Current Events > Why do mimics always hide in dungeons and mimic treasure chests?

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Like hasn't one thought to, I dunno, take on the appearance of a toilet or something? Random people needing a shit are probably easier prey than dungeon-raiding heroes.

Maybe they do and we don't hear about it.

There's no such thing as mimics.

Just relax and open all the chests you find without taking any precautions whatsoever.

EmbraceOfDeath posted...

Maybe they do and we don't hear about it.

True. There's no word of mouth if there's no survivors

I assume they can take on other forms and they eat wildlife like rats and stuff.

Plenty of games have non chest mimics. Undertale and FFXII had mimics that hide as save points.

I don't think I can show it here, but there is a comic (by alzward) where a mimic takes on the appearance of a chained up damsel.

NoxObscuras posted...

True. There's no word of mouth if there's no survivors

Especially effective cuz your party won't be there to witness it either unless they're fucking creeps.

What if the mimic came before the treasure chest. So people put their stuff in mimic looking boxes so no one would take their shit.

Also, your toilet mimic does exist in miniature form, fyi

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/4672bacd.jpg

There's also these, which are kind of neat
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/45516a30.jpg

I read somewhere about a mimic large enough that it looked like an entire town once. Cant for the life of me remember where, unfortunately.

Prey (2017) handles mimics quite well, almost too well given how my first instinct when confronted with them was to run around the office I was in whacking everything in sight with a pipe wrench.

all s class adventurers shit their under armor

CanniBox!

Hospy posted...

There's no such thing as mimics.

Just relax and open all the chests you find without taking any precautions whatsoever.

Mimic propaganda ITP

Seaman_Prime posted...

What if the mimic came before the treasure chest. So people put their stuff in mimic looking boxes so no one would take their shit.

That would be a fun bit of cyclical lore in a story. Once upon a time, people stored treasure in chests. Then mimics showed up so people stopped using chests. Chests became known only as monsters, folks start avoiding them at all costs, and everyone threw their own out. The mimic population declines due to a lack of people falling for it. Then some sneaky folks start crafting chests that look like mimics to hide treasure in. Rinse, repeat eternally.

Because most people's interaction with mimics is through anime/JRPGs, as opposed to D&D where anything is fair game to be a mimic. A famously annoying one was one that mimicked the ceiling and would smother/crush you once you entered the room proper.

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