Cleon
Legend
I wouldn't mind rephrasing the Feign Death from "it lies stiffly on its side and secretes a foul odor" to "it rolls into a ball and secretes a foul odor", since the Ecologies says they curl up when threatened.
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I wouldn't mind rephrasing the Feign Death from "it lies stiffly on its side and secretes a foul odor" to "it rolls into a ball and secretes a foul odor", since the Ecologies says they curl up when threatened.
Cleon
Legend
Cleon
Legend
J'accord, as some say in Quebec.
freyar
Extradimensional Explorer
You're much more likely to hear "OK" on the streets of Montreal, though.
I used to find it odd to hear a conversation switch languages every other sentence, but not so much anymore.
Cleon
Legend
You're much more likely to hear "OK" on the streets of Montreal, though.
Well that's why I said some as opposed to many.
Shade
Monster Junkie
Added to Homebrews.
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Farrowdale mouse
While most experienced travelers are familiar with poisonous serpents and insects, I’d be remiss if I didn’t warn you of some of the unusual venomous creatures in settled lands. For instance, a field mouse that dwells in the forests of Farrowdale sports a pair of curved incisors that continually drip a milky fluid deadly enough to fell a war horse. The mice lair in rotten logs and abandoned gopher holes, eating insects and grubs. Farrowdale mice are whirlwinds of frenzied activity. They dart after blowing leaves, pounce on blades of grass, and snap at any creature who wanders by, regardless of its size.
For the Farrowdale mouse and the copper opossum, use the normal mouse and opossum statistics (award 15 experience points for the Farrowdale mouse, 35 for the copper opossum). If either creature makes a successful attack, the victim is poisoned.
Poison Effects Table
Onset Time / Result of Failed Saving Throw*
1-4 rounds / Victim doubled over in pain for the next 2-5 (1d4) hours; can take no actions during that time.
*Victims of the Farrowdale mouse, copper opossum, and gray flatfish receive no modifiers to their saving throws.
Originally appeared in Elminster’s Ecologies (1994).
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Farrowdale mouse
While most experienced travelers are familiar with poisonous serpents and insects, I’d be remiss if I didn’t warn you of some of the unusual venomous creatures in settled lands. For instance, a field mouse that dwells in the forests of Farrowdale sports a pair of curved incisors that continually drip a milky fluid deadly enough to fell a war horse. The mice lair in rotten logs and abandoned gopher holes, eating insects and grubs. Farrowdale mice are whirlwinds of frenzied activity. They dart after blowing leaves, pounce on blades of grass, and snap at any creature who wanders by, regardless of its size.
For the Farrowdale mouse and the copper opossum, use the normal mouse and opossum statistics (award 15 experience points for the Farrowdale mouse, 35 for the copper opossum). If either creature makes a successful attack, the victim is poisoned.
Poison Effects Table
Onset Time / Result of Failed Saving Throw*
1-4 rounds / Victim doubled over in pain for the next 2-5 (1d4) hours; can take no actions during that time.
*Victims of the Farrowdale mouse, copper opossum, and gray flatfish receive no modifiers to their saving throws.
Originally appeared in Elminster’s Ecologies (1994).
Cleon
Legend
The flavour text doesn't match the AD&D stats very well, with the "deadly enough to fell a war horse" and "whirlwinds of frenzied activity".
How about jazzing it up?
Maybe some kind of quickness SA for the "frenzied whirlwind"?
The "felling a warhorse" bit could mean its venom can cause victims to collapse and is potent enough to affect Large creatures, although the "deadly" bit implies it might be lethal - maybe a nasty secondary Con damage? I'm thinking incapacitating pain will do.
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