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[Infinity] Monster - Chronal Paradict

Added 2022-06-20 14:00:10 +0000 UTC

I was fascinated by the weirdness of Infinity and biblically accurate angels for this one. This one would make a very fun fight because it embodies paradox itself; it reverses natural 20s and 1s, reverses disadvantage into advantage, teleports through openings, and my absolute favorite trait, automatically fails on Intelligence saves because it just makes up its own logic. Heroes fighting this should learn quickly to aim for the "normal" or "middle-ground."

The "paradict" tag also opens up possibilities for other kinds of paradoxical creatures though I'm not sure what just yet.

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Paradicts are aberrations released by the presence of paradoxes: events that create cracks in the order of the cosmos. The contradictory creatures feed on the trapped essence of time or space caused by the paradox, slowly widening the gap until it consumes the multiverse. Different kinds of paradicts exist based on the type of paradox generated, the most common being those created by disruptions to the temporal stream.

The visage of the chronal paradict rarely settles and continuously shifts between incomprehensible forms. Hundreds of eyes and gnashing crystalline mouths continually materialize and vanish around an hourglass-shaped core within which internal sand eternally falls. Crystalline shards shaped like wings revolve around the main body, reflecting disorienting visions of a creature’s possible past and future lives. Like many paradicts, they intuitively ignore the nature of ingress, capable of transporting between doorways and portals as if one and the same.