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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 4802281" data-attributes="member: 807"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 10px">Bump Level 1 Minion</span></strong></p><p>Tiny aberration Exp: 25</p><p><strong>Initiative</strong> +1 <strong>Senses</strong> Perception +3; darkvision</p><p><strong>HP</strong> 1; a missed attack never damages a bump</p><p><strong>AC</strong> 15; <strong>Fortitude</strong> 13; <strong>Reflex</strong> 13; <strong>Will</strong> 14</p><p><strong>Speed</strong> 1 fly 10 (hover)</p><p><img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/bm.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bmelee:" title="Basic Melee :bmelee:" data-shortname=":bmelee:" /><strong>Thread Infiltration (standard action; at-will) * Implement</strong></p><p>+4 vs Reflex, targets only threads; no damage. Target is appended by Bump droppings and then slide target to top of forum.</p><p><strong>Alignment</strong> Unaligned <strong>Languages</strong> Common, basic leet speak</p><p><strong>Skills</strong> History +6, Intimidate +8</p><p>Str 10 (+0) Dex 13 (+1) Wis 8 (-1)</p><p>Con 12 (+1) Int 8 (-1) Cha 16 (+3)</p><p><strong>Equipment</strong> Implement (Keyboard)</p><p></p><p><strong>Ecology:</strong> Bumps are generally quiet and introverts that prefer to find their way to threads that have been seemingly abandoned by forum posters. As such, it is near impossible to know what one looks like in person as all that is ever seen is their droppings in the forums. Some scholars theorize that the Bumps are infact invisible demons, while others argue that they simply scurry away faster than the mortal eye can see.</p><p></p><p>They are seemingly random in their choice of threads to investigate - for some threads never see a single bump, while others show evidence of many bump droppings.</p><p></p><p>Bumps are mysterious and never seen, but their droppings can be seen littering the landscape in an almost mischievous and playful manner.</p><p></p><p><strong>Possible plot hooks:</strong></p><p> <u>Crying Bump!</u>: A group of townsfolk hire the PCs to assist an old man at the edge of town. This old man claims to have seen a bump while he was out tending to his sheep! He now goes around town, pestering all he can see, with tales of his bump sighting. In fact, he believes he has seen this bump every night for the past several nights. The villagers dismiss him as senile, for who has ever seen a bump? But they can not ignore his incessant annoyance on the topic. As such, the villagers want the PCs to investigate whatever the old man thought he saw so that he will shut up about it once and for all. Could he actually be the first mortal to have seen a bump in person? Or is there something else lurking about and leaving bump droppings?</p><p> <u>Bump in the Night</u>: A child, sound asleep, is awoken by what he believes is a bump in the closet ...</p><p></p><p></p><p>(sorry, I had to make that up once I saw danny's above post <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> we now return you to the thread)</p><p></p><p></p><p>This will seem like a thread derail topic but it's not ... Back in 2002 (? give or take a year) there was a thread on here. Where every post took the next monster (alphabetically) from the 3e monster manual and made a short plot hook/scenario for each. Sure, a couple got repeated due to stealth ninja posting while others typed.. but it had some great ideas. If I can find my link to that, I'll post it here since lots of it was fluff and is edition independent. That might give some ideas to people on here too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 4802281, member: 807"] [b][SIZE="2"]Bump Level 1 Minion[/SIZE][/b] Tiny aberration Exp: 25 [b]Initiative[/b] +1 [b]Senses[/b] Perception +3; darkvision [b]HP[/b] 1; a missed attack never damages a bump [b]AC[/b] 15; [b]Fortitude[/b] 13; [b]Reflex[/b] 13; [b]Will[/b] 14 [b]Speed[/b] 1 fly 10 (hover) :bmelee:[b]Thread Infiltration (standard action; at-will) * Implement[/b] +4 vs Reflex, targets only threads; no damage. Target is appended by Bump droppings and then slide target to top of forum. [b]Alignment[/b] Unaligned [b]Languages[/b] Common, basic leet speak [b]Skills[/b] History +6, Intimidate +8 Str 10 (+0) Dex 13 (+1) Wis 8 (-1) Con 12 (+1) Int 8 (-1) Cha 16 (+3) [b]Equipment[/b] Implement (Keyboard) [b]Ecology:[/b] Bumps are generally quiet and introverts that prefer to find their way to threads that have been seemingly abandoned by forum posters. As such, it is near impossible to know what one looks like in person as all that is ever seen is their droppings in the forums. Some scholars theorize that the Bumps are infact invisible demons, while others argue that they simply scurry away faster than the mortal eye can see. They are seemingly random in their choice of threads to investigate - for some threads never see a single bump, while others show evidence of many bump droppings. Bumps are mysterious and never seen, but their droppings can be seen littering the landscape in an almost mischievous and playful manner. [b]Possible plot hooks:[/b] [u]Crying Bump![/u]: A group of townsfolk hire the PCs to assist an old man at the edge of town. This old man claims to have seen a bump while he was out tending to his sheep! He now goes around town, pestering all he can see, with tales of his bump sighting. In fact, he believes he has seen this bump every night for the past several nights. The villagers dismiss him as senile, for who has ever seen a bump? But they can not ignore his incessant annoyance on the topic. As such, the villagers want the PCs to investigate whatever the old man thought he saw so that he will shut up about it once and for all. Could he actually be the first mortal to have seen a bump in person? Or is there something else lurking about and leaving bump droppings? [u]Bump in the Night[/u]: A child, sound asleep, is awoken by what he believes is a bump in the closet ... (sorry, I had to make that up once I saw danny's above post :) we now return you to the thread) This will seem like a thread derail topic but it's not ... Back in 2002 (? give or take a year) there was a thread on here. Where every post took the next monster (alphabetically) from the 3e monster manual and made a short plot hook/scenario for each. Sure, a couple got repeated due to stealth ninja posting while others typed.. but it had some great ideas. If I can find my link to that, I'll post it here since lots of it was fluff and is edition independent. That might give some ideas to people on here too. [/QUOTE]
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