Not an scp or cryptid but my favourite doctor who monsters. The weeping angels and the Vashta nerada there is something about enemies hiding in plain sight that excites me.
I see it as a narrative tool to show progression and to explain elements of the story.
However I do tend to tone it down during fight scenes instead of a box showing X did 50 dmg to Y I just write it like a regular fight scene. I find that it's too distracting for me and the reader to have the...