If you’re looking for some inspiration, might I suggest the Orz?

Weird talking fish aliens whose language can’t always be properly translated. Replacing more alien concepts with words like *happy*, *frumple*, etc.
Part of the fun would be to determine if being called a *happy* *camper* is a good or a really bad thing.

Low-fantasy D&D aliens?

@rpg

I want to stick aliens 🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?

Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?

#DM #dming #ttrpg #scifi #fantasy #mech

@thelsim
Great idea. I will look into the game, too.

@Legit_Spaghetti @rpg

You actually gave me a different great idea. In my setting, we have all the normal fantasy stuff, but the elves are robots who often modify their bodies to do stuff like have plasma cannons hidden in their arms or directly interface with the GPS satellites. I think something like the Borg would be a great way to handle half-elves.

If you look up Expedition To The Barrier Peaks it’s a dnd module from the 80s where the party investigates a crashed spaceship and deals with robots and aliens, it’s still pretty good I’d say

Low-fantasy D&D aliens?

@rpg

I want to stick aliens 🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?

Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?

#DM #dming #ttrpg #scifi #fantasy #mech

Low-fantasy D&D aliens?

@rpg

I want to stick aliens 🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?

Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?

#DM #dming #ttrpg #scifi #fantasy #mech

Low-fantasy D&D aliens?

@rpg

I want to stick aliens 🛸 into my next D&D campaign. My idea is to have little grey men show up in a flying saucer and abduct the party. However, I'm worried that this is too comprehensible for the average #DnD character. I want the PCs to be confused, but not the players! What's the weirdest alien you've ever thrown at your D&D party?

Side note, I also want to give the baddies #mechs. How do I mechanically handle this?

#DM #dming #ttrpg #scifi #fantasy #mech

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