slept inside. Fearing ghouls, I casted moonbeam. The furniture, the accessories, the decrepit belongings and the house itself were mimics. All of them.

[@coltonwilliams4153]

We’re gonna need a bigger boat-DnD edition.

[@darkstrideisi3346]

Ha mimics don’t exist. Separate question, why does my computer have teeth. Another question, does salt work on mimics.

[@unknownentityenthusiast6765]

Don’t use salt, use iron filings. It works better for mimics and fey. Salt is for ritual trapping, and slugs

[@Anthintendo]

Mimics: Yes, salt. That way you’ll taste better!!

[@darkmoon2503]

I'd try to help, but my house-shoes are currently gnawing through my ankles.

[@Anthintendo]

Jared Gross yugipedia.com/wiki/Bite_Shoes

[@orangejuice8255]

Paprika has always worked great for me.

[@joeruiz1196]

Also best mimic use I’ve ever seen was a bunch of mimics through the game, like an absurd number of them, and then we went into a dungeon for reasons only to come up on a room with a single chest in the middle and a skeleton grasping a dagger. I went up, broke the chest and it exploded into gold coins only for the fucking skeleton to stab me.

[@amadea4890]

He trained the mimics, waiting for someone to fall for the biggest ruse of all time

[@gamingman2720]

Reverse psychology bitches

[@thewatcher8878]

yoink aka I am using that.

[@frimi8593]

Ngl I was 100% expecting the dungeon itself to be a mimic

[@nevermore7285]

I forgot what it was, but there was something where the chest was not a mimic, the wall the chest was pressed up against was a giant one.

[@NoahofWill]

... Actually, that last idea, having a mimic that has gotten so good at locomotion, anatomical mimicry and behavioral mimicry, is a really great idea for both a general NPC... and a murder mystery... Spoilers, turns out the mimic person actually *isn't* the cannibal who's been causing villagers to disappear like candy. That's Dave the local doctor. :D

[@drowsyCoffee]

that sounds like a good origin for dopplegangers

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Dave was an Oblex all along though.

[@DracoMagnius]

Are Mimics just the pre-evolved state of dopplegangers or changlings? Like monkeys and humans?

[@NoahofWill]

@@DracoMagnius You can homebrew it like that, but the lore states that changelings are the part-human descendants of dopplegangers, who are thought to be an artificial race.

[@drowsyCoffee]

@@DracoMagnius At least i have that headcanon, i like the idea

[@randomdude-4353]

Mimics: causing people to beat the everloving shit out of regular chests since 1974

[@morganpriest7726]

Just give em a good slappin. Not to hard tho! You might break the shiny that may or may not be inside!

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

Use mage hand

[@dolphincat1446]

One time, my party had just finished fighting a beholder, and we found a chest and some elvern boots, I suggested it might be a mimic but before I could cast a spell to check, the barbarian smashed the chest, knocking me unconscious, and destroying two potions, and a bag of diamond dust, then the DM said she does use Mimics, but not chest mimics since they are the worst.

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@dolphincat1446 sad

[@user-ys3jq3uf4p]

Thank you Gary, very cool

[@Kaligraphy22]

4:25 I heard that as "aliens who feed off THOTs" and hit rewind a few times before I was like "oh... THOUGHTS" .... it's 1:37am atm, forgive me pls

[@randomscottishchick9132]

Oh no... my butt is in danger

[@boxedinair3224]

“Featuring monsters that you can punch a couple of times then they keel over dead” Man, I’m the star of the show!

[@novaiscool1]

Now I am going to use the idea that doppelgangers are an evolved from of mimic.

[@cameron260]

I was thinking the same thing TBH.

[@nobodyimportant2470]

Schrodinger's Mimic: All chests are both Treasure and monster until opened.

[@calemr]

My two favourite Mimics from games I've run, and one from one I played in. A door at the end of a 5ft wide corridor. The party were forced to fight in a line, around the rogue who was glued to it's door handle. That one taught the paladin that even if he's focused on melee, he should probably have a ranged option. A wall. After someone tunnelled into a room, they used a trained mimic to hide the hole, then attacked people who got too curious. And: The gold in a chest. Not the chest itself, that was fine, everyone was glad there was no trap, then Bam! A fist made of gold coins smacks someone in the face.

