Special Conversion Thread: Microscopic Monsters

[freyar]

Ignoring all the fish, I'd say a couple rounds of choking and exposure to a disease that causes you to grow a slime mold amoeba in a way similar to a slaad egg or something. And I guess we need to establish conditions that cause it to release the spores.

 

[Cleon]

Ignoring all the fish, I'd say a couple rounds of choking and exposure to a disease that causes you to grow a slime mold amoeba in a way similar to a slaad egg or something. And I guess we need to establish conditions that cause it to release the spores.

Well, the real-world example probably only releases its spores when it senses the conditions have become favourable (i.e. the moisture goes up) or it it's broken open.

 

[freyar]

According to wikipedia, they can revert to the slug or amoeba form if it gets moist again. So let's say "when mature" or else if the sporocarp takes some amount of damage?

 

[Cleon]

According to wikipedia, they can revert to the slug or amoeba form if it gets moist again. So let's say "when mature" or else if the sporocarp takes some amount of damage?

Maybe we should just leave it as background information, since the original monster didn't have a hazardous Sporocarp.

 

[freyar]

You mean not write the hazard? I think it's worth putting in.

 

[Cleon]

You mean not write the hazard? I think it's worth putting in.

I mean there's nothing in the original text that says it is a hazard. We could just describe it as a stage used for reproduction or "suspended animation" which is no direct threat to PCs, but can eventually produce more amoebas or slugs.

If we decide to make it a hazard, we should obviously include it.

 

[freyar]

Hmm, considering that the spores are 1 to 2 ft in diameter in the original monster, maybe they're not a good inhaled poison. Let's see if Shade has an opinion before deciding. I like the idea of a hazard, but I'm not too firm on it.

 

[Shade]

I'm not bothered by including a hazard, but can just as easily live without 'em. It's already a multi-monster entry.

 

[Cleon]

Hmm, considering that the spores are 1 to 2 ft in diameter in the original monster, maybe they're not a good inhaled poison. Let's see if Shade has an opinion before deciding. I like the idea of a hazard, but I'm not too firm on it.

Yes, I am tempted to make it a hazard too, but am unsure what nastiness it should inflict.

Maybe any living creature near an exploding Sporocarp risks getting spores attached to them, which hatch out into micro-slimes and start digesting them, and they have to be scraped off or burnt.

Basically, a low-damage version of Green Slime.

 

[freyar]

Hmm, 1 Con per round? I could do that. If the victim dies, it grows a new colony?