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Today's article features another monster build based on the planet Quintessa. Direct from the 1986 Transformers The Movie: it's the Quintessan Squid ! Those fortunate ones To be fast and free and young I want to count myself among Those fortunate ones We won't be denied We know that time is on our side We've got the passion and the pride We won't be denied This generation With fire in our eyes Strong are the ties that bind us We don't need no alibis Nothin's gonna stand in our way Nothin's gonna stand in our way Nothin's gonna stand in our way Not tonight! If you enjoy this content, please support my Patreon , where I drawn and make gaming material. x SQUID, QUINTESSAN The giant Quintessan squid appears similar to that of an Earth squid, but possessing robotic features and form. Like most of the aquatic wildlife of the Quintessan oceans, these squid derive most of their Energon intake from filtered water and devouring other robotic lifeforms. Squid, ...

Random Essence20 Threat Build! This monster comes from the pages of Void Rivals , where the protagonists accidentally released an alien monster while exploring and equally alien starship. This is a Scorpia, a monster from the world of Quintessa. SCORPIA, QUINTESSAN Scorpia are a species of vicious predators found on the world of Quintessa. They resemble Terran scorpions, but are massive in size and possess robotic bodies, as opposed to a chitinous carapace. Quintessons use these monsters in fighting arenas for entertainment. Scorpia, Quintessan Threat Level 4 Size : Extended Health : 6 Movement : 40 ft. Ground Strength 6: Athletics +d6, Might +d6 Speed 3: Infiltration +d2, Initiative +d4 Smarts 4: Alertness +d4, Survival +d4 Social 1: Animal Handling +d2 Toughness : 16 Evasion : 13 Willpower : 14 Cleverness : 11 PERKS Beast: Persuasion and Deception Skill Tests targeting a beast suffer a Snag, but they can be affected by Animal handling Skill Tests. A beast can only use equi...

A warning to the people The good and the evil This is war To the soldier, the civilian The martyr, the victim This is war It's the moment of truth, and the moment to lie The moment to live and the moment to die The moment to fight, the moment to fight To fight, to fight, to fight To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the edge of the earth It's a brave new world From the last to the first To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the edge of the earth It's a brave new world It's a brave new world! -- This Is War, Thirty Seconds to Mars There are two great villains in the genres I follow who only got better the more your knew about them and the more one delved into their background.  The first is Magneto, villain of the X-Men. When he first appeared in the 60s, he was literally just ANOTHER evil megalomaniacal villain who wanted to rule the world because he had power, and everyone under him was a lesser being. Then, as other writers got aho...

In this article, we focus on what could potentially be most Transformers fans' favorite character...or at least their favorite Decepticon: Soundwave ! Why is he the favorite? Is it because he comes with more tiny robots inside him? Maybe. Is it because he becomes a walkman? Potentially.  Personally though, I think it's because of his voice. Soundwave had that wicked cool synthesizer voice that really set him apart from all the other characters. And really... he just LOOKS cool! Although listed as the Decepticon's  "Communications Officer," Soundwave is actually in charge of their Intelligence Division. And all his little Recodicon Mini-bots are his spies and agents. Buzzsaw is his spy. Frenzy and Rumble are his enforcers. Laserbeak is his interrogator. Ravage is his saboteur. And this does not even touch on MANY of the other Recordicons that show up later down the line... Beastbox is an interrogator, Flipsides is a double agent hidden in the Autobot ranks, Garboil...