While I enjoyed this creature I don't feel it's really needed in a game. The environment itself is what is causing the danger, and it does not need to be guided by some hungry foce. In a way I think the lack of rhyme or reason is what makes it more terrifying, that it is not something that can be killed or controled.
These not only make great 'rewards' but I can see them being added to any dungeon to give good ambieance.
66. A white powder that looks like sugar. It's dandruff.
67. A silver-plated deluxe nose-hair trimmer. For the classy villian.
68. A small portable torture instrument such as a 'pear'.
69. Scabs, lovingly collected since childhood.
70. Silk sheets stained with... do you really want to know?
71. Bags upon bags of hair. Not scalps, just cut hair of all colors and lengths.
72. A rat mounted on a stick.
73. Used bandages.
74. A tin of worms.
75. A worn wooden scuplture of a naked woman. It's well oiled. At least you hope what is leaking out is oil.
I have one major problem with this submission: It reads like a page out of TV tropes, and if you have ever been there you know what I mean. CURSE YOU!
This is very well thought out, and the idea of hiding some secret malvolent scripture and spells in plain sight has great plot potential. Parasites have that unnerving factor to them, this is a great addition to a horror game. I can't think of anything that could make this better.
I like the fear factor of this particular 'creature' though I am not sure the sort of psychological aspect makes much sense it gives it a neat alternative to shredding people alive.
My favorite part of the post is the little stories which follow some of the undead, which give great ideas. Each is so well described I am impressed.
Tumble: this button appears to be a flower formed from several pea-sized beads. When removed from an object of clothing the beads which form the petals fall off, creating a slightly treacherous five-foot square for those who do not tread carefully. Concentrating on the button will recall all of the beads, but only within thirty feet.
The extra comments with each entry make this a very readable submission. Surely though there are more than 30 possible disasters...
"...The people of the Dalaben Fens have a custom heretical to our superior Zodashan faith, in which they place their dead upon the grass roofs of their stilt-houses. It is said that they do this because they used to bury their dead before the great Judgement, in which their home became the swamp which it is today."-Sir Edrosh Metorva, "The Barbarian Lands of the East, Volume X."
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