THAT'S the name i was looking for when they revealed their abilities... my brain was only able to think Chimera for some fucking reason...Lion body - checked
Bat-like wings - checked
Scorpion-like telson at the end of the tail - uh-huh, missing?
Human-like detailed face - kinda checks?
I guess it is too early to call them manticores?
Manticores could be chimeras, depending on your definition of chimera (some fantasies eschew the traditional meaning in favor of using “chimera” as a label for beings that are fused together in a more or less janky fashion by force, in the spirit of the original chimeras being jank as well)THAT'S the name i was looking for when they revealed their abilities... my brain was only able to think Chimera for some fucking reason...
Honestly, I'm actually thinking of Lamias x Giants here. It's like they're a couple
Honestly, I'm actually thinking of Lamias x Giants here. It's like they're a couple
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thank you for translation
Ok, sho. A Manticore has a human face, most of the time, with jagged teeth and scorpion tail. Wings are optional but often present. A Chimaera, the mythological being, usually has goat heads, a snake tail, and draconic wings and behind, with the body of a lion. Etrian Odyssey's Chimaera is one such example:THAT'S the name i was looking for when they revealed their abilities... my brain was only able to think Chimera for some fucking reason...
That is the famos one from greek myths prob because it fought Pegasus but there is a lot more then just that oneOk, sho. A Manticore has a human face, most of the time, with jagged teeth and scorpion tail. Wings are optional but often present. A Chimaera, the mythological being, usually has goat heads, a snake tail, and draconic wings and behind, with the body of a lion. Etrian Odyssey's Chimaera is one such example:It also notably breathes fire.![]()
Imo chimeras can be used as a blanket term for a creature with mix of different animal features.THAT'S the name i was looking for when they revealed their abilities... my brain was only able to think Chimera for some fucking reason...
There's also "genetic chimeras" which are people/animals with two or more sets of genes because they were going to be non-identical twins that didn't separate in the womb.Imo chimeras can be used as a blanket term for a creature with mix of different animal features.
A manticore generally will have a base of a lion body plus the scorpion tail, whether they have wings or human face varies from different depictions.