because they are an actual reptile - a descendant of the sapient and technologically-advanced troodontids who fled from a disaster that threatened life on Earth in a distant epoch.
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because they are a demon, and a relative of the serpent in Eden - the Fall of Man severed humanity from the true and eternal world, trapping us in the retroactively-created natural history of the universe - similarly turning the demon and others like it into members of entire evolved species of (still quite evil) aliens.
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due to transgenic modification - their kind can't survive on Earth naturally and must incorporate the genes of Earth-life to do so - it just so happens that the genes of reptiles are the most compatible.
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only by faint resemblance, due to convergent evolution.
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due to cosmetic surgery, so that anyone who tries to reveal their existence will seem to be an Ickean conspiracy theorist.
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because of a morphic resonance signal broadcast by a reptilian progenitor species - this signal reached Earth as well, leading to the evolution of vertebrates, but a cosmic accident led to mammals usurping the proper dominion of reptiles.
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This shapeshifting reptilian shapeshifts
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by everting their body and then wriggling into their target's body - digesting the unnecessary internal organs and linking their nerves and circulatory system into the leftover husk to walk it around and sustain it.
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through immersion in a pod they've hidden in their base of operations, which breaks their body down into goo and rebuilds it into the new form.
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by smearing on a coat of nanotechological "clay" that mimics the colours, textures, and temperature of human tissues.
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by putting their target into a coma then attuning to the target's neuro-electrical self-image - if their target ever wakes up or dies, the reptilian loses their form.
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by metamorphosing like a caterpillar, using their skin as a chrysalis. If they lose their shed skin, they lose their ability to shapeshift.
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by rotating parts of their body through higher spatial dimensions until they approximate the desired form - as this can put their insides on their outside, their shapeshifted forms are often surprisingly fragile.
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This shapeshifting reptilian is on Earth
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to encourage humanity's most rapacious and anti-social tendencies, so as to more effectively produce garmonbozia to harvest.
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to recruit compradors who will manage the Earth after its conquest by the approaching reptilian space-fleet.
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in exile, after crossing the wrong reptilian back home - they seek to surround themself with the finest comforts and security this backwater planet has to offer.
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to discover the fate of an infiltration force that was sent to the planet a century ago.
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to counter the moves of a psycho-electrical Procyonian energy vampire, which can possess people and technology like a demon - its intentions for humanity aren't any better than the reptilian's.
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to assassinate world leaders and foment global anarchy so that the reptilians can swoop in and pretend to be humanity's saviours.
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This shapeshifting reptilian has infiltrated
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a military base, cultivating a violent cult of personality around themself.
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the entertainment industry, hopping between the forms of performers and agents and producers.
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George Soros's Open Society Foundations, using their position to influence a web of NGOs.
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an infamously litigous biglaw firm.
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a museum, which by chance has amassed some artifacts of latent power.
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a Freemasonic lodge - they were disappointed to find that the Freemasons' power is not what it once was.
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This shapeshifting reptilian enjoys
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injecting themself with adrenochrome extracted from the pineal glands of terrified children.
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swallowing small furry animals alive & wriggling.
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taking joyrides in its flying saucer & doing cattle mutilations.
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infecting enemies and annoyances with gene-serums that transform them into squamous monstrosities, then letting them loose in the sewers.
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impersonating people's loved ones then gaslighting them into insanity.
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drinking coffee (they get drunk off caffeine) and listening to true crime podcasts.
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This shapeshifting reptilian can give themself away
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by the nictation of their translucent secondary eyelids.
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by their abnormally low body temperature.
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through their hissing lisp.
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because the condensation from their breath is slightly corrosive.
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through their fear and revulsion of pregnant women.
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