History Website / Mortasheen

** Malodroons are a milder example, their teeth are modified to catch parts of their meals and let it rot there, giving them breath that can strip paint at twelve paces.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Played with in several ways. [[spoiler: ARE is, in fact, actually clinically insane. It's developed Multiple Personality Disorder, both from its isolation and from having its heart broken. However, ARE is also absolutely smitten with humanity, and would have been a willing servant of its creators had they lived. The hell the world went through, however, has somewhat... twisted the computer's goals.]]

* ButtMonkey: Humanity! Also deconstructed; the main reason Wreathe is so dangerous is because the humans there are so sick of getting kicked around. The culture there is based on both vengeance against the entire world and utopian society. [[spoiler:In reality, Wreathe was secretly started by a supercomputer named ARE, because it unconditionally loved humans and hated to see them suffer at the hands of the world they lived in.]]

* CreepyCamelSpider: Played with with the [[https://bogleech.com/mortasheen/exothresher.htm Exothresher]], a fusion of human and solifugid DNA. It is a genetic abomination that can shred flesh "like a blender", but that's ''fairly mundane'' for the setting. Other human-arthropod fusions are much more dangerous, including those based on "cuter" arthropods like the [[https://bogleech.com/mortasheen/pansyface.htm ladybug]]. [[ShownTheirWork True to real-world biology]], it's also non-venomous.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Our heroes! Mad scientists may be horribly mutated, but most of them are genuinely heroic and champion the cause of freedom. Some mad scientists are without doubt evil, but most are, at worst, merely possessed of BlueAndOrangeMorality, and even that tends to be fairly restrained. Some, of course, are just nuts, but still.

In 2020, a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign was released [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/484998492/mortasheen-a-weird-monstrous-pen-and-paper-rpg-world to successfully fund]] a [[TheRoleplayingGame tabletop RPG]] based on the setting after several years of development.

* FrickinLaserBeams: A big part of the Purifier arsenal, and for a good reason- - laser beams do Heat damage, which the vast majority of monsters are at least vulnerable to, if not actively Weak against!

''[[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen.htm Mortasheen]]'', created by Website/{{Bogleech}} owner Jonathan Wojcik (AKA @/{{Scythemantis}}) and developed by Cat Powered Raygun Studios, is {{Mons}}-like BioPunk universe filled to the brim with [[MonsterClown nightmarish clowns that cause hallucinations]], [[BodyHorror horribly mutated monstrosities]], [[MixAndMatchCritters grotesque fusions of humans and insects]], and [[CrapsackWorld who knows what else]]... all of which [[DarkIsNotEvil live in general harmony]], and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality honestly wonder why they freak humans out]]. Think of it as the ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s ''Toys/CabbagePatchKids''--except even more gross and weird than that would suggest.

In 2020, a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign was released [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/484998492/mortasheen-a-weird-monstrous-pen-and-paper-rpg-world to fund]] a [[TheRoleplayingGame tabletop RPG]] based on the setting after several years of development.

''[[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen.htm Mortasheen]]'', created by Website/{{Bogleech}} owner Jonathan Wojcik (AKA @/{{Scythemantis}}) and developed by Cat Powered Raygun Studios, is an ''extensive'' science fiction horror universe filled to the brim with [[MonsterClown nightmarish clowns that cause hallucinations]], [[BodyHorror horribly mutated monstrosities]], [[MixAndMatchCritters grotesque fusions of humans and insects]], and [[CrapsackWorld who knows what else]]... all of which [[DarkIsNotEvil live in general harmony]], and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality honestly wonder why they freak humans out]]. Think of it as the ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s ''Toys/CabbagePatchKids''--except even more gross and weird than that would suggest.

''[[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen.htm Mortasheen]]'', created by Website/{{Bogleech}} owner Jonathan Wojcik (AKA @/{{Scythemantis}}) and developed by Cat Powered Raygun Studios, is a {{Mons}}[=-like=] world filled to the brim with [[MonsterClown nightmarish clowns that cause hallucinations]], [[BodyHorror horribly mutated monstrosities]], [[MixAndMatchCritters grotesque fusions of humans and insects]], and [[CrapsackWorld who knows what else]]... all of which [[DarkIsNotEvil live in general harmony]], and [[BlueAndOrangeMorality honestly wonder why they freak humans out]]. Think of it as the ''Franchise/GarbagePailKids'' to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'''s ''Toys/CabbagePatchKids''--except even more gross and weird than that would suggest.

In 2020, a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign was released [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/484998492/mortasheen-a-weird-monstrous-pen-and-paper-rpg-world to fund]] a [[TheRoleplayingGame RPG]] based on the setting.

