Bugs!

jeff37923 · August 23, 2012, 06:24:32 PM

Quote from: beeber;575894a dire anteater!

Or the current residents....

Ladybird · August 23, 2012, 06:57:22 PM

Quote from: jeff37923;575872If using this as a D&D setting, just have it be a giant ant colony that has been taken over by other monsters once something took out all the giant ants.

Nah, fuck it - just use giant ants. They already develop into specific castes to fulfil specific roles within the hive; giant ants would probably have more demanding needs, so you can get away with more.

They're vicious and xenophobic, so would cover your "wandering monsters" well; and their colonies will have abandoned spaces used purely for airflow /cooling, so that gives space for non-ants to live in. There are also other species that live in ant hives, so in a fantasy world, having non-ants living in an ant hive under some sort of illusions spell, or just being covered in "I am an ant!" pheromone, works fine.

RPGPundit · August 24, 2012, 09:32:07 PM

Xiticix!

Of course, the RIFTS Xiticix book has some pretty awesome hive-floorplans of its own.

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One Horse Town · August 24, 2012, 09:48:23 PM

I've got a giant ant nest floorplan here somewhere (not as fancy as the real thing, mind). Had some peons take it on a few years ago.

If i can scan it and type up the relevant bits, i'll post it in a day ot two.

One Horse Town · August 24, 2012, 09:49:03 PM

Quote from: TrueGygaxFan;576366I think it would be pretty scary to have to fight your way through a beehive especially if the bees were dragons!

Specially if they were pseudo!

Piestrio · August 24, 2012, 10:43:55 PM

Quote from: Panzerkraken;575874Oh, I've got my nasties to go in them, the Spectrals are going to have hives based on these carved out of solid rock.

the warriors and workers take on the vague forms of the bodies that they animate after hatching, using the corpses that the hive drains the life energy force from, so that they can exploit the existing technology on whatever world they're conquering, but their more senior castes remain more insectlike, and they have a hive environment that they base out of. This one's the Major Warrior, who's pretty much one of the worst things a player group can see. They don't feel pain, don't slow down from damage to their torso or limbs that doesn't inhibit the movement of their limbs, and they can sense and assess the general emotional state of all animal life within 1km with 6" accuracy. So they're sort of like fast super zombies that want to drag you back to the hive, drain your life force, then turn your body into a host for their young.

What game is that from?

Panzerkraken · August 24, 2012, 11:42:23 PM

Quote from: Piestrio;576385What game is that from?

Living Steel

jeff37923 · August 25, 2012, 03:31:39 AM

Quote from: One Horse Town;576372Specially if they were pseudo!

TrueGygaxFan is pseudo's sockpuppet?

One Horse Town · August 25, 2012, 01:55:02 PM

Quote from: jeff37923;576416TrueGygaxFan is pseudo's sockpuppet?

I very much doubt it. I was talking about pseudo-dragons.

Panzerkraken · August 25, 2012, 05:21:52 PM

Quote from: One Horse Town;576506I very much doubt it. I was talking about pseudo-dragons.

Suddenly all his posts are deleted, did he turn out to be a sockpuppet anyway?

RPGPundit · August 26, 2012, 06:48:10 PM

Quote from: Panzerkraken;576564Suddenly all his posts are deleted, did he turn out to be a sockpuppet anyway?

He was a "Something Awful" plant, which is really fucking ridiculous when you think about it: they create a nonsensical parody of a grognard that they can subsequently quote in order to joke about how stupid grognards are. Its kind of futile.

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beeber · August 28, 2012, 01:52:21 AM

threw his lame one-trick-pony ass on my IL right from start. no loss there.

back to bugs, just remembered a cool bit from moldvay basic--didn't giant bees have healing potion-effect honey? love the little things like that.

RPGPundit · August 29, 2012, 06:26:29 PM

Quote from: beeber;577455threw his lame one-trick-pony ass on my IL right from start. no loss there.

back to bugs, just remembered a cool bit from moldvay basic--didn't giant bees have healing potion-effect honey? love the little things like that.

Yes they did.

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