Creatures that Should Turn to Stone in the Sun

There was a plan to go and find instances in folklore to provide some sort of evidence of source material for why these creature should turn to stone. but instead I am not going to cite anything because this is a blog and I can do what I want.

Goblins

Obviously, right. They are goblins. The more weird and folkloresque they are the better. There is also a famous Dutch fairy tale about goblins turning to stone in the sun.

Trolls

 

Bugbears

First of all they should have pumpkin heads cause that's weird. And, if they have pumpkin heads then they should have weird spooky folklore properties. And turning to stone in the sun is one of the weirdest spookiest folklore properties a spooky monster can have.

 

Sea Hags

Yeah dude, they are all wet and gross. They totally dry out and turn to stone in direct sunlight. I imagine this as more like Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula like they can be out in limited sun and in the shade but if they are exposed to the sun at noon then they will turn to stone.

Beholders

This is probably because I have sensitivity to sunlight; so it makes sense to me that something with a bunch of eyes would be sensitive to sunlight. The idea of having all those eyes and no sunglasses seems like agony to me. So yeah theses things should turn to stone.

Gods of Marmo

In the Temple of Nodens the Dream Elves speak of other Gods and cults that ruled Marmo in the past. 

 

Boccob - Neutral God of Magic 

Boccob is not so much worshipped as fed. Every spell cast, every new spell created, every magic item destroyed adds to his being. It is said that if a magic user dies with spell still memorized then his mind becomes part of Boccob.

Donblas - The Justice Maker Lawful God of Life and Order

In the past Donblas had a cult on Marmo but the last of his known true worshippers were slain two centuries ago. The body of Donblas is buried somewhere in the Underworld.

Istus - Neutral Goddess of Fate

The elves know very little of her and her cult. They believe that dreams can thwart fate.

Arawn  - Lawful God of Death and Revenge 

There are legends that this god will trade a living soul for a dead one of equal value.

 

Nergul -  Chaotic God/Goddess of Death and Entropy

This god of course wants to unravel the universe and consume it inside himself as one big ball of chaos. It births monstrosities from a cosmic womb and mutates its worshippers before consuming them or mating with them.

 

Nodens - Neutral God of Death and Dreams

Obviously the coolest god according to the dream elves, he rules over the land of dreams where memories and lost souls drift like wreckage in a sea of ether. Death is a dream that lasts for eternity and he is the monarch of dreams.

Priapus - Chaotic God of Fertility and Change

No one on earth worships this god, probably. You do run into his statues in the land of dreams.