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Colin and Gnoll talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings.

Creature Culture


    • Oct 31, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 47 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from creature culture

    Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard answer questions about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings!It’s an all listener question spectacular! How developed is a centaur baby? Can Colin and Gnoll convince James Stokoe to write Dragonstain? Should we have covered Sylvari in Dryads, Drow, or Golems? All these and candy in tonight’s spooky Creature Culture!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    BUGS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we look at bugs and especially Thri-keen!We apologize for the delay as Colin recently went through a less than expected move. You might notice a few background noise issues as well. We’re still dialing in on the new recording space!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    DRAGONS 2nd Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we take a second look at Dragons! Faerie dragons, Bahamut, Dragonborn, oh my!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    IRON KINGDOMS

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we invite Carl to talk about Iron Kingdoms!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    DROW

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we… I mean I… I mean, what?? Colin flies solo this week to go on and on and on about Drow and Dark Elves!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    FAIRIES 2nd Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we take a look back at Slyphs, Sprites, Pixies, Dullahans, Banshees, Leprachauns, Brownies… you know, FAIRIES!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    JINN

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we look at Jinn, Genies, and Genasi!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    TIEFLINGS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we look at Tieflings!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    RAKSHASA

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we look at Rakshasa!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    ORCS 2nd Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings.Creature Culture: Orcs, again (2:38)Leviathan Locals: the Orc Pasture belt (22:49)Bestiary: Domestic Animals (30.36)Questions (44:45)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    SCIFI

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your… science fiction settings? This week, we take a quick survey of Fantasy’s twin sibling!- What we, sadly, won’t be covering (3:15)- Scifi v.s. Fantasy (9:50)- Fantasy races imported to Science Fiction (21:43)- Real Actual Scifi Aliens (41:28)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    VAMPIRES

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we make a quick return to the old format!- Anything you ever want to know about Dr. Acula- A Laundry list of Movie Reccomendations- How Don’t you Kill a Vampire- Pumpkins, again- Please watch every single thing we talk aboutFollow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    TENGU 2nd Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings.Leviathan Locale: White Reef Flotilla (1:37)Artifact or Fiction: Mine Shiny of Good Stuff (18:18)Bestiary: Rocs (23:25)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    MAGIC

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings.This week we take the time to outline magical practices for various creatures we’ve covered so far. Next time: a return to Kenku!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    Bonus Episode: VOLO'S GUIDE TO MONSTERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2017


    listenOn this very special episode of Creature Culture, Colin and Gnollbard review Volo’s Guide to Monsters, a monster manual style supplement for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    BULLYWUGS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. Enjoy the unusually breif episode!Creature Culture: Bullywugs (1:45)Bestiary: Shambling Mounds (20:59)Artifact or Fiction: the Looming Throne (37:28)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    MERFOLK 1.5 Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. Enjoy the unusually breif episode!Leviathan Locale: Chi-Akta Bay (3:34)Bestiary: Chuuls (31:31)Monster Memoir: the incredible journey of the Kishkacast (40:55)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    GNOLLS 2nd Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. Enjoy the unusually breif episode!Creature Culture: The Lashplate Clan (1:41)Bestiary: Bulettes (14:27)Savage Sovereign: Syrka Lashplate (23:11)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    ANGELS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settingsCreature Culture: Angels, Aasimar, and Deva (2:56)Artifact or Fiction: The Besom of Divine Right (47:52)State of the Kingdom: Celestial Beings in Tauzurk (55:01)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    BEHOLDERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2017


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settingsCreature Culture: Beholders (2:07)Leviathan Locale: Dungeons of the Winter Court (26:24)Monster Memoirs: The Royal Affair of Queen Mab and the Perfect High Tyrant Axaxzorax (33:06)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    MYCONIDS 2nd edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settingsCreature Culture: Mushroomfolk of the Glen (1:51)Best-iary: Owlbears (19:08)Monster Memoirs: The Scalehorn Blight (31:32)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    LYCANTHROPES

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settingsCreature Culture: Lycanthropes (1:22)Leviathan Local: The Temple of the Moon (59:19)Artifact or Fiction: Crescent Steel (1:25:37)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    KOBOLDS 2nd edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings.Creature Culture: Kobolds (7:28)Artifact or Fiction: Mica’s Pole of Pre-Emptive Disarming (40:01)Leviathan Local: Rocker Knocker Toggle (46:14)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    NAGA

