Chest Monster/Tabletop Games
Examples of Chest Monsters in Tabletop Games include:
- The great-granddaddy of this trope is the mimic, a blobby monster in Dungeons & Dragons that could imitate any stone or wood item; the artwork in the first edition Monster Manual depicted one in the shape of a chest, setting the mold to be followed in its videogame descendants. Incidentally, it's capable of making anything it touches stick to it as if glued and thereby making sure whoever touches it first is out of the fight. The second edition compounded the problem by adding a variant that can grow to the size of a building, inflicting a Total Party Kill on any group unfortunate enough to enter the "dungeon." (It's common DM practice to have that type pose as a gazebo.)
- There's also the "bag of devouring", a fake Bag of Holding that's actually the mouth of an extra-dimensional predator, which may or may not be asleep.
- The 3rd edition Epic Level Handbook has the living vault which, in addition to containing valuables, is a powerful creature.
- The Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game has a reference to this in the form of Dark Mimic LV1 and Dark Mimic LV3, who both look like chests and give the player an extra draw when activated.
- They even act as a traditional Chest Monster in Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship Tournament 2008. In the Pyramid in the World of Sunlight, there is occasionally a treasure chest. it will give you GP, a card... or a challenge by Dark Mimic Lv1.
- Other cards also allude to this, such as Yaranzo (classic demon in a treasure box) and Stuffed Animal (demon teddy bear), as well as the Man-Eating Treasure Chest.
- Hungry Burger fits this trope as well.
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