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🕑 Added 2024-09-20 15:33:30 +0000 UTCSo many of those raid boss choices sounded fun.
I'm gonna list out some options I could work with.
Heart of the swamp/swamp itself. The land begins to twist and lead them away from the way station. not...entirely sure how they would beat it unless it literally shows it's true form and they stab it, but c'mon...
Giant waterstrider, retaining it's speed as a scaled up, bigger than a small village entity that can move 100 body lengths in the blink of an eye. Heavy armor, battering ram attacks, and a piercing straw for a mouth that sucks people dry.
Fungal Hydra: Both hydra and fungus were popular choices, por que no los dos? Story is a hydra kaijuu snuck down from the 5th floor and got mostly consumed by cordyceps until they reached a balance. Fungal spore breath weapon and cut off pieces grow roots and take control of the surroundings.
Vampire lord: A fully kitted out swamp vampire that is intelligent and has somehow gained the ability to utilize Relics. Perhaps even stitches hands/ feet to his body to gain extra slots? who knows. Threat would be massive ambush+ it working together with certain other Climbers. An intelligence-based threat.
There were many more, but I'm on a time limit, and these ones I could picture slotting in real quick as a raid boss.
Comments
Andrew Tobin
Man, a creature that collects hands… read the room, buddy… as if Will didn’t have enough hand issues.
Thomas Issa
Fungal Hydra would be insanely interesting making it cannon that monsters can come down according to certain circumstances plus merge into one from certain circumstances, Plus possibly unique upgrade to aspect of the goat And a good ingredient for Reggie for regeneration and possibly inflicting debuffs
Courier
crack suggestion: baby vampire fungal hydra
person1357
Vamp lord for the win!
David Weller
These are awesome suggestions, but I feel you're missing an opportunity to have a status effect boss. Isn't handling a swamp level all about dealing with status effects such as disease?
Jake
Giant waterstrider sounds epic, but i really cant see everyone surviving that encounter !
Jake Malony
Fungal hydra from 5th floor because I want to know how that could happen. Alternatively vampire lord because you've already hinted that the vampires are a pain in the ass.
Exrotes
Waterstrider sounds the best and most ridiculous, especially if Will gets to jump on it's back and steer it.
Quex
I like the heart of the swamp. You've already teased psychic as a damage type and watch out several times and it might be a growth opportunity for several characters. Imagine will solidifies his party leader role by keeping them together when the psychic nudging of the swamp wants them to segment back into individual groups to get picked off easier or something similar.
Mariposa
I really like the fungal hydra because it fits the floor theme best. But it has to look absolutely gross. Like you look at it and barf.
Scott
the vampire only if it joins the team somehow. You get to figure the hows and whys out. Otherwise it needs to be big enough to swallow Loth whole, which leads to Will intentionally getting swallowed next. Will has to use the eating portion of aspect of the goat to eat their way out of the stomach. (weapons stranded outside?) Loth traps it from the inside. Loth makes it out just fine but Will For some reason (plot armor) must make his way out the back door.
Jymbo
Waterstrider seems fun. Hydras and relic using monsters could fit in most later floors.
David Giles
Some kind of genius loci heart of the swamp with a heart to stab would be awesome.
ArchonUmbra
Hail Hydra! o7
Josh Cothran
I guess I vote water strider if it has a blood sucker. May as well be a water mosquito
Kenny
Dealing with fungus slowly taking over their bodies does sound like quite the ordeal. Will can probably eat it because of his passive 😂
EDMANGO
I think the heart of the swamp would operate on a conceptual level, like it *is* a boss, but it recurs bc you can't kill the swamp, so even if you kill the heart of it, it'll just grow another heart when x conditions are met, and would act as a fun way to let the audience know that later on there will be foes that are just weird or maybe unkillable without the right kinds of abilities. They still get loot drops, ofc
Yshua
You could even lean into the heart of the swamp theme a bit with the fungal hydra. It could maintain more control over the landscape etc. while rooted, then detach itself for another phase of the boss fight once the party conquered the first part and starts lasting damage into the sessile heart
Paul Rauner
All good choices. I like the fungal hydra from the 5th floor because it introduces potential future story connections.
matt
Obviously I voted for the waterstrider as it was my idea. That fungal hydra sounds awesome too though.
Leo Yankovic
Kaju... Let them fight!
BIGLARGEFISH
Fungus amungus
