AJ
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Master of Dungeons.
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Post by AJ on Jun 9, 2014 4:21:59 GMT -5
The Delicious Pink Slime.
Described as the most cunning of the mindless Slime family, the delicious pink slime is able to track down living targets and engage them is a sudden 'hit and fade' ambush, leaving them with little more than a few bruises (due to its slam attack) and a coating of strange, fragrant fluid it sprays at them the first chance it gets. The name of the beast is not related to its actual flavor, which is thoroughly disgusting and more than a little toxic, but to the effect of the fluid it sprays on its victims. Those within fifteen feet of the small beast are misted with a fine spray, which soaks them with a stinky substance, smelling something like a hot pasta and bacon meal, mixed with honey and lashings of slightly rotten meat. The Delicious slime will then retreat and hide in the first available crevice as soon as it has odorized it's prey, then, when it feels less threatened, it will begin to follow along behind them at a safe, sneaky distance, sensing the scent of the spray it put on them, waiting for the consequences. The targets of the spray will release a smell (unless washed completely with warm, soapy water or other suitable cleansing) that attracts predators like crazy.. because they smell delicious! When the targets of the slime then get into fights to the death, either they die or some other creature dies, and the delicious slime then moves in, snuggles up to the fresh carrion, and feeds at it's leisure. The trick is, it has to avoid getting killed in the initial strike itself. PLOT VALUE
The value of the delicious pink slime, is in it's alchemical properties, and the fact that the spray it releases can be milked from the little bucket of goo, and refined into a potent food additive, which renders the meal or beverage incredibly tasty! In my recent campaign, this occurred in the form of a bag of pink powder that was added to onion dip, which got all the students from a nearby school of magic, completely addicted, and racked in hundreds of gold from sales.. prompting the local farmers to tear out existing crops and plant acres of onions, due to the soaring demand in the city (for some reason). When the bag of pink powder ran low, the adventure hook was to find out where the hell this stuff came from, and how to get some more!
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Post by Running Wolf on Jun 9, 2014 4:44:55 GMT -5
I have to steal this for my PA campaign
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AJ
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Master of Dungeons.
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Post by AJ on Jun 21, 2014 8:42:50 GMT -5
The Tree. This is an alien organism I created for a cosmic supers campaign, and it was highly effective. The Tree are small, chicken hatchling looking parasites with clear, sticky tendrils that sprout along the spine and base of the cranium, they are physically feeble, slow and can be easily crushed if stomped on. Tree look a little like baby birds due to the large head, dark eyes and small, hairless and almost transparent body, with wing-like stubby flaps for arms and bird like legs with thin, long toes. Tree do have an actual tail however, which extends the spine, which is far more bulky than you would expect from a baby bird, and the cranium is grossly enlarged, to the point that the organism uses most of it's strength just to stand upright and move that large head around. Tree are parasites in that they seek out living hosts and burrow into the body, which they can do without causing great external wounding, by entering a natural orifice, such as the mouth, nose, ears or elsewhere, and then cutting through the anatomy until they make contact with the nervous system, where they insert some of the many tendrils along their spine.. from then on, it is all over for the victim, as they are now simply an extension of the Tree organism, a meat vehicle and source of nourishment for the parasite.
Tree are adaptable and function as a hive organism.. when not using a host body, they prefer to cluster together in a living network, each drone adding itself to the collective intelligence, sharing everything of itself just as a cell in a body would do. A Tree collective can attain vast size and mental computational power, exhibit various psionic abilities and is an extremely dangerous, formidable force in the Galaxy.
The Tree are only concerned with their own survival for the most part, but, as they are parasites by their very nature, they tend to completely dominate other organisms, and if they can't use a species, they will either ignore, or exterminate them, depending on any level of perceived threat. Humanity is a perfect host species for the Tree, they add a good amount of neural matter to a drone's capabilities, are relatively strong and durable, can survive on a wide variety of organic material (including spent human host bodies) and provide excellent nutrition for the Drone for months at a time. A single Tree scout vessel with a small force of Drones would probably be able to dominate the planet Earth in just a few months.
The Tree have come into direct conflict with many Galactic civilisations, and brutal war has been fought, bringing the Tree to near extinction on a few occasions, but, they manage to always find a way to survive and spread, using any means imaginable, because, the vast hive minds of their collective are capable of incredible levels of cunning, tactical planning.. perhaps the only reason the Tree do not dominate the entire Galaxy already is that it is a very, very large place, and they tend to underestimate the strength of individual thought, as it is not in their nature to operate with a strong sense of the self. A Tree will say "This one" instead of "I", or not remember that groups of individuals will have opposing views, but, they are very clever, and are quick to learn.
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Post by dungeonmistress on Aug 11, 2014 17:07:30 GMT -5
AJ, regarding your Delicious Pink Slime, did you make that with a hot glue gun or something else? What was your technique? You can answer this question on the DM's Craft, as I am sure there are others there who would love to use this little critter.
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