Scientists find fossil of enormous bug

[jaerdaph]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_sc/biggest_bug_ever

I for one welcome our new arthropod overlords!

 

[Ilium]

That's a pretty serious bug. I wonder how strong something like that would be. A colony of these things in some remote swamp would be great fodder for a horror/sci-fi game.

 

[jaerdaph]

I'm going to need a bigger shoe.

 

[Umbran]

That's a pretty serious bug. I wonder how strong something like that would be. A colony of these things in some remote swamp would be great fodder for a horror/sci-fi game.

Not all that strong - sea scorpions are aquatic, so they don't have to haul the weight around the same way a land critter does.

Which is not to say that big honkin' bugs like this wouldn't be good for a game

 

[Ilium]

Not all that strong - sea scorpions are aquatic, so they don't have to haul the weight around the same way a land critter does.

Which is not to say that big honkin' bugs like this wouldn't be good for a game

Yeah, they wouldn't need to be super-strong if they can drag you into the water to drown...

I think it would be fun to run a one-shot game, with the PCs as the survivors of a plane crash in the Everglades, or Louisiana Bayou country or something. They get hunted by the critters, have to escape, etc. Usual horror-movie stuff. But at the end of the game, you show the players the actual news articles.

 

[Relique du Madde]

I smell a Sci-Fi channel movie!

Cyclopean Sea Scorpion! featuring the Defuser

 

[frankthedm]

Did-a-chick? Dad-a-cham? Ded-a-check?

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Thats one big bug.

 

[megamania]

Starship Troopers big!

 

[JRR_Talking]

"enormous" isnt a size category....or maybe in 4e it is?