Saturday, March 10, 2012

Three Monsters I Made Using Jack Shear's 3d6 Weird Monster Generator

I've been having problems with writer's block for the past few days, and today I decided to abandon what I had been working on and do something practical and constructive.*  Mapping dungeons, filling them with monsters -- the basics that I too often ignore, preferring instead to daydream about ambitious side projects that I hardly ever actually work on.  Not today!  Today, I'd have something to show for it!  I knew I wanted to stock the next dungeon with something weird and unexpected. -- something they hadn't encountered in any previous adventure.  Too lazy even to use James Raggi's Random Esoteric Creature Generator, I went with Jack Shear's 3d6 Weird Monster Generator from Flavors of Fear, which I'd glanced at and admired, but had never actually kicked the tires on.  It's inspired, in turn, from Zak S.' article here.  Anyway, here's what I came up with -- each monster completed in just a couple of minutes, with just one roll of 3d6.

Monster 1  "Stenchfoot Clubhands"

Head: Horned beast (+1 Attack, 1d6 damage + stun on a charge)
Body: Shaggy beast (+1 Armor Class)
Arms/Legs: Gnarled ending in club-like protrusions (+2 Attacks, 1d8 damage + save vs. stun)

Hit Dice: 4
AC: 13
Attack Bonus: +5
# of Attacks: 3
Damage: horns: d6 + save vs. stun on a charge,  clubhands: d8+ save vs. stun, clubfeet: d8+ save vs. stun.
Special: unholy stench (anyone in close combat takes 1d4 damage/round)
Vulnerabilities: Bleeder (loses d4 HP every round once injured)


Monster 2: "Skullface Freezytentacles"

Head: Fleshless skull (add Cause Fear to creature's abilities)
Body:  Emanates freezing cold [anyone within close combat distances takes -1 to all rolls]
Arms/Legs:  Writhing tentacles (+1d4 attacks, 1d4 damage + save vs. constriction)

Hit Dice: 2
AC: 12
Attack Bonus: N/A
# of Attacks: 2
Damage: tentacles: 1d4 + save vs. constriction
Special: Poisonous Touch, Cause Fear
Vulnerabilities: cannot cross water




Monster 3: "Shockmaster WitheredLizard"

Head:  Fork-tongued reptile (+1 Attack, 1d4 damage + poison)
Body:  Electric pulse [anyone hitting the monster with a metal weapon takes 1d6 points of damage]
Arms/Legs:  Withered limbs ending in long, reaching fingers (+1 Attack, 1d6 damage + save vs. disease)

Hit Dice: 5
AC: 12
Attack Bonus: +7
# of Attacks: 2
Damage: tongue (1d4, save vs. poison,) hands (1d6, save vs. disease)
Special: Can use Invisibility 2x/day
Vulnerabilities: 2x damage from Holy items.




I'm very proud of my babies and I can't wait to try to kill you with them.

Now roll 3d6 and squeeze out some fresh abominations.




*comparatively speaking