Had a campaign with a Chaos mage(other player)who endeavored to reverse the gears. It was never resolved so i theorize sometimes. Theories most welcome.
I dunno, aesthetic is subjective of course, but I always liked the idea of the low-ranking ones starting out simple, silly & steampunky looking, & then they get more complex/intelligent/scary/cool as you go up the ranks. So I would definitely expect the hierarchs to be sleek & futuristic but the monodrones probably shouldn't be this cool. It can only do 1 task at the time, after all (the higher ranked, smarter ones break down the orders & give them to the unerlings in simpler terms, so the low-ranked workers don't fully understand what they're doing or why, they just carry out their orders) So if playing them as adorably literal-minded isn't your thing, you could still have them be simple but play it for horror - playing up the unrelenting, automatic, mindlessly obedient aspect. In the end I think they should be at least a bit magical rather than 'sufficienctly advanced tech' because they're something a little bit like angels or devils but embodying logic & order rather than good or evil.
Yey!!!! MODRONS LET'S GOOOOO!!!!
My players are going to Mechanus soon, this is helpful knowing what role each Modron plays
I can’t help but feel like there’s some resemblance between decatons and beholders
Thank you so much for these Modron videos! You are the only person doing them!
I'm just glad to know that others find them as interesting as I do.
I love the modrons! Its what brought me to your channel in the first place. I share Guillermo del Toros love of gears.
Had a campaign with a Chaos mage(other player)who endeavored to reverse the gears. It was never resolved so i theorize sometimes. Theories most welcome.
I dunno, aesthetic is subjective of course, but I always liked the idea of the low-ranking ones starting out simple, silly & steampunky looking, & then they get more complex/intelligent/scary/cool as you go up the ranks.
So I would definitely expect the hierarchs to be sleek & futuristic but the monodrones probably shouldn't be this cool. It can only do 1 task at the time, after all (the higher ranked, smarter ones break down the orders & give them to the unerlings in simpler terms, so the low-ranked workers don't fully understand what they're doing or why, they just carry out their orders) So if playing them as adorably literal-minded isn't your thing, you could still have them be simple but play it for horror - playing up the unrelenting, automatic, mindlessly obedient aspect.
In the end I think they should be at least a bit magical rather than 'sufficienctly advanced tech' because they're something a little bit like angels or devils but embodying logic & order rather than good or evil.
The Modrons look a little like the deck men from the manga Battle angle alita.