Monsters for a new Quest
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Gug's and the black goat; Shub-Niggurath. I find there isn't enuff Cthulhu in Arabel.
cough Go look UNDER Arabel.
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I'd like to see a colony of swamp woman that kidnapp male adventurers to have their way with them. Afterwords they are sacrificed to their gods in a fertility ritual to ensure more female children. The quest could be set up as a rescue type operation. Tackling the quest with any male pcs in the party ensures a hostile response from the swamp woman and a battle will ensue. Taking all female pcs will open up dialog options where persuade/bluff/intimidate can be employed. Of course failing takes you back to combat or quest failure. The quest could culminate in a fight with the swamp womans god/avatar, a snake headed woman, Medusa or yuan ti type creature. Male pcs could simply attempt to kill the creature, while a female party could again have some negotiation options. Say… sacrificing the kidnap victim and participating in the ritual instead of the rescue.
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Perhaps a 'mad mage' type quest would be interesting, where you take ordinary monsters and change them in some of the ways possible, like giant goblins, killer statues, human slaves who have been transformed partially into bodaks and shoot negative energy rays. Pretty much just a mad scientist type thing where you go through the entire quest not knowing -what- to expect next.
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@Amarantha:
I'd like to see a colony of swamp woman that kidnapp male adventurers to have their way with them. Afterwords they are sacrificed to their gods in a fertility ritual to ensure more female children. The quest could be set up as a rescue type operation. Tackling the quest with any male pcs in the party ensures a hostile response from the swamp woman and a battle will ensue. Taking all female pcs will open up dialog options where persuade/bluff/intimidate can be employed. Of course failing takes you back to combat or quest failure. The quest could culminate in a fight with the swamp womans god/avatar, a snake headed woman, Medusa or yuan ti type creature. Male pcs could simply attempt to kill the creature, while a female party could again have some negotiation options. Say… sacrificing the kidnap victim and participating in the ritual instead of the rescue.
You want to have dinner? You sound like my kind of woman…(though I'm sure you're a fifty year old man, everyone is on the internet).
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I'd like to see a colony of swamp woman that kidnapp male adventurers to have their way with them. Afterwords they are sacrificed to their gods in a fertility ritual to ensure more female children. The quest could be set up as a rescue type operation. Tackling the quest with any male pcs in the party ensures a hostile response from the swamp woman and a battle will ensue. Taking all female pcs will open up dialog options where persuade/bluff/intimidate can be employed. Of course failing takes you back to combat or quest failure. The quest could culminate in a fight with the swamp womans god/avatar, a snake headed woman, Medusa or yuan ti type creature. Male pcs could simply attempt to kill the creature, while a female party could again have some negotiation options. Say… sacrificing the kidnap victim and participating in the ritual instead of the rescue.
Someone's been watching Futurama.
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Moloch. Sorry to disapoint you, but I am very much a man, happily married and in my thirties. I've never been one to turn down a free meal though… Can I bring my wife? :D
Themongoose. I've seen a few episodes of futurama, but your reference goes over my head. My inspiration was actually amazonian mythology, a dash of my imagination, and well... Xena warrior princess. :mrgreen:
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@Amarantha:
Can I bring my wife? :D
Sure… :twisted:
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Fiendish Gelatinous Cube Monks
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I'm too lazy to look back through this thread if this has allready been suggested. Monsters that are made out of clothes or furniture, or some other interesting objects rather then actuall monsters.
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zombies! scores of different types of zombies..
Fast zombies. [ala 28 days]
viral zombies then when they bite you they infect you with zombie plague..
Ginormous Ettin-Zombies
Zombie-land-SharksL4D Arabel anyone?
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Needs more pink dragons.
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Were creatures!
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I'd like to see a series of monsters that have a strong hive mentality.
Bugs/ants/bees that sort of thing.
I'd see intelligence and cunning in battle develop over the range from the drones who just get in the way, to the officer class warriors who show tactics and the mages who's danger in battle goes up quite quickly. I would think that the Queens should be reserved from DM spawns where they show a high degree of intelligence and cunning, directing their troops.
I could see a scripted quest being built up around having to enter a hive and work through the different levels of capability to recover some special "Royal" reagent related to the care of the infants. Battles can be with a few insects or many tens of lesser insects with a few sorcerers or warriors causing ranged trouble when you have to cut your way through the hoards of drones just to reach the spell casters.
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What would be further awesome with your idea Lamancha, would be that all the "units" go under the confusion effect if the queen dies :D
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@O'louth:
What would be further awesome with your idea Lamancha, would be that all the "units" go under the confusion effect if the queen dies :D
Now that is a clever idea! I like!
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Sounds like a book i read, except in the book They all die when the queen dies.
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Mutated monsters from the failed experiments of a guild of mad wizards.
I also like Lamancha's idea. It even opens up for a mid-term plot. Using Formians would suit this really well and allow sudden appearances and complex tunnel-systems throughout the wilds. While they wouldn't be able to dig up in the city of the sewers (stone and concrete), their ability to pop out everywhere would be thrilling. Much like the Ankhegs. Just not quite as lethal.
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Sounds like a book i read, except in the book They all die when the queen dies.
Ender's Game?
Also, I do second (fourth?) Lamancha's idea. I've seen way too many groups full of independents; why not have a group of drones?
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Sounds like a book i read, except in the book They all die when the queen dies.
Ender's Game?
Yes
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I wouldn't mind seeing some rarer forms of undead. Like an all out Necro-lair quest. Bone Golems, Quell, etc. Course idk if some are possible to be script but I would LOVE IT!