What's the origin of the Mimic? - Role-playing Games Stack …
2022年3月10日 · The Mimic is an iconic figure of the modern fantasy genre, best known for disguising itself as a treasure chest to tempt and ensnare adventurers and turn them into a meal. It's shown up in D&D (ca. 1977), in Dark Souls (2011), and arguably in less predatory fashion as The Luggage from Discworld (1986). First: D&D 5e's Mimic.
Can a Mimic (container form) actually hold loot?
2019年3月7日 · A chest has an inside and an outside. So a mimic polymorphed into a chest has an inside and an outside. Mimics are also not-unintelligent and a mimic could see great utility in being an open chest and then using its Pseudopod to fill itself up to overflowing with nice, tempting treasure.
dnd 5e 2014 - Can a Mimic mimic another creature? - Role …
2017年5月4日 · \$\begingroup\$ If "a chest is, more often than not, not a chest" then you have a plague of mimics! Call the mimic exterminator! Call the mimic exterminator! The best way to use mimics (and other camouflage ambush predators) as a DM is that "a chest is, more often than not, a chest" - mimics should be rare or you create unwanted albeit amusing ...
What is a mimic's "true form"? - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
Shapechanger. The mimic can use its action to polymorph into an object or back into its true, amorphous form. Dictionary definition: a·mor·phous (adjective) əˈmôrfəs without a clearly defined shape or form.
Can a tiny mimic turn into a magic sword? - Role-playing Games …
2023年10月17日 · I took polymorph to mean that a mimic chest would look, sound, and feel like a normal chest to attract as many adventurers near as possible. However, the way you describe sounds a bit more like a mix between a changeling and an octopus' camouflage, where even a tap with a 10ft pole would note the abnormality. Correct? \$\endgroup\$ –
How can "mimic phobia" be cured or prevented?
2019年3月23日 · A banded chest sits in the corner; the metal straps seem oddly clean. Just to state some examples. It's about a greater overall effort to be more descriptive. The point being that if you describe the scene adequately all the time (or at least often), then "a chest sits in the corner" won't be as weird or suspicious.
How to make a mimic a challenging fight for high level party?
2019年3月5日 · A Mimic which poses as a boat in shark-infested waters, or poses as a spiral staircase and drops half the party from a height while hanging onto one or two for a snack- now you're talking. Make it the only bridge over a pit of acid and I don't care what level the party is, they're in deep trouble. \$\endgroup\$
What happens when a Mage Hand touches a mimic?
2017年5月11日 · IMHO A Mimic isn't a real container object, thus the mage hand can't open it (it behaves like a locked chest). RAW from Mimic "The mimic adheres to anything that touches it." The hand isn't a thing but a magical force (no stats). The mimic will not attach. as a side note this should also teach your players why the standard 10' pole isn't optional.
What are the limits of a Mimic's Shapechange feature?
2020年3月28日 · The mimic can use its action to polymorph into an object. The word polymorph is the key here, and while not a defined game term per say, it is consistently used to mean transform the shape of the whole entity (see the polymorph spell and numerous other monster abilities). So the whole of you have to be transformed, not just a given limb.
Can I play a mimic PC? - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
2019年7月8日 · However, representing the mimic of Enter the Gungeon or Terraria—a creature which looks like a chest and can bite—as a balanced PC race in D&D would be fairly easy. Suggestions. Personally, I would stat up the mimic as a custom warforged subrace. That race normally represents a humanoid built of of wood and/or metal or stone, but you could ...