[@skenjamin7683]

Could we get a Kuo-Toa vid? I mean, they MAKE GODS.

[@wert1234576]

Freaky fish men for the win

[@kyanchambers260]

Yessss

[@chaosblackstone7286]

Definitely! I'd love to see his take on them. If you're looking for a quick rundown of them though, Zee Bashew did a good video on them, as well as making a better guide for how they work then what's in the base game. It's called (Animated DM) Kuo Toa D&D. and here's the link if you prefer kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnebZJuomMZ9iqM

[@skenjamin7683]

Tyler Banks yeah, that’s a good vid on them, and I’d love to see his take as well.

[@Neutral_Tired]

I once ran an arc where a sea hag was ruling over a Kuo Toa tribe trying to become a god, the party successfully killed the Cr. 16 divine sea hag eventually, but it did require some careful planning

[@julzbananz]

7:28 there’s already a movie franchise called “Mimic”. it’s about human-sized cockroaches

[@nerco8194]

How do I know your book isn’t actually just a mimic, hm?

[@markloeffler85]

It is, but its CR 1 or lower and might be friendly.

[@SimonWolfie]

@@markloeffler85 That's a hard *Might*, I can't take those sorts of chances...

[@aubreyackermann8432]

Books with teeth... shouldn't you just pet those?

[@LupineShadowOmega]

The Whole World is Mimics, all the way down...

[@tiskolin]

"So I can fake credentials in Photoshop" *opens GIMP*

[@darienb1127]

I mean... he's technically correct. Also Gimp is actually good. And free

[@tiskolin]

@@darienb1127 I'm not trying to say GIMP is bad. I use it!

[@darienb1127]

@@tiskolin nah, i was jusl clowning around as well

[@tiskolin]

@@darienb1127 Ah ok. Lezgo GIMP!

[@statusgaming3121]

I use frigging PAINT

[@SwordsmanStudios]

Half-Dragon mimics are a thing in the monster manual. You're welcome/I'm sorry. Just waiting to spring one on my party...

[@giantdinoboy8264]

So a mimic that can grow wings and has a breath weapon. Edit: Nice!

[@SwordsmanStudios]

@@giantdinoboy8264 unfortunately no on the wings according to the book, but you terrorize your players however you want. Like with a Half-Dragon Dragonborn Draconic sorcerer, but that's just not as funny as half-dragon door mimics

[@mizerablegit4720]

7:20 You are pretty much describing Christopher Zito's mock race, They are amazing

[@joshuamangnall]

I am still waiting for the next campaign to start! I loved the last one and hope it is just as good!

[@BJGvideos]

@@joshuamangnall He's not doing the next one though. Lani is.

[@niceonestu9853]

Instructions unclear I wrapped myself up and then I fell over and got hurt

[@verbugterherrderdunkelheit6086]

The Dark Soul mimic is by far the scariest: My first playthrough of DS3, I see a chest in an empty room. "Hah, just a Mimic" I said to my self and shot an arrow at it. Suddenly humanoid, slim, grotesque limps spread out, lifting the chest which reveals its containments of sharp teeth and a disgusting long tongue. His legs began to carry it to me, who tried desperatly to escape! Unsuccesfull. His arms reached after my helpless body, pulled me into his endless hungering mouth. After he shoved his death into me countless time to slowly, but steadily kill me, he gulped down what remained of my violated unregoncisable corbse. I sat in the fetus position in front of my screen while all this happened .

[@thejoe4702]

Rogue: THE BOX IS OPEN AND HAS TEETH Mimic: hehe, i go chomp chomp

[@MadDemon64]

You know, I just realized that not a single one of the campaigns I have participated in involved a mimic.

[@kuropotato8097]

You have a nice GM, cherish them.

[@MadDemon64]

@@kuropotato8097 My first GM destroyed my character's weapon with a sphere of annihilation and killed him with a myconid that stuck a spiked ovipostor down his throat. My second one had my character's entire body degloved. Nice is relative.

[@Aplesedjr]

MadDemon64 what did your poor second character do without their gloves?

[@MadDemon64]

@@Aplesedjr No, their body was degloved, as in their skin was ripped off their body. As for what they did, he made a gimp suit out of his skin and wore it for the rest of the campaign. It gave him +20 to intimidation.

[@hunterchewning6725]

@@MadDemon64 That is...wow. Just wow. Like yikes.

