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[The nunda is yet another African mythological creature (Swahili this time) that is sorely misrepresented in the West. This is despite several solid English translations being available for more than a hundred years. It appears as its actual self (a giant, non-magical cat capable of swallowing people whole) in The Violet Fairy Book by Lang, for example. But, under the name mngwa, it became more demythologized by colonial British forces, reflecting their anxieties about dangerous animals in East Africa (the cryptid mngwa is larger than a lion, not larger than an elephant). This mngwa is made into a supernatural assassin by Pathfinder 1e, which is a cool monster that is only related to the original by being in the shape of a cat. And JK Rowling brought it into the original Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (back when that was just a charity booklet and not an increasingly deranged franchise attempt), where it kept its enormity, but became venomous. And, for some reason, had a name change from “nunda” to “nundu”. 

In an attempt to give my version a mechanical niche beyond “hey, it’s a cat, but bigger!”, I gave it sound mimicry, inspired by the discovery that margays, and maybe other cats as well, mimic the sounds of small animals to lure their prey in. If you want a Fantastic Beasts style “nundu”, change these stats to a magical beast, and give it a breath weapon in a 30 foot cone 3/day that acts as burnt othur fumes (Con based DC). That would make it a CR 12 creature.]

Nunda CR 11 N Animal This creature resembles a cat larger than an elephant. It has stocky legs and a thick tail. Its coat is blotched and striped.

A nunda is a massive big cat, large enough to prey on just about any mundane animal, and many monstrous and magical ones as well. Because of their great size and stout limbs, they are rather slower than other cats. Instead of relying on speed to hunt, nundas use deception. They are remarkably good at imitating the cries of other animals, and so attract curious, distressed or amorous creatures to meet their fate. They also know enough to use these calls to attract humans, and lure in hunters with the sound of a wild pig, antelope or even of a mundane cat.

A nunda requires an enormous home range, and thus are typically solitary. The males are larger than the females and have larger territories that encompass the territories of multiple females, but females still try to avoid or repel males unless they are in heat. Females give birth to only one cub at a time, which they raise diligently until they are about the size of a leopard, at which point they are chased from the territory. At this stage, they may be mistaken for a more mundane feline, and even adopted as pets by the wealthy and privileged, leading to a rude surprise when a prized leopard keeps growing, and keeps demanding more and more meat.

Nunda as Animal Companions Use the statistics for a big cat animal companion for a nunda, except that it has a move speed of 30 feet, sound mimicry (animals) as a 1st level companion, and gains swallow whole instead of pounce at 7th level. Characters with a nunda animal companion sometimes become mammoth riders.

I saw the latest movie on 2022/04/08 in Japan.

It was so interesting that all Harry Potter fans should see it.

I like the female assistant of the main character, a black female teacher, and Vinda Rosier.

日本で2022/04/08に映画最新作を見てきました。

全ハリー・ポッターファンが見るべきだと思うぐらい面白かったです。

When Tom had first created the horcrux, he was elated. He'd beaten death. Ensured for himself a future where he'd rule over the magical world forever. Immortal. Then the cold set in. And the quiet. And he realized the brutal truth that, though there were many things in the world to fear, death was never one of them.

La giovane non ha il tempo neanche di urlare quand’ecco che tutti i presenti la vedranno cadere a terra con gli occhi sgranati e le mani portate alla gola nell’estremo tentativo di cercare di respirare ancora una volta, nell’estremo tentativo di coprire tagli troppo profondi. Sono frazioni di attimi brevissimi in cui cade il silenzio più tetro su un pavimento che si tinge di rosso vivo, attimi in cui solo la musica continua indisturbata con il proprio corso, prima che un ruggito furioso anticipi l’esplodere delle grida che invadono tutta la stanza. Tra queste anche quelle di Lawrence, derivate dal modo in cui la sua pelle viene lacerata e strappata dal morso a tenaglia della creatura, nel modo doloroso in cui incontra velocemente il suo ultimo respiro senza aver potuto nemmeno raggiungere la sua Lucille. Si alza la confusione più pericolosa di tutte, quella dettata da una viscerale e contagiosa paura che irradia incontrollata elettricità in tutti i corpi, col rischio di annebbiare anche la lucidità delle proprie azioni. C’è chi si getta verso la sala della Metropolvere con la speranza di allontanarsi più in fretta dal pericolo, qualcuno addirittura si smaterializza, qualcuno si nasconde sotto il tavolo ma, la maggior parte, tuttavia, comincia a correre verso l’uscita. 

Entries 13-18 for Audre Charamath’s MythicMay 2020 prompt list

From this point on, I started making part of the shadowing as a separate layer, not as part of the color - and I discovered the S H I N Y brushes.

When I read that the Morozko was like a “russian Jack Frost”, the term General Winter came to mind. That’s why he is holding a Napoleon-type hat and stepping on a Nazi armlet - two armies notoriously defeated in part by the Russian winter.