… And When They Bark They Shoot Bees at You
Swarm of Bees
Medium swarm of Tiny beasts, unaligned
—————————————————————————
Armour Class 12
Hit Points 22 (5d8)
Speed 5 ft., fly 30 ft.
—————————————————————————
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
3 (-4) 14 (+2) 10 (+0) 1 (-5) 7 (-2) 1 (-5)
—————————————————————————
Damage Resistances bludgeoning, piercing, slashing
Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, paralyzed, petrified, prone, restrained, stunned
Senses blindsight 10 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
—————————————————————————
Swarm. The swarm can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and the swarm can move through any opening large enough for a Tiny insect. The swarm can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.
—————————————————————————
ACTIONS
—————————————————————————
Stings. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target in the swarm’s space. Hit: 5 (2d4) piercing damage, or 2 (1d4) piercing damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. The target must make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw, taking 7 (2d4 + 2) poison damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
The Legend of Excalibur
Watching these together — and by together I mean at the same time — never gets old:
I prefer Legend’s orchestral score for this.
Try it.
Every Dame’s a Dungeon
Continuing the idea of playing a game across the bodies of your friends and lovers, here are some thoughts on the distaff side.
Question: What do H. Rider Haggard, Friedrich Nietzsche and John Mayer have in common?
Exhibit A:
– H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon’s Mines
Exhibit B:
“Young: a cavern decked about. Old: a dragon sallies out.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
Exhibit C:
Answer: They’ve all written about the female form as a passport to adventure.
Lucky for us, tattooed women are also covered in evocative noun imagery. And it’s all playable. Fun just got more fun!
For examples go to SuicideGirls or search “tattoo woman” and view images.
Now get out there and turn your friends into a sandbox or megadungeon. Every body as a locale or level is a good place to start.
Every Man’s a Module
My wife and I were awake one Saturday morning and she commented my body could be an adventure where at the end the treasure – the jewels – are guarded by an anaconda (her words). Later I got to thinking. I have a couple of tattoos, a leprechaun and a mad hatter. Well, what if they were antagonists along the way?
Virtually every guy with more than one tattoo has images of monsters, animals, people, environments and places marked out straight onto his body. Play that!
By way of example search “yakuza” and view images.
To cast a wider net search “tattoo man” and view images.
See what I mean?