Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
To a monster with darkvision!
EDIT: Or to a shady middleman arms dealer....only to face a vampire wielding it on their next adventure.
Shadowdark Let's make Shadowdark monsters!
- Thread starter Whizbang Dustyboots
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To a monster with darkvision!
EDIT: Or to a shady middleman arms dealer....only to face a vampire wielding it on their next adventure.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
An ur-grue or shadow lord would love such a thing.
Necessity being the mother of invention
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Inspired by the greatest JRRT adaptation of them all.
GROAN
Brutish notcturnal tree folk, with skin as thick as bark.
AC 15, HP 30, ATK 2 greatclub +6 (2d6) or 1 rock (far) +6 (3d8), MV near, S +4, D -1, C +3, I -2, W -2, Ch -2, AL C, LV 6
Flammable. Take double damage from fire. Permanently turn into immobile dry trees if exposed to direct sunlight.
GROAN
Brutish notcturnal tree folk, with skin as thick as bark.
AC 15, HP 30, ATK 2 greatclub +6 (2d6) or 1 rock (far) +6 (3d8), MV near, S +4, D -1, C +3, I -2, W -2, Ch -2, AL C, LV 6
Flammable. Take double damage from fire. Permanently turn into immobile dry trees if exposed to direct sunlight.
Bill Zebub
“It’s probably Matt Mercer’s fault.”
I'm imagining them retaining their consciousness, all that malice and rage and frustration building up over the centuries....
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Another one inspired by the Grandiloquent Word of the Day:
HONEYFUGGLE
Man-sized flightless bees that take up residence in the civilizations of others through illusions and trickery.
AC 13, HP 9, ATK 1 sting +3 (1d6) or charm, MV near, S +1, D +3, C +0, I +0, W +0, Ch +0, AL N, LV 2
Hallucinatory Scent. Enemies who breathe within double near, DC 10 CHA or perceive the honeyfuggle as a trusted member of their own species for 1d8 days.
Think Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but they just want to move into the empty farm next door and have a secret hive in the basement and just blend into the village. Basically a Shadowdark version of a cuckoo bee, but not quite as sinister.
I think it's OK for the mysterious creatures on the edge of the town to turn out to be good neighbors who just don't want to have to build their own communities.
HONEYFUGGLE
Man-sized flightless bees that take up residence in the civilizations of others through illusions and trickery.
AC 13, HP 9, ATK 1 sting +3 (1d6) or charm, MV near, S +1, D +3, C +0, I +0, W +0, Ch +0, AL N, LV 2
Hallucinatory Scent. Enemies who breathe within double near, DC 10 CHA or perceive the honeyfuggle as a trusted member of their own species for 1d8 days.
Think Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but they just want to move into the empty farm next door and have a secret hive in the basement and just blend into the village. Basically a Shadowdark version of a cuckoo bee, but not quite as sinister.
I think it's OK for the mysterious creatures on the edge of the town to turn out to be good neighbors who just don't want to have to build their own communities.
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Shadowdweller00
Hero
Errr umm...this just hurts my brain (pun partially intended). Pollen doesn't come from bees. Particularly not "man-sized" ones.
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
True. Do bees have pheremones? I know cuckoo bees disguise themselves with smell, but I'm not sure of the mechanism.
If possible, I'd rather avoid it just being magic, which isn't as interesting as it being something the player characters could deal with by wearing masks to prevent from breathing in the mechanism that causes everyone else to be charmed.
Shadowdweller00
Hero
They do, particularly eusocial variations such as the honey bee. It's possibly also not beyond a sentient bee-like creature to intentionally cultivate plants with hallucinogenic pollen. And your game to design as you see fit.
Maybe the bees can somehow chemically alter pollen they have already connected to use as a weapon?