[@wert1234576]

Want a scary mimic? A "sleeping" cow

[@d.h.5511]

My hopes and dreams are all actually mimics.

[@jamescampbell2353]

Dane Halter I hope they live long enough and eat enough that they become capable of making a difference

[@shadowrise8713]

This makes me think doppelgangers are just really advanced mimics

[@aaronhowser1]

The entire final third of this was just describing the web novel "Everyone Loves Large Chests"

[@alexhoughton3305]

Evenyone: spooky chest monster go chomp Runesmith: *_G R E Y G O O_*

[@thatcanadianguy7699]

Man I don't need to be called out like this in the first second of the video lol

[@funnyswangoosething5088]

This is an easy question, mimics are people by the name of Stephen who SAYS he’s your friend and makes advances towards your girlfriend because “that’s what friends do” then he steals your girl and he later gets a restraining order because of assault, and while he was cheating on her with another slut.

[@epicsmashman6806]

🤔

[@wert1234576]

...cool

[@enderbold7038]

Bruh who hurt you? Oh wait.

[@coltonwilliams4153]

Don’t worry, brother. It gets better.😔

[@black3826]

Read up on "Everybody Loves Large Chests" It's perverse as all hell for the first... 'few' chapters. But the story is indeed about a cute, super dangerous mimic.

[@bryantmccall6967]

Logan: maybe your computer Me: *smashes keyboard with monitor*

[@chroner_music383]

Never opened a mimic so quickly

[@Neutral_Tired]

I really miss house hunters, they’re basically a mimic house, they’re great

[@Neutral_Tired]

Hunter Phelps I hope I can find that conversion at some point

[@rizcsi]

"Big metal thinky man" is now my favorite sequence of words.

[@amalgam1210]

I'm waiting for the day we get to see a game where an entire dungeon is just a fancy mimic

[@katoshuu]

The dungeon IS the mimic, you enter its mouth on your own

[@dylangray7371]

HELLO FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS I AM ALSO A HUMAN AND ENJOY THIS CONTENT

[@mr.goldfish1530]

GREETING, FELLOW HUMAN. I LOVE THAT WE HUMANS ALL ENJOY THIS HUMAN VIDEO CONTENT.

[@fahr]

roll to hit

[@who3730]

Hmm... *S e e m s l e g i t*

[@strangent404a7]

I TOO POSITIVELY REACT TO THIS DIGITAL FORM OF VISUAL AND AUDITORY STIMULI

[@MasterP86]

Dm: Roll investigation * pc roll 3 * Pc: *SEENS LEGIT*

[@galling2052]

Supscribers: "Oh yea mimics" Runesmith: - *Drops biology and philosophie hammer!* -

[@windwalker5765]

The anime Dungeon Meshi has an interesting spin on mimics. Their version are giant hermit crabs, which use treasure chests, wooden crates, or furniture instead of shells. Like the traditional mimic, they're mostly ambush predators, but they can crawl/scuttle like normal crabs.

[@fmcypher4823]

Having an ancient mimic like an ancient dragon sounds awesome.

[@louiesatterwhite3885]

0:59 Huh. That explains my sticky keys.

[@timothyross8834]

don't press shift 5 times

[@Sonofdog420]

definitely going to add friendly mimics in my campaigns. "The party notices a small clock and candle sitting on a table."

[@mikkelnpetersen]

I like the mimic idea in the manga "Dungeon Meshi" (it's a crab/lobster, that live in a container, that could happen to be a chest, like a hermit crab)

[@kodybear4416]

I'm reading a litrpg book series called "everyone loves large chests". It's basically what you were describing in the end of your video. A mimic going through the process of leveling up.

[@kardellious]

I like that theory it would also explain why you can talk and befriend a small one but not one that's bigger. It's like getting one guy to agree versus a family

[@magicboio2955]

Well this was perfect timing, I’m running a campaign that is illusion/foolery based and Mimics are kinda the main thing but since I’ve learnt that mimics can do all this wacky stuff this will make the experience much better for my players.

[@coltonwilliams4153]

Or more hellish, but that’s your job, isn’t it Mr.DM?

