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A strange adventure hook I dreamed of this morning.

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 10:07 am
by Joël of the FoS
There it is. I post it so Brandi won't feel alone with her strange dreams.

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In a desolated mountainous forest, there is an area that is being kept clear of vegetations and other shrubs. There are ancient, very large stone slab. So ancient in fact that nobody knows where there are from.

Any humanoid slain within a mile from this location rises as a zombie and comes to this site to keep it clear from vegetation.

The site is a well known legendary spooky site, and many theories have been made to offer explanation for the slabs and the curse animating these zombies. Adventurers often go near it, if only to destroy the zombies gathering there (typically 0-5).

The truth? The site is an alien landing site. And eventually, they arrive :) Think clockwork horror type mechanics. Their first task is to build more of their kind to invade the world.

They are pretty immune to anything except an overload of energy (lightning bolts accelerates them, up to twice their hit points in lightning bolt where they bust).

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All the details above where in my dream. That’s what you get when getting to bed and reading for your game tomorrow.

One second thought, this hook could include illithids, or doppelganger plants.

Going back to reading Harry Potter tonight :)

Joël

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:13 pm
by alhoon
Sleep more often :)

Quite interesting, although I prefer far more the mind flayer approach rather than the alien thing.

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:03 am
by Rotipher of the FoS
Reminds me of "Horror's Harvest", a RL tribute to Invasion of the Body Snatchers that ran in Dungeon and made use of bad puns and the hunt for a doppleganger plant.

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 2:23 am
by Luke Fleeman
Out of curiosity, what did you watch the night before?

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:14 am
by Le Noir Faineant
:) My friend, smoking that particular weed before going to beat can really beat out the crizzle out of your brizzle...

Apart from my first approach to American hiphop slang, this really reminds me of that adventure Rotipher referred to. Dungeon 35 or so, I think. :)

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:31 am
by Joël of the FoS
Luke Fleeman wrote:Out of curiosity, what did you watch the night before?
Nothing related. But I took pârt of the day to read and prepare for my RL game.

Joël

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:17 am
by Le Noir Faineant
FYI, it was Dungeon 38, and it's still available in print via Paizo,,, For 15 $ plus shipping, of course. :)

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 9:25 am
by Joël of the FoS
Yes, I have it.

Indeed, it's a good one in the short serie of RL adventure made in Dungeon.

Joël

Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:03 am
by Gonzoron of the FoS
Reminds me of the old 1e adventure, Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, I think the name was. Crash landed alien ship full of weird techno stuff. Fun... :)

Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:02 am
by InVinoVeritas
You always could have both illithids and aliens... The alien world is simply called Bluetspur.

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:10 pm
by vipera aspis
this is cool. you could always put it on a small island in the SoS and shipwrecked zombies could swim to shore. maybe have a small backwoods cult devoted to it: via CoC(with zombies!). then Merdoth(i think) could get interested were some of his creations dissappered to(have the stone slab block scrying), send some undead to investigate(only to have them not return, because they now stay with the slab) and so he would for once seek the living to invesigate. he could always kill them later right?

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:29 am
by cure
You won't watching Doctor Who and an episode involving Madame Pompideau and a gang of clockwork horrors by any chance?

Curious as to zombies rather than something more related. Flesh golems at least to extend the electical theme.

I can already imagine Azalin shapechanging into a rust monster to save the day or does it have to be an electicity elemental.

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:33 am
by cure
There was also the Dungeon adventure involving a crashed spelljamming mindflayer ship. Wouldn't that go over a treat in Valaki, to say nothing of Immol?

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:14 am
by Joël of the FoS
cure wrote:You won't watching Doctor Who and an episode involving Madame Pompideau and a gang of clockwork horrors by any chance?
No! I do not really watch TV.

Only movies, the news and FoodTV :)

Joël