Thursday, October 10, 2013

Devastation Drive-In 3-D — 'Attack The Block' (2011)




Bluetooth

No. Enc.:  1d10 (3d12)
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement:  150' (50')
Armor Class:  5
Hit Dice:  7
Attacks:  3 (2 claws, 1 bite)
Damage:  1d8 / 1d8 / 2d10 (see below)
Save:  L4
Morale:  12
Hoard Class:  None
XP:  2,540

Most contact between The Ancients and extraterrestrials happened in remote backwoods locales far removed from civilization...

...but sometimes, even bustling metropolises were overrun...

...BY RAVENOUS, RADIANT-FANGED PRIMATES FROM THE DARKEST DEPTHS OF SPACE!!!

The hyper-aggressive bluetooths are shaggy beasts with brawny, knuckle-walking builds almost identical to Ancient apes.  Their hides are as black as the cosmic void, and their only distinguishing features are radiant, electric-blue eyes.  But those aren't eyes at all...they're jutting, glowing canines!  And behind those canines lie row after row of luminescent teeth!

Bluetooths lack any obvious external sensory organs, and are seemingly blind and deaf. However, they curl back their lips and "sniff" for targets, apparently operating purely on olfactory input with no disadvantageous affects.

The creatures are amazingly nimble, and combine acrobatics and bounding momentum to steamroll targets full-bore, inflicting an additional +1d6 damage per attack while in motion. And bluetooths' mighty jaws shatter the thickest protective gear, treating victims wearing anything but powered armor as if their ACs were +3 worse.

Despite their wholly non-reflective fur and penchant for lurking in the shadows, bluetooths only Surprise on a 1-3 on 1d6, due to their vocalizations and penchant for baring their teeth before attacking.  Ranged attacks against them suffer a -3 To Hit penalty.

Bluetooths have a bizarre method of propagation.  A single meteoroid falls upon a planet's surface, and "hatches" a smaller, nigh-hairless, brown, ivory-toothed specimen [4 HD, 1d6 / 1d6 / 1d8 damage] that is presumed to be female.  She marks anything—and anyone—with which she has contact with a pheromonal chemical detectable only by UV sensors.  Even deceased females discharge this substance, and any handling / moving of the corpses spreads it further.  Hours later, dozens of additional meteoroids fall, each birthing a standard male bluetooth that unerringly homes in on the (living or dead) female...and the "anythings and anyones" that she touched...

Mutations:  Increased Balance, Increased Sense (Smell), Know Direction (Modified)






















Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Devastation Drive-In 3-D — 'The Last Dinosaur' (1977)

(U.K. One-Sheet)

Artifact:  Laser-Borer

As The Ancients relentlessly consumed the planet's fossil fuels, they devised fantastic technologies to unearth new reserves of gas and oil...

...which lead them to the bottom of the seas, and the subterranean bowels of the earth...

...WHERE AWAITED MONSTROUS LIVING FOSSILS INTENT ON CONSUMING THE ANCIENTS IN TURN!!!


Laser-Borer
Subterranean Vehicle

Burrow Speed:  50 mph
Water Speed:  15 mph

Length:  50 ft
Width:  15 ft
Height:  15 ft

AC:  3 (Duralloy Armor)
Hit Points:  75

Sensors:  Class IV
Programming:  None
Accessories:  Basic life support systems, cartography equipment, medical supplies, rations

Engineered by Thrust Industries, the laser-borer is a 5-man vehicle designed to explore underground environs, and discover untapped petrochemical reserves.  It comes equipped with a full communications / sensor array.  Combining standard "mole-machine" technology with the power of lasers, the contraption shears through stone and ice with ease...and when launched, torpedo-style, from a ship or floating platform, the borer burrows even faster, tunneling through the Earth's mantle in minutes.

The laser-borer also has limited capabilities as a submarine, sporting a periscope and retractable guidance fins.

Those that pilot laser-borers have an uncanny ability to uncover "lost worlds" full of dinosaurs and primitive peoples, in defiance of geographic, environmental, and chronological probabilities....









Terratops

No. Enc.:  1 (1)
Alignment:  Neutral
Movement:  150' (50')
  —Burrow:  75' (25')
Armor Class:  2
Hit Dice:  21
Attacks:  1 (bite or gore)
Damage:  3d10 or 4d12
Save:  L9
Morale:  11
Hoard Class:  VI, XIV
XP:  11,000

Terratops (both singular and plural) are 20' tall, 60' long, quadrupedal carnivores that actually target apex predators. The beasts burrow into the carcass-littered dens of their prey, and then erupt from floors or walls, Surprising on a roll of 1-4 on 1d6.

