From Arduin Adventure #2: The Howling Tower:
That's an armadillion wrecking that poor bastard's face, by the way.
EDIT: No, wait. I just checked my copy and that's actually a skorpadillo. My bad.
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What the hell?
ReplyDeleteHargrave kind of had a thing for sticking scorpion tails onto other things' butts.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff. I love Arduin. I'm toying with the idea of refereeing some Arduin games as a change of pace from Carcosa.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! It looks like he's getting bit in the sack, too.
ReplyDeleteIf by 'sack' you mean 'thigh', then yeah, this guy is totally getting bit in the sack.
ReplyDeleteWow. And here was I thinking that "Encounter Critical" was a savage parody of old school weirdness; turns out that its nothing but a loving homage with the bizarro toned down. 0_0
ReplyDeleteMy eye! My thigh! Waaaagh!
ReplyDeleteAnd I really want to see someone go dungeon diving in a thong and helmet.
That Skorpadillo was going right for the junk, for sure. Eyes-Junk combo attack. Brutal.
ReplyDeleteI'm more enamored of that stair-hugging snake.
ReplyDeleteWord Verification: "medic"!
LOL! A prime example of what AC9 will do for you in a dungeon crawl. It's a fitting end, IMHO, for any fool who thinks that a sword, a dagger, and a diaper are adequate adventuring gear. ;)
ReplyDeleteSplort!
ReplyDeleteIf I recall Hargrave's crit hit table correctly, the face-sting and thigh crunching combo was one of the tamer results.
ReplyDelete*Hey! My word verif. sez "nootch!" Snooches to the nootches, tubby bitch!*
Ha, didn't Diaperman learn to dress more appropriately after his stint under White Plume Mountain?!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't resist. The giant scorpadillo has become the latest monster in my campaign that everyone hates to meet. I'm working it into all of my wandering monster tables.
ReplyDeleteSweet!
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