This post over on Old School FRPG (on Tumbler) explains why - they're mushrooms from Fantasia* turned sinister, as imagined by Erol Otus:
A lot of D&D is just "cute thing, done creepy."
* which I'll admit I've never seen all of. Maybe only the dancing brooms part.
"Cute done creepy." That makes me think I should revisit childhood movie favorites. I already am planning Hansel and Gretel dialed up to horror, and an area where the inanimate objects are alive, aggressive, and possibly sing.
ReplyDeleteDo it. I have an area like that in Felltower, although it's not clear when and if I'll get to see it in action!
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