[@tatersalad76]

I made a pub called the "Toothsome Tavern" in my current campaign. All the tables are domesticated mimics that eat the scraps after meals and laugh if they hear a really funny joke. My players have naturally frequented the place endlessly. Just waiting until I drop the bombshell that the foundation of the tavern is a mimic that carries the tavern from location to location and gets fed all the cutoffs and scraps from butchered animals and chopped plants

[@cinnabunz1532]

Favorite thing I ever did with a group of players was the mimic farm. Had a large pit in a dungeon full of chests, and most of them were mimics. The best part, after they captured the bbeg, they brought him back down and tossed him in. In exchange for eating him they gave the part the loot they were guarding.

[@richardofarms]

Mimics in game will create so many trust issues."hey Larry look a chest in this dank abandoned fortress!" *gets eaten*

[@gamersemporium7798]

Imagine this: you find a dungeon you walk in it and you see a giant tongue and a lot of teeth. Dungeon mimic

[@darienb1127]

All the mimic fuse together megazord style to become a super mimic

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Dragon Quest IX's Mimics can one-shot anyone with what is, essentially, a black hole energy blast that comes out of their mouth.

[@nebulous4155]

7:24 I'm now just imagining a mimic that is a completely normal chest but with HUGE ears on the side

[@michaelfreeman4427]

Have you read "Morningwood: everybody loves large chests"? a mimic is the main character

[@alect1953]

Hey, Runesmith, you kinda just described a book i found called Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests yes it is a weird name but if you get some time you should read the series truly it is FANTASTIC (and about a mimic)

[@dreamanddeath]

I came here to tell people about that series ^_^

[@Lord_Xonaz]

Can you give me a prologue about it? Summary

[@NightmareBlade10]

@@Lord_Xonaz books.google.com/books/about/Morningwood.html?id=AigsswEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description

[@coltonwilliams4153]

I’ve seen that on Amazon. I just thought it was just a cheesy story about a perv. If it actually has a decent plot, I might need to check it out.

[@dreamanddeath]

@@coltonwilliams4153, it's a good series, though there are some negatives. It's NSFW and there is some sexual abuse/rape in book 2. The actual plot is good, though. It's the trials and tribulations of a mimic in an RPG world who lucks into levelling up early on. As it gains more sentience and abilities, it ends up leaving the dungeon it was born in and taking on the wider world. The author has revamped bits and pieces while putting together the audiobooks and they're probably better than the original web series

[@Spiceodog]

I want a common magic item called cookie mimic, where it's a weak mimic disguised as a cookie jar. if a someone ( likely a disobedient child) tries to steal a cookie, it will bite down,+3 to hit, dealing 1 damage that magically heals by itself over a minute.

[@Runesmith]

That's adorable

[@epser5842]

My thought is that mimics can combine to grow exponentially in all categories. Eventually the mimic becomes so big and hyper-intelligent it mimics a mountain with caves and dungeons inside it. And that's the origin of Dead Cells

[@thelemonman2271]

Wait. That's actually my keyboard 😓

[@Runesmith]

Yeah, sorry I had to break in to your house like that. Nice keyboard btw, suck's that you probs died after typing this.

[@johngleeman8347]

7:14 I'm playing that Apex Mimic in my next game. >:3

[@wizardvozk5874]

Personally one of my favourite types of mimic is the mimicutie from Kid Icarus. Instead of a chest that opens to reveal a bunch of teeth, when you try to open it the chest grows a pair of legs and kicks the shit out of you.

[@kamikazelemming1552]

One of a favorite race of mimics in fantasy are the Ols from Deltora Quest. They're essentially shapeshifters that come in three types: Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3. The first two are pretty similar. Both bear the mark of their creator, the Shadow Lord, somewhere on their body, but the length of time they can remain transformed varies, with Grade 1's having the shortest duration, and both are limited by the size their forms can take. Grade 3's can stay in whatever form they want, be it an average person or a tiny bird, or even a rock. Their bodies are devoid of the Shadow Lord's mark regardless of whether or not their transformed, and their intelligence is far greater than the first two Grades. One of the main characters actually turn out to be a Grade 3 at the end of the first series. And as for the Ols true form, its essentially a ghastly blob with bottomless pits in place of eyes and a mouth. And they can only be killed by stabbing them through the heart, which is on the right side of their body

[@tyranifex01]

You know, there is an excellent webnovel about a mimic, it finds everything very... tasty

[@christianmunz2103]

Wow, that was bad. Have a like.

