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<blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 7118532" data-attributes="member: 57383">Okay, might as well get started with the first of them.Here are the Original D&amp;D stats, minimalist as they are:[TABLE=&quot;width: 400&quot;][TR][TD]KRAKEN[/TD][/TR][TR][TD]Armor Class –2Move: 18&quot;Hit Points: 100[/TD][TD]Magic Ability: (See Below)Fighter Ability: 15th Level[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]The Kraken comes to us fully described in A. Meritt's Dwellers in the Mirage. It is a giant octopus which is able to live on the land. This creature must be called from another dimension where it is imprisoned, and is constantly trying to leave. It feeds on human souls/energy levels and if the victim doesn't make his or her magic saving throw all his levels are drained. He can be called on by any evil priest knowing the spell.Originally appeared in Supplement IV: Gods, Demigods, Heroes (1976).The monster is in the &quot;ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HYBOREA&quot; section of Supplement IV, but as the description points it was created by a different author, although it managed to mispell Abraham Merritt's name.It also fails to mention the Kraken in question is named &quot;Khalk'ru&quot;.The original novel Dwellers in the Mirage is out of copyright, at least in some territories, so you can read it online on <a href="https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/merritt/abraham/mirage/index.html" target="_blank">Ebooks</a> or <a href="http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100151.txt" target="_blank">Gutenburg Australia</a>.There's quite a nice review of it on the <a href="https://skullsinthestars.com/2009/02/22/a-merritts-dwellers-in-the-mirage/" target="_blank">Skulls in the Stars</a> website, but unfortunately it lack details about what the monster actually does.For RPG conversion purposes, this <a href="http://www.castaliahouse.com/retrospective-dwellers-in-the-mirage-by-abraham-merritt/" target="_blank">Castalia House Review</a> is more useful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cleon, post: 7118532, member: 57383"] Okay, might as well get started with the first of them. Here are the Original D&D stats, minimalist as they are: [TABLE="width: 400"] [TR] [TD][B]KRAKEN[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Armor Class –2 Move: 18" Hit Points: 100[/TD] [TD]Magic Ability: (See Below) Fighter Ability: 15th Level[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The Kraken comes to us fully described in A. Meritt's [B]Dwellers in the Mirage. [/B]It is a giant octopus which is able to live on the land. This creature must be called from another dimension where it is imprisoned, and is constantly trying to leave. It feeds on human souls/energy levels and if the victim doesn't make his or her magic saving throw all his levels are drained. He can be called on by any evil priest knowing the spell. [I]Originally appeared in Supplement IV: Gods, Demigods, Heroes (1976)[/I]. The monster is in the "ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HYBOREA" section of [I]Supplement IV[/I], but as the description points it was created by a different author, although it managed to mispell Abraham Merritt's name. It also fails to mention the Kraken in question is named "Khalk'ru". The original novel [I]Dwellers in the Mirage[/I] is out of copyright, at least in some territories, so you can read it online on [B][URL="https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/m/merritt/abraham/mirage/index.html"]Ebooks[/URL][/B] or [B][URL="http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100151.txt"]Gutenburg Australia[/URL][/B]. There's quite a nice review of it on the [B][URL="https://skullsinthestars.com/2009/02/22/a-merritts-dwellers-in-the-mirage/"]Skulls in the Stars[/URL][/B] website, but unfortunately it lack details about what the monster actually does. For RPG conversion purposes, this [B][URL="http://www.castaliahouse.com/retrospective-dwellers-in-the-mirage-by-abraham-merritt/"]Castalia House Review[/URL][/B] is more useful. [/QUOTE]

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