I liked the old look alot better.
Still . . . Blue Age??
. . . . . . nah, its crummy.
Ah well.
The blue age isn't as far away as you might think ....
If you have to ask, don't worry about it. If you didn't have to ask, then I hope realize that was a joke ....
Originally posted by flip
Of course, I'm not terribly enamored of any web BB systems in general ...
I'm kinda partial to the ones I've written or had a hand in writing...
Someone actually wrote up the killer halfings from space!
Err . . . ummm . . . each to their own I guess.
*whistles for his giant space hamster*
Does the DS3 design team actually have any notes or details on what TSR were planning with that particular storyline? I read something about it in an interview with Lynn Abbey (I think...) and wasn't there something about it in one of the later adventures? The one in the 2nd boxed set had something about the Rhulisti returning...
Not that I'd wanna use it in a game or anything, but it has to be one of the most bizarre things I ever heard come out of Athas and I guess it'd be a hoot to hear what was in the works for our lovely little game world...
When I first read it, I remember having wierd ideas about the Messenger really being a wandering rhulisti spacecraft that would stop by to check on the state of athas or the Dragon or something. Then I broke out the old Space Gods supplement for Torg and found myself looking at the biotech in there and thinking "Hmmmm - lifeshaped...." Dear oh dear. Thought better of it, thankfully.
Although I would really like to see a write up on the giant athasian space hamster known as Scaly Kevin...
Type: Small Abomintions
Hit Dice: 1d2-1 (1 hp)
Innitiative: Lacking
Speed: Faster than a locomotive . . .
AC: 1 (+1 size, +2 dex, +28 advanced neopolymer deflection shielding, -30 inneptitude)
Attacks: Neuclear missile launching rail cannon +1 ranged; or swat with rolled up newspaper +1 melee
Damage: Cannon 10d10+50; or swat 1d2
Face/reach: They've lost all face and their arms are too short to reach.
Special Attacks: Shouting out the Flash Gordon Theme Song as performed by Queen complete with 6 part harmonies.
Special Defenses: Hiding behind the largest and strongest creature around while screaming for their mother . . .
Saves: Not much will save this.
Abilities: Str 8, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 3, Wis (are negatives allowed?), Cha 25
Skills: Must we?
Feats: Two of them. One on the left, and one on the right.
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Climate/Terrain: Any land in need of heric action sci-fi cheese factor rescuing from the clutches of vile tyranical dictator madmen with names like Ming or Dr. X and any safe, underground location far away from said vile tyranical dictator madmen after being thoroughly defeated.
Organization: Gang (or posse, or peeps) (10d4), solitary (in order to better enact their own personal . . . . idiom), or band (mostly as a four piece, but occasionally hires on a keyboard player for european touring).
Challenge Rating: 1/64
Trasure: Whoot! A real gem, ain't they?
Alignment: Pisces, but on the cusp
Advancement: Career opprotunities abound amongst the killer halfings from outer space, post resume' along with references, complete work history and include a copy of a valid photo ID).
...two feat...
...peeps...
Perfection, Mach. Sheer perfection.
That's it for me - to the Abyss with Traders!! Who gives a fig about the stupid Ssurran and their silly Scorched Plateau?? From now on I am dedicating every waking design moment to resurrecting the Killer Halflings from Outer Space and their Giant Scaled Athasian Space Hamsters (known as the Hh'aam's'taa to folkof the Tablelands...)
City State of Draj? Pfft! Who needs it? ToA? Waste of space!
Give me the hamsters or give me death!