[@nicholasvandonkersgoed3758]

Thank you for caring about my welfare and not falling off my chair.

[@ShadowSuperWolf]

Oh my god. I was rough drafting a story revolving around mimic weapons and armors that evolve and change with the party. The main quest would be as if Beauty and the Beast was a horror movie and revolved around reviving banished demigods.

[@christiandean7934]

I am glad this video exists! I absolutely love mimics! 2 years ago, my friend was running a game, and in his world, he ran mimics wonderfully. They were intelligent natural creatures, and he made them much more common than usual. (He too loved mimics and sentient objects lol) Us adventurers were also aware of mimics (we asked if we would know if their existence, and he said "oh yeah, they're common enough") and how he explained them was "material that they eat, helps them grow, and they can take on that form". If they eat wood, metal, or living tissue, they break it down, and add it to their biology. They could also speak common. We wound up having a mimic ally. Very useful for interrogations lol.

[@LaChroniqueEdgy1816]

Runesmith : Following popular trends is bad Also Runesmith : Has same first name as Logan Paul Checkmate , liberals

[@fallendeus5641]

Pretty sure Runesmith is older than him... So Logan Paul copied him.

[@SheutDL]

"Impersonator mimics absorb the language and memories of the creatures they devour, sometimes carrying on the victim's life as normal while scouting for new prey. As an impersonator kills, it eventually splits into new object mimics and mimic spawn, which mature to become impersonator mimics and continue the cycle." -4th edition Monster Manual 3 Don't judge me

[@coltonwilliams4153]

That reminds me of mimic slimes. They don’t change into objects, but they do change into the animals that they eat, including memories and powers. Those are the things that have me convinced that slimes are almost dragon level threats if they reach their full potential.

[@MitruMesre]

there's an anime that's close to this concept, called "That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime"

[@coltonwilliams4153]

@Mitru Exactly. Rimuru is the perfect example of what happens if a slime is allowed to reach its full potential.

[@WibblyWobblyWoo]

In a campaign run from scratch by a friend of mine, he set up a chest alone at the end of a corridor... in a cobalt lair. My dwarf monk immediatly attacked it with his extendo staff. Nothing. The wooden lid caved in slightly. Seems clear. Over to our resident rouge who unlocks the chest no problem to find rags, a ring and 5 gold pieces. He immediatly and specifically lifts the goodies over his head like LoZ only to have his right arm chewed apart mummy scarab style by 5 mimic coins!

[@Master_E444]

Mr Rhexx did a good video on Mimics. As for my favourite representation of Mimics, look up Everyone Loves Large Chests. The main character is a Mimic and let's just say the Title is apt in some points and it just keeps growing from it. It finished naturally rather recently as it's creator wanted and I've been reading it for a long time. Good stuff for a fan of subversive fantasy

[@alioka1355]

Guys I have an online quiz soon can I have the big brain for an hour

[@coltonwilliams4153]

I don’t know, man. I’m trying to solve this time travel formula. I’m almost done, and it took me forever to get this far. I’d really rather not have to put it off any longer.

[@monhunterz5430]

You know, I was just looking up mimics when this came on my feed, did you use mind read on me?

[@matsh5633]

I wanted to tell you this for some time now: Your usage of sounds is unironically, MASTERFUL! it elevates your vids so much.

[@MarineS0n2]

Did not know about the mini-mimic, will definitely be using that later down the line! Thank you Logan, can't wait for the book!

[@giantdinoboy8264]

DM: You open the door, in a room with two chests, you can sense their is a mimic nearby. Players: Ok we are going to walk into the room and look at the chest to see which one is the mimic. DM: The room was a huge category mimic... Players: Who hurt you?

[@shmeaglethebard5522]

4:58 The W H A T

[@mcpunchins]

My favorite mimic encounter was a room that was a mimic forming itself around an open area in a Dwarven ruin that was really the entrance to the mines but the mimic created a room attaching itself to the end of a corridor in order to trap the party then proceeded to root them in place while attempting to kill them. It resulted in an incredibly unique combat scenario where the objects in the room were like pseudo armor for the mimic that it shifted around to prevent the party from hitting it and defend itself and the party had to work around these objects from rooted positions while making saves or coming up with other ways to get unstuck to try and move around.

