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Low-fantasy D&D aliens?

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I want to stick aliens ๐Ÿ‘ฝ๐Ÿ›ธ 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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[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

D&D actually has its own unique space aliens; I've always just used those because everything about space in D&D is gnarly. There are a lot to choose from. Some entirely unique to D&D, others inspired by popular media like the Cthulhu mythos.

For mechs you have all sorts of golems, clockwork/steamwork machines and races like the Warforged.