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[Radiance] Monster - Glow Wyrm

Added 2024-05-30 14:01:23 +0000 UTC

Here's the independent page for the Glow Wyrm. The glow wyrms are monsters unique to Ellumara. No one's quite sure if they're natural or experiments, but they're there all the same.

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DESIGN COMMENTARY

Of course, these are a play on "glow worms." I'm sure there's some fun moments here when players are sent to kill some glow worms but they then realize they're glow wyrms.

The goal here was designing some special monsters more bespoke to the setting. They also fill in a weird lack of non-intelligent Dragon creatures that currently only have wyverns, drakes, and some other ones. It would be nice to be able to quest and slay Dragons without wondering about whether you killed some intelligent being who's got friends or some repercussion, etc.

All in all, the notable feature is the Luminescent Spray, which is like a typical breath weapon except it has added faerie fire effects. It makes fights a little more strategic because now you'd want to definitely avoid the spray rather than tank the damage, especially if the adult wyrms are accompanied by groups of hatchlings (mentioned in flavor text) who will take great advantage of the free advantage to whittle down health.