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings.Creature Culture: Naga (1:49)Leviathan Local: Kalyonca Jungle (21:14)Artifact or Fiction: Turtle Lense (41:20)Questions (50:12)Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    MERFOLK

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. And now we’re even bringing our very own fantasy world to you! Viva Tauzurk!Creature Culture: Merfolk (3:31)Leviathan Local: Salokora Island (23:24)Artifact or Fiction: The New Moon Lantern (59:59)Rich Howard’s D&d 5th Edition Aquatic ConversionsFollow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    CREATURE CULTURE REVIEW: EPISODES 1-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard with special guest Sara talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we take a look back at every monster we’ve covered and a few that didn’t make it past the chopping block!As stated in the episode, we will be going on a short hiatus while we shift gears. Look forward to our eventual return!

    OGRES

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about OGRES, GIANTS, and ONII!- BOOTS, I need some BOOTS- Thor versus the Bootuns- Ogres are like Boots, you wear them with Layers- The Big Friendly Boot- Red Booti Blue BootiJoin us next time for a Very Special Creature Culture!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    MINDFLAYERS

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about MINDFLAYERS and ILLITHIDS and also kind of GITHZERAI AND GITHYANKI!- Tadpole Implentation and the New You- New Illithid Cinema- A rather serious conversation about slavery and fascism- For real, just, like, go read first hand essays on African and Jewish Diaspora- Plan a game that expands your world rather than escapes from itJoin us next time for OGRES and ONIS!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    MUSHROOMMEN

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about MUSHROOMMEN!- Fungi based Drive In delicacies- Mushrooms with Shells, Wings, even Brains in Jars- Radish Based Agrarian Mushrooms- Telescoping Mushroom Rocket Fists- LichenthropesJoin us next time for MINDFLAYERS and ILLITHIDS!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    LICHES

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2016


    creatureculture: listenColin, Gnollbard, and special guest Peter talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about LICHES!- Matryoshka Doll style Phylacteries- More than JUST Skeletons- Mummies, or, Liches with Political Legitimacy- Ra-ra-rasputin, Lover of the Russian Queen- Everyone’s favorite, Uncle LichJoin us next time for MUSHROOMMEN!Follow us on Twitter and TumblrSubscribe to us on iTunes or RSS (RSS feeds wild, y'all)

    GOLEMS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2016


    listenColin, Gnollbard, and special guest Greg talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about GOLEMS!- make yourself a Mud Man- or maybe a Stone Lady- a Wood Boy?- Flesh Son??- make yourself a Car that can also turn into a PersonJoin us next time for LICHES!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    MINOTAURS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about MINOTAURS!- Don’t have sex with a Sacred Bull- Labyrinths but, like, in the social construct sense- Plague Shifters can even cure Foot and Mouth Disease!- a complete rundown of Minotaur race relations- In which we accidentally don’t talk about Minotaurs making glass and dirt labyrinths for ants to then make labyrinth inside ofJoin us next time for LICHES!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    HUMANS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about HUMANS!Probably the single most requested race we’ve ever gotten, we hope you enjoy this landmark episode. Happy April and we’ll see you next episode!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    FAIRIES

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about FAIRIES!- Everything is a Fairy- Puck with the head of a Jerk- The Min side of Min Maxing- Parallel Worlds and You- Tactical Wand Fire FightsJoin us next time for MINOTAURS!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    CENTAURS, HARPIES, SPHINXES, LAMIA, and DRIDERS

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about CENTAURS, HARPIES, SPHINXES, LAMIA, and DRIDERS!- Horses hate the Woods- Which Half should be the Human Half- Sphinx Law- A Healthy diet of Children- Zen SpiderismJoin us next time for FAIRIES!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    TENGU

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2016


    padgettish: listenColin and Gnollbard with special guest Sara talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about TENGU!- How to be Scary and Protect Buddhism- The Beak of Vecna- Buff Bird People, Slight Bird People, Bird People with Tusks- Turians 101: A Complete Survey- Don’t go leaving Mackerel on a MountainJoin us next time for the SIX MONTH ANNIVERSARY MONSTER MUSUME MYTHOLOGICAL MENAGERIE SPECIAL!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS Tumblr post scheduling sometimes just doesn’t work apparently!

