Note: The following critter was inspired by the Gaping Dragon boss from Dark Souls. Gaping Maw This twisted monstrosity resembles a cross between a camel cricket and some sort of reptile…with a gigantic mouth where its torso should be. It has fully functional wings, which resemble those of a dragonfly with reptilian features. It attacks […]
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Triple Threat: Shoggoth
Note: This is a creature from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. Shoggoth Iridescent black masses of bubbling protoplasm with random eyes, mouths, and less definable organs forming from and receding into the body, Shoggoths were created the servants of the Elder Things using alien biotechnology about a billion years ago. Shoggoths are malevolent, mocking, and […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Blitz Barnacle
Blitz Barnacles are large (almost a half a foot in length) barnacle-like critters. They get their name from the fact that if they take damage they are liable to explode. Worse, stepping (or God help you, falling) on one causes a muscular contraction that shoots out several sea urchin-like spikes. They’re natural prey of the […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Walloping Welk
Walloping welks are huge mollusks the size of a VW bus. Their tough shells are so durable that they are oft sought after to use in the creation of archaic armor and shields. Their mucous and slime also have curious properties (one is natural fire extinguisher and the other an anesthetic). For Any Game… ST: […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Rat-Thing
Rat-Thing Rat-Things are large (about a foot and a half long from head to tail) rodent with a human faces that are twisted with hate. Despite their size they are fiendishly strong and can bit off the finger of a grown man with a single bite. Any Game System… ST: 8 HP: 10 […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Broodmother Meldein Spider
“Ollie grabbed for him, and I saw what was happening. At the same instant I understoodwhy the head of the man in the doorway was missing. The thin white cable that hadtwisted around Buddy’s leg like a silk rope was sinking into his flesh. That leg of his jeanshad been neatly cut off and was […]
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“David Drayton: What do you know about this mist?Wayne Jessup: I don’t know, man, I’ve got nothing to do with it.David Drayton: That’s not what the MP said in the pharmacy before the spiders came out of his skin.” –The Mist (2007) Note: The following bear a remarkable resemblance from the creatures from the movie […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Dimensional Shambler
“Dog – do you still think I made all my effigies? Why not say preserved? You know by this time the strange places I’ve been to, and the strange things I’ve brought back. Coward – you could never face the dimensional shambler whose hide I put on to scare you – the mere sight of […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Hannya
Hannya were once beautiful women who were cursed for their pridefulness or jealousy to become hideous demons. Their long claws can rend a man, leaving him with terrible wounds that will not heal unless he is treated by a woman who cares for him. Thankfully, they are rare and can be driven off by a […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Jiangshi
The so-called “hopping corpse” of Chinese legend, it has near-glowing green-white hair, long fingernails, and glowing green eyes. In the day it sleeps in a coffin or hides in a dark place like a cave, attic, basement, etc. At night it hunts its territory finding human beings whose “chi” it devours. For Any Game… ST: […]
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