A Cat of Tindalos

A Cat of Tindalos

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Happy Birthday to Robert E. Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936)

He left us too soon.

"All fled, all done, so lift me on the pyre;
The feast is over and the lamps expire."

—"The House of Cæsar" by Viola Garvin.


Friday, January 10, 2020

From the White Dwarf

SvartGroup, Small, Intelligent
Daggers or Nets (d6 damage)3 HP0 armor
Close, Near
Special Qualities: Slavers

These small creatures (3' tall) have bright blue skin with orange eyes. They are mediary between Goblins and Kobolds and generally attack the latter, though they will unite against their common foe - Hobbits. Svarts will seek attack halflings on sight, blindly and later cook and devour them if possible. Otherwise they are crafty thieves and slavers always seeking a deal they will honor in letter if not in spirit. 

Instinct: Sell Slaves
  • Capture Prey with Nets
  • Slavers
  • Steal


The Incursion Egg

Check it out:


http://trilemma.com/blog/adventures/53%20Incursion%20Egg.pdf



From the "Best Left Buried" RPG

GurriganGroup, Small
Claws (1d4 damage)3 HP0 armor
Close, Near
Special Qualities: Darkvision, Gibbering, Attempt to steal food

Gurrigans are a type of cowardly goblins who have been corrupted by prolonged exposure to black magic.They are small, decrepit creatures with bulging eyes who subsist on a diet of mushrooms and cave water. (from the "Best Left Buried" RPG)

Instinct: Surrender
  • Run away
  • Toady
  • Beg

MothbearSolitary, Large, Construct, Terrifying
Claws (d10+2 damage)16 HP0 armor
Forceful, Near
Special Qualities: Magical construct, Bear/moth hybrid

Mothbears are hybrid bear-caterpillars bred by the necromancers and priests, who used their silk to provide the funeral wrappings for the Royal Dead. Mothbears are huge, vicious, animalistic and fiercely territorial. Mothbears loves lights. She will pursue light sources and pat at them. If possible, they will carry light sources back to their lair. Mothbears are solitary except females with young cubs. (from the "Best Left Buried" RPG)

Instinct: Devour
  • Seek Light

Royal DeadGroup, Terrifying
Undead Claws (d8 damage)6 HP3 armor
Close, Near
Special Qualities: Undead, Fire does Double Damage

These mummified ancients were the aristocrats of whatever society that used this ruin as a temple. They were taken here after death, embalmed with traditional sacred oils by the priests who call the temple home, before being taken off to their correct place of burial. The few Royal Dead remaining here did not have their rites completed, or were pre-transition. The Royal Dead are mummified skeletons, of enormous height wrapped in mothbear silk bandages. They will attempt to destroy those who defile the barrow and steal their treasures and cannot be negotiated with. (from the "Best Left Buried" RPG)

Instinct: Drain life
  • Guard Tomb
  • Count Treasure
  • Hate the Living