In the early stages of Silver's MGM, tons of monster concepts came and went. Originally when this book was just intended to be a D&D 5E dating guidebook, only monsters from the SRD could be referenced. As of such, we were a bit limited in the initial scope of the monsters we could choose from.
(Not anymore though, and tons of cooler monsters are on the way!)
But back then though, ideas were dry, and one of the first batches of monster designs included 'giant scorpions'. Perhaps in a perfect world we could have really dived into scorpions to design a truly unique society, lifestyle, and mannerisms, but realistically they're just... not really interesting.
So although we could have ran with the idea, escaping 5E's OGL shackles left us open to pick and choose from a MUCH larger array of creatures. To commemorate scorpions though, the artists whipped up art for what they would have been. This'll never see the light of day outside of Patreon, so hope you all enjoy preserving the cut content!
kithawk
2023-10-21 01:38:05 +0000 UTC