    DRYADS

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about DRYADS!- Most Fan Fiction is better than Greek Myth- If you were a Treent wood you leaf your roots behind?- Creepy Satanic Bush Goblins- Castlevania- Giant Chompy Mouth PlantsJoin us next time for TENGU!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    RATFOLK

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about RATFOLK!- Rats of the True, False, Fancy, and King varieties- Where DID that giant horse cart at the beginning of Redwall come from?- Betrayal, Treason, and Back Stabbing- Mice, because what are Rats, anyways?- Nezumi, Ritonga, the Skritt, and hardly anything about Dungeons and DragonsJoin us next time for DRYADS!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    DRAGONS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2016


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk at absolute length about DRAGONS!- Proper Dragon Pronunciation- Why the best Dragon Literature comes from the 1960s- a Horde of Spoilers- Burnination and other Topics- By sun and moon, switching stance, two as one, druids, dance!Join us next time for RATFOLK!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    ORCS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2015


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about ORCS!- Ogres, Huercos, and the God of Death- Why does your god need two eyes, anyways?- Getcha bits togetha ya Git- The most you will ever hear about Elves on Creature Culture- A Horde of PunsJoin us next time for DRAGONS!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    KOBOLDS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2015


    listenlisten to the x1.5 speed KOBOLD editionColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about KOBOLDS!-Kobold on a Kabinent-Don’t let a Gnome anywhere near your Death Trap Banquet Hall-Shinies Rule Everything Around Me-Reverse Wizards Towers-Applied Fantasy Waste ManagementJoin us next time for ORCS!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    GNOLLS

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2015


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we have a GIANT SIZED episode about GNOLLS!We again apologize for the size of this week’s episode. We hope you don’t mind the indulgence for one of our favorite monsters.-Potato Tentacle Monsters-Hyenas can eat stranger things than your weird Foody friend-Kneel before Hogger-Learning to laugh in the face of Death and then eat them-Don’t keep your Hyenafolk in a vacuumJoin us in two weeks for the long awaited, best episode of all time: KOBOLDS!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    TROLLS

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2015


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about TROLLS!-Trolls just want you to stop making such loud noises with your thunder and your church bells and your rock musics-Discworld is our podcast but infinitely better-D&d changes everything because Why Not?-What is Warcraft even doing of there-Can love regenerate on the battlefield, Solid Troll?Join us in two weeks for a certain hosts’ favorite subject: GNOLLS!Subscribe to us on iTunes or RSS

    DEMONS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2015


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about DEMONS!-Names, Names, and More Names-Pazuzu for Texas Senate 2016-The first rule of Demon Club is No Rules in Demon Club-What do you get for the Demon that covets Everything-Cats-That’s the whole episode: Demons are CatsHappy Halloween everyone! CREATURE CULTURE is the perfect hour long podcast to entertain you from one house to the next on your quest for hedonistic candy gorging. Once we’re fat and happy from travel sized candy bars, we’ll be back in two weeks to yell about Trolls!

    LIZARDFOLK

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2015


    listenColin and Gnollbard talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about LIZARDFOLK!-Stinky Cave Reptiles-Blowguns, Muslces, and Swamp Magic-The Pros and Cons of using Actual Real Cultures-Why NOT worship a Crazed Elder God of Chaos-Reasons not to build roads into Hostile Marsheland-The Highland Lizard OlympicsAgain, thanks to everyone who’s sent in feedback! The audio quality on this episode should be SIGNIFICANTLY better than last, but we’re still fine tuning everything. Thanks to everyone who have given audio advice will be incoming as soon as we know your preferred name. @gnollbard had the genius idea that maybe we should be writing an outline, too! Look forward to possibly our technically best episode yet on Halloween!

    GOBLINS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2015


    creatureculture: listen Colin and Gnoll talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about GOBLINS! -The Hairy Missing Link between Goblins and Hobgoblins-David Bowie is beautiful, goblinoid or not-Determining the Thingness of your Goblinhood-Skittles-Gobbo Shrugged-Pumpkins-Chickens-How to Live Long and Get Sacrificed RSS feed Reblogging for the morning crowd!You can now find us on iTunes!

    GOBLINS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2015


    listenColin and Gnoll talk about your favorite monsters, spooks, and nasty guys that inhabit your fantasy settings. This week we talk about GOBLINS!-The Hairy Missing Link between Goblins and Hobgoblins-David Bowie is beautiful, goblinoid or not-Determining the Thingness of your Goblinhood-Skittles-Gobbo Shrugged-Pumpkins-Chickens-How to Live Long and Get SacrificedRSS feed

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