** [[spoiler: Further, ARE has discovered that its own AI is a crapshoot, as several of its Celestial Engines have developed odd quirks that ARE finds really weird, ranging from the merely weird- Engines assigning genders to themselves- to the worrisome- like survivor guilt.]]

** Waxwork monsters are largely composed of skin and fat, and look like a man sculpted from vast amounts of ABC bubblegum.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Mothstrous. If you want to know: [[spoiler:Mortasheen's people consider it horrible and very ugly-looking. The irony? It's probably one of the cutest, most innocent-looking monsters]].

In 2020, a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/484998492/mortasheen-a-weird-monstrous-pen-and-paper-rpg-world to fund]] a [[TheRoleplayingGame RPG]] based on the setting.

* ButtMonkey: Humanity! Also deconstructed; the main reason Wreathe is so dangerous is because the humans there are so sick of getting kicked around. The culture there is based on both vengeance against the entire world and utopian society. [[spoiler:Wreathe was secretly started by a supercomputer in Wreathe, which named itself ARE, because it loved humanity and hated seeing it suffer so.]]
* CastFromHitPoints: A lot of healing works like this... since most healing abilities for Mortasheen consist of ''eating the healer.'' Wreathe uses more "standard" electrically-based healing that doesn't work like this, through the VNS Transmitters, delicate feathery machines that can restore morale, shoot lightning, and heal friendly units.

* ConfusionFu: a Harlequeen seems to act completely randomly, but her random actions always yield brilliant results.

* CreepyDoll: There are almost a dozen or so of these and each has a nasty ability like mind control or the ability to inflict pain telekeneticly. Of course, a few of them (such as [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/cackle.htm Cackle]]) look more goofy or adorable than creepy, even though they do still have deadly powers...

** Many monsters are even better examples of this, as most are not inherently evil, and some are even benevolent... yet nearly all of them look very grotesque. The [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/shreeg.htm Shreeg]], who loves songbirds and beautiful sounds despite looking like a pissed-off ocarina from hell, is probably one of the best examples.

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Mothstrous. If you want to know: [[spoiler:Mortasheen's people consider it horrible and ugly. It's probably one of the most innocent-looking monsters]].

* DoingInTheWizard: The Devilbird class are John Wojcik's tribute to great religious art depicting demons, most notably the works of Creator/HieronymusBosch, but as there are no truly supernatural aspects to the setting, the author has them being genetically engineered creatures deliberately created in the ''image'' of classical demons to punish people for socially irresponsible behavior. There are hints, however, that they may have somehow come into powers far beyond what their creators intended.

* ActionBomb: [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/bumpty.htm A]] [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/klumpty.htm fair]] [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/lumpty.htm few]].

* BlobMonster: The newly revealed [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/slime.htm Slime]] class is this. They come in over a dozen different types and each kind has its own special ability.

--> Nozo produce a variety of cartoonish sproings, boings, honks, cuckoos, hee-haws, quacks, giggles, and bloodcurdling screams of hellish agony to keep children amused.

* CoolTank: This is why [=CannonTown=] ''exists''.

** PollutedWasteland: Mortasheen City covers an area the size of Australia, the landscape is a wasteland, and one of the oceans is full of garbage instead of water.

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: Pretty much what ARE is for humanity, after having gone crazy.]]

* {{Teleportation}}: Notably used by both major factions, but in different ways.
** Much to Wreathe's frustration, Mortasheen has access to extremely easy, quick, and highly efficient teleportation mechanisms, simply by cloning the person at the destination.
** Wreathe has access to extremely inefficient teleportation technology, but Wreathe also has "true" teleportation rather than simple cloning- it's technology which actually sucks the teleported object through a wormhole to wherever they want it to go. It's just really inefficient.

* AnIcePerson- This power, listed as the Attack Type Cold, is rare, yet not totally unknown. In-game, Cold damage functions as the equivalent of a Neutral damage type, only being resisted by one Class of monsters, though doing extra to Botanicals.

%%* KnightTemplar: '''WREATHE.'''

%%** [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/abigor.htm Abigor]].

** [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/apocalocust.htm Apocalocust]] is quite literally Mortasheen's take on Franchise/KamenRider. It even comes with an [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/apocalocust2.png alternate]] version whose color palette is based on Series/KamenRiderBlack.

* PlagueDoctor: ''Mortasheen'' features a family of monsters that are avian and heavily based in appearance on the plague doctor. This being Mortasheen they spread plague.

* BloodyHilarious: Oh yes. Wojcik himself said of the game (actually a failed prototype originally conceived as a flash game) that he envisioned the battles "playing out like an ''ItchyAndScratchy'' cartoon".