Terratops bite and gore with abandon.  And when fully emerged from the earth, they take advantage of their increased maneuverability to Charge and Trample, doggedly attacking foes much larger than themselves.  Terratops gladly feed on carrion and bones.  

A terratops' Hoard Class represents refuse unearthed by its movements.

Mutations:  Increased Sense (Hearing)










Designer's Notes:  Despite playing in international markets, 'The Last Dinosaur' never had a proper theatrical release in the United States...and actually made its debut as a TV-movie-of-the-week!

U.S. TV Guide Ad!  (1977)

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Devastation Drive-In 3-D — 'Saturday The 14th' (1981)




Tublantean

No. Enc.:  1 (1)
Alignment:  Chaotic
Movement:  90' (30')
     —Swim:  120' (40')
Armor Class:  5
Hit Dice:  9
Attacks:  3 (2 claws, 1 bite)
Damage:  1d10 / 1d10 / 1d6
Save:  L7
Morale:  11
Hoard Class:  None
XP:  3,100

A certain film traumatized an entire generation of Ancient children, instilling overwhelming terror of diving, swimming, and even bathing...

...and they had reason to fear, for it's never safe to go back into the water...

...ESPECIALLY IN YOUR OWN HOME!!!

Tublanteans are stocky, scaly, man-sized humanoids of the aquatic persuasion.  They possess freakish dimensional-shifting capabilities, in that they can instantly teleport into—and navigate within—bodies of liquid no deeper than 1'.  When warping into bathwater (which happens to be their preferred method of predation), tublanteans automatically Surprise their quarry.  They suffer no penalties for teleporting "blind", and their abilities have a 25 mile range.

Tubleanteans are nigh-impervious to conventional bladed weapons and firearms; only To Hit rolls of 19 or 20 inflict such damage against them.

For reasons unknown, tublanteans eat everything but their victims' heads.

Mutations:  Teleport (Modified)








Monday, October 7, 2013

Devastation Drive-In 3-D — 'The Beast Within' (1982)



Sickada

No. Enc.:  1 (1)
Alignment:  Chaotic
Movement:  120' (40')
Armor Class:  1
Hit Dice:  11
Attacks:  3 (2 claws, 1 bite)
Damage:  2d6 / 2d6 / 2d8
Save:  L10
Morale:  10
Hoard Class:  VII
XP:  7,600

Legends tell of victimized Ancients trapped in vaults deep underground, surviving more on anguish and hate than the infrequent prey that inadvertently crawls and slithers into their prisons...

...but the legends are true...

...AND THEY'VE ESCAPED TO SATIATE THEIR UNHOLY APPETITES!!! 

Sickadas are slimy, chitinous insectoids with bulging eyes, wicked claws, tufted manes, and jagged fangs.  They are driven equally by rage, hunger, and the urge to procreate.  Their wrath transcends generations, as sickadas pass the memories of wrongs done against them to their offspring; each specimen carries the fury of its entire ancestral line.

When a sickada forcibly mates with a Pure Human female, the resultant offspring appears essentially normal for the first 16 years of its life, but for one interesting quirk:  it has a great affinity with animals, and can seemingly commune with them.  But as the child nears its 17th birthday, it comes down with a debilitating, mysterious ailment with boggling symptoms.  The metabolism increases so the youth is perpetually starving, and the skin thickens abnormally.  Hallucinations and night terrors—always about Ancient people, places, and grim events impossible for the child to know first-hand—drive it to exhaustion, causing amnesiac blackouts.

It is during these blackouts that the sickada-spawn feeds...on carrion, and living flesh!  The somnambulant youth is drawn to the descendants of those that wronged its lineage, and consumes them.  The overpowering drone of frenzied insects surrounds predator and prey alike during such hunts.

And upon turning 17, the panicked, angry, and infirm youth undergoes a hideous transformation:  its skin bubbles and bursts for an agonizing 1d4 minutes, then sloughs off entirely, revealing a ravenous, lusty bug-beast!

Sickadas can tear through solid concrete.  They are also extremely stealthy in wooded environs, generally Surprising on 1-5 on 1d6; however, sometimes (30%) their bloodlust is so all-consuming that they buzz incessantly, and spoil all attempts at Surprise.  And sickadas lose their bond with animalkind in general, as almost all normal creatures flee or attack on sight; only insects (normal and mutant alike) remain their allies.  

There is no truth to the rumor that the original sickada originated from a mishap involving an Ancient teleportation machine and an extraneous arthropod passenger.

Mutations:  Increased Balance, Increased Physical Attribute (STR), Know Direction, Natural Armor (Extreme), Regenerative Capacity, Unique Mutation ("Ancestral Recall")