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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Cancerous Growth


As the story goes, some well-meaning thaumaturgist or scientist developed a form of artificial flesh to revolutionize the practice of medicine. Adventurers who encounter the ever-growing, ever-consuming neoplastic blob might have a moment to appreciate the irony before being absorbed into the quivering flesh.

HD: 5
AC: 8
Save: F2
Attacks: 1
Defenses: regenerates 3 hp/round; half damage from bludgeoning weapons.
Special: On a successful hit (or if the neoplastic blob is touched directly by an attacker) it begins to engulf the person on a failed saving throw. Absorption takes 1d6 rounds. As long as part of a person is still free of the creature they may still escape, but it will require someone else to help them except for the very strongest.

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11 comments:

  1. Simon ForsterJune 23, 2011 at 7:04 AM

    Nice and icky. And begging to be placed in a dungeon ;)

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  2. The Angry LurkerJune 23, 2011 at 7:10 AM

    Brilliant, nasty, slimy and we could make a movie "Wall of Flesh".

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  3. CoopdevilJune 23, 2011 at 7:50 AM

    Reminds of me the grisly "Noose of Flesh" from Moorcock's The Vanishing Tower.

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  4. Chris KutalikJune 23, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    I am glad that this is just for the game, I had a sudden flash of alarm reading the title.

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  5. TreyJune 23, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Sorry, @CKulalik. Thankfully, there are no real neoplasms to be discussed.

    @Simon - As if it had grown there. ;)

    @Angry Lurker - Indeed. Or at least an episode of some horror anthology show.

    @Coopdevil - It's been decades since I read any classic Moorcock. Maybe a revisiting is overdue.

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  6. Lagomorph RexJune 23, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    The Thaumaturge wouldn't happen to be named Karza by any chance.. and perhaps owns a fabled body banks?

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  7. TreyJune 23, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Ha! Probably not, but it's always good to find that somebody remembers the Micronauts.

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  8. christianJune 23, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    First I need to get me a basement. Then I need to put a flesh blob down there. Yeah, and then, well, um...I haven't worked that part out yet but things are going to be different form now on. Very different.

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  9. NeedlesJune 24, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    I've got the perfect place for this! Awesome! Thanks!

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  10. TreyJune 25, 2011 at 3:54 AM

    @Christian - Different better? ;)

    @Needles - That place wouldn't be Christian's basement, would it? ;)

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  11. TharfallJune 25, 2011 at 4:52 AM

    This reminds me the same wall in the "Gates of Firestorm Peak" AD&D module.

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