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Post by captaincrumbcake on Jul 6, 2017 10:46:43 GMT -5
The 'Normal Men vs Undead' thread brought up a side point to the topic and probably deserves its own area for discussion. So here.
Salt was mentioned as something that could be used against slimes, oozes, etc. But it is actually used against certain pests in the RW. It is very useful against slugs and snails and I would suggest that such could be the case with giant versions of such.
I'm not a frog expert, but I think salt in large quantities could also be effective against (giant) frogs; though maybe not toads.
Smoke is used in harvesting honey from bee colonies. So I suppose enough torches emitting smoke (and boy, do they) could assist a group in dealing with giant insects in general.
And the list goes on...
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 6, 2017 12:36:09 GMT -5
Both salt and Epsom salt can be used and also in medieval and ancient settings the value of salt was quite high. Setting the price of a pound of salt at 10 GP or even higher is reasonable.
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Post by scottanderson on Jul 7, 2017 10:15:32 GMT -5
Low-DEX bipeds would be deterred by a big bag of grease slathered over the floor. In thinking ogres and some undead but maybe there are others.
Certainly even a small wall of flame, as from bales of hay and lamp oil, would deter most animals and even some normal-types like goblins. It would force a morale roll for braver normal-types.
Don't forget the venerable wall, whether stone or palisade
But these are just logical ones. What fantastical weaknesses to normal items might fantastical beasts be subject to?
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Post by magremore on Jul 8, 2017 9:33:29 GMT -5
Apparently copper delivers an electric charge to slugs, so while Giant Slugs might be too large to be affected by salt like their normal-sized brethren, it seems copper would still do serious harm.
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Post by scottanderson on Jul 8, 2017 9:37:05 GMT -5
Boy, slugs and snails have a couple of weaknesses now! What about oozes? You think?
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Post by captaincrumbcake on Jul 9, 2017 12:31:03 GMT -5
What should a party of adventurers do if they encounter the fabled-feared Rust Monster?
As long as you're playing a pre-1978 (Holmes is okay) system, just pelt the suckers with all your copper and gold pieces and keep your distance; or let a brave magic-user venture close with a silver dagger.
The Rust monster's appetite includes only ferrous material/items, in its early appearance. That means, anything made with an iron element. Why? because the creature's touch corrodes the item into rust, which the monster then eats. It doesn't eat the item in its original form. (At least that's how I interpret it.)
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Post by scottanderson on Jul 9, 2017 15:53:41 GMT -5
Scrap Princess or Patrick Stewart or the Hoblin Punch guy, they would have a list of monsters and a list of alchemical and normal substances, and then assign one or more to each monster (and double up when it makes sense.) I however am not that dedicated or clever. But I think that's the way to go about it.
Maybe I'll do that some time tonight.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 9, 2017 17:42:49 GMT -5
Scrap Princess or Patrick Stewart or the Hoblin Punch guy, they would have a list of monsters and a list of alchemical and normal substances, and then assign one or more to each monster (and double up when it makes sense.) I however am not that dedicated or clever. But I think that's the way to go about it. Maybe I'll do that some time tonight. Who are these three of whom you speak? The only Partick Stewart I know of is the British actor and Scrap Princess pulled up a children's artist and Hoblin Punch pulls up nothing. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2017 18:13:30 GMT -5
Rust Monsters are only fearsome if the party is used to attacking everything it sees, in which case they deserve whatever happens.
Drop some iron spikes on the floor, turn, and run.
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Post by scottanderson on Jul 10, 2017 11:30:07 GMT -5
Sorry. GOBLIN punch. Scrap Princess and Patrick Stewart are most famous firDeep Carbon Observatory, but that's like saying Shakespeare is famous for Romeo and Juliet. Their bodies of work are deep and wonderful. Patrick Stewart writes the False Machine blog falsemachine.blogspot.com/?m=1 |
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 10, 2017 12:58:05 GMT -5
Sorry. GOBLIN punch. Scrap Princess and Patrick Stewart are most famous firDeep Carbon Observatory, but that's like saying Shakespeare is famous for Romeo and Juliet. Their bodies of work are deep and wonderful. Patrick Stewart writes the False Machine blog falsemachine.blogspot.com/?m=1Thanks for the info, BTW just people know I clicked on the link for Scrap Princess from the False Machine blog and got a NSFW page so be careful where you look at this, I had to close that in a hurry and I won't be reading that one. NSFW means NSFH too, at least for me. Why don't you expand on what is deep and wonderful, please. |
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Post by scottanderson on Jul 10, 2017 16:49:15 GMT -5
I was just looking over Patrick Stewart's False Machine blog. His last few posts are"
*An essay on the essence of "An Adventure"... very meta stuff, and the process of setting up a guild of sorts in the UK for OSR people.
*A review of three different OSR games. All in depth!
*OSR inspirational content based on the Transformers movie. Mind-blowing
*A research trip to Chester Castle, with copious notes and photos
*The culture of The Wreckers, a sort of a pirate gang without a ship that preys upon ships who crash upon their shore. Very in depth. A hex or mini-campaign totally ready to play.
*A long conversation with someone (Arnold K., another OSR blogger I can't place at the moment) about how to write better.
So that was his last week.
He writes like 2,000 high-quality words every day on a ton of different topics about the OSR.
Goblin Punch is a little less prolific, only writing every couple of weeks, but everything he does is awesome. Since it's SFW, go look. When I found his blog, I wanted to bookmark every post; every one.
Scrap Princess is nont NSFW for pictures but sometimes talks about topics that would have been considered "adult" in the olden days of, say, 2010 (but are now talked about all over.) So she's safe.
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 10, 2017 17:12:16 GMT -5
Scrap Princess is nont NSFW for pictures but sometimes talks about topics that would have been considered "adult" in the olden days of, say, 2010 (but are now talked about all over.) So she's safe. Well to be fair whether it is SFW or NSFW can vary even when there are no pictures. So use this guideline, if there are any topics you would not be able to discuss with any of you co-workers some of the scrap princess stuff you might not want to have on your work computer screen. I have zero co-workers that I could show the page that comes up today, from scrap princess, to. |
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Post by Admin Pete on Jul 10, 2017 17:13:33 GMT -5
I was just looking over Patrick Stewart's False Machine blog. His last few posts are" *An essay on the essence of "An Adventure"... very meta stuff, and the process of setting up a guild of sorts in the UK for OSR people. *A review of three different OSR games. All in depth! *OSR inspirational content based on the Transformers movie. Mind-blowing *A research trip to Chester Castle, with copious notes and photos *The culture of The Wreckers, a sort of a pirate gang without a ship that preys upon ships who crash upon their shore. Very in depth. A hex or mini-campaign totally ready to play. *A long conversation with someone (Arnold K., another OSR blogger I can't place at the moment) about how to write better. So that was his last week. He writes like 2,000 high-quality words every day on a ton of different topics about the OSR. That is really prolific. I am going to be looking at this one in more detail. |
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Post by scottanderson on Aug 4, 2017 11:12:49 GMT -5
Check out Elfmaids and Octopi too. By Chris Tamm.
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