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<blockquote data-quote="Charles Rampant" data-source="post: 7015977" data-attributes="member: 32659"><p>This guy creeps me out a little, so this post might be short. We’re discussing the <strong>Slithering Tracker</strong>, which is basically an ooze that you use if you hate nice things, I guess.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.lomion.de/cmm/img/oosljest.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The image in Volo’s reminds me of the CGI T-1000 from Terminator 2. You know, the liquid metal guy? It’s basically one of them floating out of it’s victim’s chest. A great image, especially with the distressingly bloated with blood section of the Tracker.</p><p></p><p>The Slithering Tracker is the remains of some poor fool that willingly undergoes a ritual to be turned into a vampiric puddle of ooze, which is done for the express purpose of gaining revenge on someone. However, they tend to go mad and just start hunting anyone that they can, since their need for blood and inability to speak overwhelms their mind. This is the sort of thing that would seem so obviously a bad idea that it makes me wonder just how crap the average D&D world is, if it makes people honestly <em>want</em> to do this. They are normally super hard to spot, as they look like a puddle and can flow along ceilings and whatnot, but after feeding it turns bright red and leaves a trail of blood behind it. <em>Lovely</em>. </p><p></p><p>The Slithering Tracker is one of the (many) monsters in D&D that is kind of too weak to face a full party, and which doesn’t make sense when encountered in groups. It’s basically a solo encounter without the ability to function as a solo, if that makes sense. It can hide, it can ambush, and it can drown people in itself. To me, this seems like an excellent creature to have turn up for revenge when the players are taking a rest - forcing the Rogue to fight it by himself, or maybe with the help of the Paladin who is still in her nightgown, for example. It’s sneaky and tough enough to be exciting in that context, without feeling like as much of a dick move as the CR 8 Assassin would be. The Slithering Tracker is also probably more interesting in a murder mystery - when the players have to work out who or what killed the Mayor, for example - than it is in a normal dungeon or wilderness environment. In that regard, it will probably make a fine if somewhat easy end of investigation fight, being interesting and distinctive rather than difficult. </p><p></p><p>So this is a fine creature to use in very specific circumstances. It’s probably one of the most limited things in the game, in that respect. If you want a ready-built murder mystery, then use the Slithering Tracker; for almost everything else then you’ll do better with another option. Simple. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205" target="_blank">EN World mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charles Rampant, post: 7015977, member: 32659"] This guy creeps me out a little, so this post might be short. We’re discussing the [b]Slithering Tracker[/b], which is basically an ooze that you use if you hate nice things, I guess. [img]http://www.lomion.de/cmm/img/oosljest.gif[/img] The image in Volo’s reminds me of the CGI T-1000 from Terminator 2. You know, the liquid metal guy? It’s basically one of them floating out of it’s victim’s chest. A great image, especially with the distressingly bloated with blood section of the Tracker. The Slithering Tracker is the remains of some poor fool that willingly undergoes a ritual to be turned into a vampiric puddle of ooze, which is done for the express purpose of gaining revenge on someone. However, they tend to go mad and just start hunting anyone that they can, since their need for blood and inability to speak overwhelms their mind. This is the sort of thing that would seem so obviously a bad idea that it makes me wonder just how crap the average D&D world is, if it makes people honestly [i]want[/i] to do this. They are normally super hard to spot, as they look like a puddle and can flow along ceilings and whatnot, but after feeding it turns bright red and leaves a trail of blood behind it. [i]Lovely[/i]. The Slithering Tracker is one of the (many) monsters in D&D that is kind of too weak to face a full party, and which doesn’t make sense when encountered in groups. It’s basically a solo encounter without the ability to function as a solo, if that makes sense. It can hide, it can ambush, and it can drown people in itself. To me, this seems like an excellent creature to have turn up for revenge when the players are taking a rest - forcing the Rogue to fight it by himself, or maybe with the help of the Paladin who is still in her nightgown, for example. It’s sneaky and tough enough to be exciting in that context, without feeling like as much of a dick move as the CR 8 Assassin would be. The Slithering Tracker is also probably more interesting in a murder mystery - when the players have to work out who or what killed the Mayor, for example - than it is in a normal dungeon or wilderness environment. In that regard, it will probably make a fine if somewhat easy end of investigation fight, being interesting and distinctive rather than difficult. So this is a fine creature to use in very specific circumstances. It’s probably one of the most limited things in the game, in that respect. If you want a ready-built murder mystery, then use the Slithering Tracker; for almost everything else then you’ll do better with another option. Simple. Sent from my iPhone using [url=http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=93205]EN World mobile app[/url] [/QUOTE]
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