It’s not entirely dissimilar in layout to the classic silhouette of an OGRE. Which makes sense. As I noted on Twitter, this picture is insanely evocative of Gary Larson’s classic cartoon How nature says “Do not touch.” It’s like they had a contest.
https://twitter.com/Strange_Animals/status/844273684638457864
UPDATE: My wife says It’s like Scooby-Doo meets Mad Max. …I married well.
Attack of the Fifty-foot Panda! – Google Docs
Attack of the Fifty-foot Panda!
…Yeah, that’s going to be problematical. For a bunch of reasons, really. And it’s going to be problematical for everybody, including the aliens that created this creature in the first place.
Probably the principle was sound enough: take some animal DNA, splice it into a weird biological plastic construct that could emulate said DNA at a ‘monstrous’ level, and send your new critter out to level Tokyo. And it works! And it’s even pretty cheap!
Continue reading Adventure Seed: Attack of the Fifty-foot Panda!
Psionics for In Nomine – Google Docs
This one I’m not reproducing in full on the site: the PDF is something like 23 pages long. It was based off of GURPS Psionics 3rd Edition, back in the day: I could probably rewrite it to take into account 4E, but GURPS In Nomine draws on 3rd Edition and it’s going to be a long time, if ever, that that sourcebook gets adapted to the new edition. I’m not really even expecting them to ever do it, honestly.
Anyway, enjoy. I had forgotten that I wrote this up. Maybe somebody out there can use it…
Nacreous (Celestial) – Google Docs
Nacreous (Celestial, 3/level)
Demons with Nacreous must be careful about how often they use their resonance on the same target. Every resonance roll after the first one, on the same person, is at a penalty equal to (Discord level); Djinn instead take a penalty on removing their attunement equal to (Discord level). Lilim do not get the penalty for assessing Needs, but if they try to harvest multiple Geas at once, the second and higher Geas will be subject to the penalty. This penalty persists for (Discord level) days: this makes Nacreous a problem for Shedim in particular.
Lachnimloth
This actually refers to an entire order of trees that grow primarily on lava. Note that the word ‘trees’ is very much an approximation; lachnimloth are ‘organic’ in the sense that they have a recognizable life cycle, and obey universal biological imperatives. They are absolutely neither carbon-based, nor part of an oxy-nitrogen ecosystem.
But lachnimloth are still very pretty. Extremely dangerous to humans in their living form, thanks to the heat, but very pretty. It’s all due to their makeup: the various species of lachnimloth are made up of a complicated mix of glass and trace materials. When alive it has molten glass for sap and various translucent silicates for bark and ‘flowers.’
I can’t do it, obviously: I’m already doing playtests for Fall of Delta Green this month, and the deadline for The Persephone Extraction is March 31st. But if some of you folks have GMs who can fit it into their schedules… it’s pretty cool to playtest. Lets you give something back in the community.
We're looking for playtesters for The Persephone Extraction, a new Night's Black Agents campaign. Details are here: https://t.co/kthvns8QAI pic.twitter.com/RXqIAMQW1Z
— Night's Black Agents (@NBAgents) March 17, 2017
Dwarfrest Cats
This attractive breed of domestic cat, despite the name, has spread quite a ways from the Dwarven retirement community of Dwarfrest County (old Dwarves typically have respiratory and bone issues that make aboveground river valleys with good sunlight attractive to them). Dwarfrest Cats can be distinguished by their short tails, narrower bodies, and oversized ears; their fur is rich and thick, with colors ranging from dark grey to black. Their whiskers, while not truly retractable, are arranged in a way that they can be slightly extended at need. Both the sight and the hearing of a Dwarfrest Cat is phenomenal.
Yes, the CIA has board games. Because sometimes people in government have a rush of oxygen to the brain. I know, I know, I’m as shocked as you are. Continue reading The CIA may be underestimating the marketability of their board games.
You is a book by Greg Stolze that’s set in the Unknown Armies RPG universe. I got my copy via Kickstarter, but the book itself is now available for sale. I look forward to reading it this afternoon.
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The Six Terrible Books of Earth – Google Docs
The Six Terrible Books of Earth
These books are banned by every human nation on Yrth, both Christian and Muslim. But somebody keeps printing them; and no matter how often the Ministry of Serendipity burns the Books, there’s always another popping up. Usually just before something explodes, or burns down, or sees an uptick in Mob violence. The average mage of Yrth reacts to the Six Terrible Books of Earth the same way that an Arkham professor reacts to a Mythos tome, and for the exact same reason: they inexorably corrupt the status quo. Thankfully, they’re all written in English, which is difficult for Anglish and Arabic speakers to understand.
Continue reading The Six Terrible Books of Earth. [GURPS Banestorm]
