The Thirty Worlds - World VI

[Q Man]

30 Dimensional Fatigue Events Our premise is that the following disaster happened and what kind of world or worlds could have or did result from this disaster. If there are (will be) multiple ideas, then additional threads World Ib, World Ic, etc can be created.

6. Big Ass Bug Hunt



Bugs are creepy, bugs are the closest things to aliens we experience on Earth, and lots of people are weirded out by them. So it makes sense that for some reason, insects, and things that for lack of a better term look and act like insects are not entirely uncommon in the realms of arcanotech. Bug Hunts are what happen when there is an arcanotech failure that creates a semi-permenant portal between dimensions, big bugs from alternate realities come to Earth to check out the real estate. As big ass bugs, they are very capable, likely have some sort of intelligence, and recognize humans as the dominant species here. How odd would it be if giant insects were weirded out by rats and tiny monkeys are we are just as horrific an alien to them as they are to us?



Scenario: straight forward, lock and load. Big ass bugs are loose and its up to the PCs and their guns to bring down the bug menace and save the day. Kill the bugs, destroy the machine, maybe lob a few bombs through the portal before it closes.

[Q Man]

There is an example scenario, but don't let that limit your ideas, write your own scenario and rift off of that. This is a group brainstorming exercise so go for it.

[El Borak]

As described in the above Scenario, but the bugs capture the players and take them back through the portal.

[scrasamax]

The Tarantula Hawk captures, paralyzes, and lays its eggs in very large spiders. Likewise the bugs in the bug swarm are not interested in humanity as a foe, or our planet. We are a warm suitably moist protein rich object suitable for their eggs to gestate and hatch, eating the host from the inside out, but in such a fashion that the host lives as long as possible. A living host, no matter how insane, ragged, and missing organs, is better than a dead one.

[Q Man]

Aug 8, 2018 15:41:21 GMT -5 scrasamax said:

The Tarantula Hawk captures, paralyzes, and lays its eggs in very large spiders. Likewise the bugs in the bug swarm are not interested in humanity as a foe, or our planet. We are a warm suitably moist protein rich object suitable for their eggs to gestate and hatch, eating the host from the inside out, but in such a fashion that the host lives as long as possible. A living host, no matter how insane, ragged, and missing organs, is better than a dead one.

Ouch, now that is not how I want to go! Hit unprepared and try to seal yourself off and wait for them to breed and leave again. By then few survivors and no animals of any size left anywhere on the planet.