Friday, January 24, 2014

"C" is for "Caterman"


Caterman

No. Enc.:  1d4 (1d6)
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement:  120' (40')
Armor Class:  6
Hit Dice:  9
Attacks:  5 (4 punches, 1 bite), or 2 weapons
Damage:  1d4 / 1d4 / 1d4 / 1d4 / 1d8, or by weapons
Save:  L9
Morale:  9
Hoard Class:  XVIII
XP:  3,800

Catermen are fleshy, 12'-15' long insectoids that "stand" 6'-7' upright.  They can cling to all but the slickest surfaces. Gregarious and chatty, catermen collect stories and tall tales from travelers.  One can always determine a caterman's mood by the movements of its antennae and tail-whips.

Catermen spit strong, sticky strands of silk at distances up to 15'.  Creatures caught within become cocooned, and can't move or attack.  Anyone with a STR of 16 or less breaks free in 2d4 turns; those with higher scores do so in 1d4+2 rounds.

Upon encountering sentient mutant plants, catermen ask ever so politely if they can take a small nibble (which only inflicts 1d3 damage) of their personages.  They relish the flavors of exotic vegetation as a sommelier does wine, you see.

Mutations:  Aberrant Form (XenomorphismSpinnerets), Extra Parts (Limbs), Force Screen, Mind Reflection




Friday, January 17, 2014

TREMBLE BEFORE THE SUBTERRANEAN SAVAGERY OF... THE MIGHTY MOLEBEAR!!!


Almost a year ago, I posted a commissioned pic of one of my favorite mutants, the mighty molebear, by the amazing Ethan Nicolle of Bearmageddon and Axe Cop fame.

My versions from the dawn of this blog looked like this:

Original Flavor

Cool Winter Mint Flavor



Nicolle's infinitely better version looked like this:

Once The Greatest Thing I Have Ever Seen


AND THE VERSION THAT JUST DEBUTED IN THE WEBCOMIC LOOKS LIKE THIS:

NOW, TRULY, THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!
(from Bearmageddon entry 01/15/14)



Boy, howdy, does that pic gives me the giddy gigglies.

I think A Field Guide To Doomsday has a new official mascot.  Sorry, li'l leafbleeder.

Friday, January 10, 2014

Mutants In The News — "Ocean? More Like GLOWcean, Amirite?!!!" Edition



CNN reports that researchers just published the first in-depth study of biofluorescent marine-life.

They discovered over 180 species of aquatic critters—eels, sharks, corals, rays, and more—exhibit luminosity and/or yellow eye-filters to detect said glow-liciousness.

The whys are the next step of the research.

If those pics don't conjure up all kinds of ideas for your Mutant Future / Gamma World games, I dunno what will!