#noth

Just a little Noth running down a tree branch!

It’s been a while since I’ve been on the old creature design trail, so here’s an introduction to one of my other passion projects: Caricritters! Essentially a monster catcher game concept featuring a world of cartoony little animal tulpas that each fall into one of 24 Sorts (types).

NOTH

Body Type: Bug

Epithet: Cryptic Caricritter

Family: Mysterious

Gender: Male, we think

Real Name: N/A

Sort: Shadow

Stat Distribution: Speedy Glass Cannon

Design Basis: Visually inspired by a generic moth and descriptions of the Mothman

Name Origin: Nothing + Moth; essentially “Void Bug”

Noth in particular is a moth Caricritter, a Shadow Sort with piercing red eyes, wings that fold into a cape…and little else. Even by Shadow standards, he’s incredibly enigmatic and strange. No government records, no ID, no letters from his mother…and he refuses to give any legal name other than “Noth”. His expression never even changes.

His powers aren’t that hard to discern, though. The ability to turn a space into a vacuum, drain HP, and sink into shadows is fairly typical.

[image description: a digital drawing of an NPC fiend from my d&d game, Levseis (she/her). The coloring is made to look like it’s been done with slightly streaky, bold markers. Levseis is a thin woman with red skin, curly horns, and black eyes with red pupils. Her dark blue hair is shoulder-length and swept to one side in very 1940s starlet waves. She’s wearing black lipstick, a couple gold necklaces and a white furry shawl draped over one shoulder. She’s looking to the side with a raised eyebrow and a smirk, showing pointy teeth. The background is dark red and Levseis is outlined in bright yellow. End ID.]