[@squidge477]

This is funny because one of my OC's is a mimmic, but he's more of a buff dude with a treasure chest with a head. When you open the chest the body jutts out and just DECKS the daylights of an unsuspecting looter.

[@richpetri9204]

bruh, I don't even have notifications on. How am this early?

[@davidhamblin5825]

You know the next step. Turn em on (am definitely not runesmith's second account)

[@redfoxflamegaming3760]

Monstrosity (In my opinion): A thing or being, that should have never existed or one that no human being, was meant to see. But its DnD so SCREW that!

[@jamesrichards2720]

I've never DMed yet, but I think it would be cool to make a sentient mimic be a villain in a campaign. Something for me to think about.

[@jt0n]

i really like that, the idea that mimics are not the final form and are on their way to becoming shape-shifting monsters. maybe a member of the party is actually a mimic. maybe one of the players is a mimic and just wants to tag along so he can eat the goblins the party kills. maybe the actual party member died a while ago and the mimic wanted to copy them for some reason. maybe the mimic party member is a wizard who collects familiars, except the familiars are all mimics too. you opened my eyes to a lot of cool ideas, thank you so much :)

[@loganb7059]

I just started my first campaign DMing and yesterday I sprang a mimic on them. It was 3 level 3 players. They saw through the trap, and attacked the mimic in disguise. I figured they’d probably nearly alpha strike it and it’d get a single hit in and die. Things were going exactly as planned until it’s turn came around. It natural 20s a bite attack on the Warforged Paladin. 30 damage. (Full damage plus an extra damage roll.) Downs the Warforged in one hit. I felt bad so in it’s loot I placed a health potion. It’s like the third room in a dungeon they are trapped in from a cave in.

[@Phuskooz]

Was literally strapping myself into my snowboard at 3:42

[@captaindonkeyballs]

So, if you want a story about a hyper intelligent mimic one already exists, it’s called everyone loves large chests, most of the series is on audible

[@MarschelArts]

The mimic being a colony of specialized micro organisms is very interesting. Towards the end it felt like a ancestor to other types of shape shifters or at least, a distand relative. I once had the idea that mimics are some kind of "mushroom" type thing, created from spores that attach to objects, growing inside them and taking their shape. Combining those too might be a fun idea.

[@Missiletainn]

I had an NPC which was a mimic which ate a Headband of Intellect and learnt to just Travel to Dungeons and open makeshift Inns in exchange for adventurers food and rations.

[@MilleniumFoxMagician]

Great ideas of expanding mimic lore! Funny enough, this reminds me of a one shot a friend of mine DMed based off of John Carpenter's The Thing (using the actual board game pieces from The Thing board game for the monsters!) The party arrived at a strange castle where scientists were doing studies on some kind of ancient mimic they unearthed in a cave, which could actually take the form of living beings (and assimilated half the research team). When the party was knocked out due to a gas leak, the DM presented us with 4 envelopes, with instructions on how to act if we were 'infected' or not and had to hide it from the other party members. It was a wild game, with my half orc barbarian being the Final Girl of the one shot, only for a total TPK to happen when the burning castle fell just as she had been killed by the mimic monster (and eventual assimilation into the ancient mimic).

[@tomterry2370]

I'm glad you referenced The Thing, because that's exactly what you've created, especially with the 'colony of cells' idea. It's a great interpretation and one I will definitely be using! To anyone reading who hasn't seen The Thing, please watch it, it's one of the founding films of sci-fi horror.

[@coreyshorter8526]

This was a really good vid gives me a lot of food for thought, like if you have a mimic that learns to talk wouldn't the first phase it wants to learn is hey there is treasure over here.

[@sirmissalot9038]

I like the mimic that can fold up it's body with a bunch of creaky joints and are basically super proficient circus acrobats. They have to find the physical objects and get in them, like a snail with it's shell. It makes for good rp and combat when their AC is just their 'shell' so a mimic that finds a nice iron chest has succeeded a bit more than a mimic in an old wooden one.

[@Bleacke5]

I'm so glad I could still buy the bundle! I thought I missed my chance since I missed the Kick starter. I'm looking forward to adding this to my campaign

[@goibniu1911]

I kind of like the idea that the pathfinder doppelganger is a very old/evolved mimic.

[@Mephiidross]

Interestingly enough, that final stage mimic could just be... a doppleganger. That's the evolution right there.