J is for Jabberwock

The Jabberwock stands over 10 feet tall by all accounts. To hear a survivor tell the story again, the creature stands over 15, 20 or more feet tall. Specimens that have been inspected by scholars all agree the true height of a Jabberwork is 12 to 15 feet tall.

Seen to run on all four limbs in a charge that often ends in a leap to take down one or more victims, the Jabberwork may appear to momentarily fly on their vestigial wings—though it is universally accepted that Jabberworks are flightless. Jabberwocks will then use their forearms to kill their victim swiftly with violence fed by pure Chaos. The appearance of a Jabberwock is such that many peasants and many men baptized in war will freeze in fear.

Thundering across a field of battle, between the trees of a dark forest, or on an isolated Empire road, the Jabberwock will position their wings to emit an eerie hum from the air moving around them.

These creatures are the result of the all corrupting influence of Chaos in the Old World. Jabberwocks can be hideously mutated by this influence, no two Jabberwocks alike.




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  1. LisaApril 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM

    I'm not familiar with table top games. I find your description interesting though. Like so many urban legends the size of "monsters" get larger and larger! I learned about one in a river in Oregon, and he grew to enormous proportions with each retelling. I wouldn't want to come across a Jabberwock.

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    1. Timothy StoneApril 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM

      Lisa, I've been playing and helping tell stories since I was hiding my D&D "Mentzer's Red Box" from my parents during the Satanic Panic in the 80s.

      As a creative, the "game" part of Table Top Roleplaying games and the setting developed around them by the creators, curators, and publishers provide fantastic seeds for creatives inside and outside the properties. The game adds friction to story development. "JournalIng" is a new trend in table top gaming (which in hindsight could have been a good J is for ....

      Journaling is solo game play with rule sets developed for randomization of events or even using the more popular games like D&D. Some great You Tubers out there discussing and recording "journals". I'm a fan of Geek Gamers.

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