Today’s post is going to be about angels and demons. The Host Above Angels were one of the first thing God created. They were meant to both bear witness, and help Him in his works and to ease His loneliness. They are also first and foremost soldiers and warriors. They were the first ones to […]
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Triple Threat: Piranha Locust
Piranha locusts are large, cat-sized insects that outwardly locust-appearing except they are colored charcoal grey with hues of black and red and have scorpion tails with stingers. Sometimes called “Revelation’s Roaches” piranha locusts are big, mean, prone to swarming, and possess a unique set of jaws that allow them to rotate and pull their teeth […]
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A new monstrous threat for fantasy campaigns. This special contains stats for “bone goblins” – vicious goblinoid creatures – and “teeth spiders” – large spider-like creatures that they ride. . . . if you’d like to read more, consider becoming a patron! Note: the link to the actual content for patrons is here.
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes: Native American Crusaders
Native American Crusaders was a topic I wanted to cover for GURPS Monster Hunters for a long time. I’m of native descent and got to take things I’d been told about in my childhood (the raven mocker being one) and turn that into GURPS statblocks. That’s pretty heavy stuff. I grew up on the stories of my […]
Continue readingDesigner’s Notes Merlin’s Magnificent Menagerie
This one was fun to write. I want to just get that out of the way. Not all articles are fun to write – many of them (for me) are Dungeon Fantasy since I get to crank up the silliness a bit. This was fun for a different reason – because it was GURPS Technomancer. […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: The Devil’s Tongue and Clacker Zombies
The devil’s tongue plant (also called a konjakk) is a large broad-leaf plant whose stamen is a dark red; almost brown the color of dried blood. Its base forms a cone-like structure that can reach up to six feet across and is of a similar color. Konjakk is highly avoided because of one of its […]
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Therasal (or stone quills as they are more commonly called) are a strange mixture of badger, pangolin, porcupine, and canine with eight legs, octagonal scales, long spines, and a fuzzy down in places where their armor does not fully overlap. Their sharply pointed ears have fine tufts of fur that alert them to danger and […]
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The Krampus (sometimes called “Black Peter”) is a unique being that is sometimes thought to be a demon or elf who lost a bet with Father Christmas and is now forced to serve him as his terrifying enforcer, a job Krampus delights in. Along with the other Companions, he can only appear after December 1stand […]
Continue readingTriple Threat: Collected Posts I
Today’s post is one of my promised Patreon goals – a collection of my posts in a single PDF. It’s only accessible to my Patreon patrons (pledging or not!) who can go here to claim their prize. It is a current collection (as of 12/26/16) monster stat-blocks from the “Any Campaign” section of all Triple […]
Continue readingGamemaster’s Guidepost: The Ecology of Giant Spiders in Dungeon Fantasy, Part II
Guest Post by Anders Starmark A continuation of Ander’s previous post on the ecology of giant spiders. Spider WebsThe spider can cover a hex in webs in one minute. A strand is about 0.4 inches thick, with DR equal to the spider’s ST/3 and HP equal to the spider’s ST. The strands are very sticky, and […]
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