Friday 29 October 2021

Earwigmen


Earwigmen

Loathsome, bellicose insectoids, as bloody-minded and difficult to kill as their diminutive colleagues, earwigmen rove in matriarchal warbands, each band worshipping a malevolent god of its own.

Male: HD 1+1, AC 5, #ATT 1, DMG 1d6 (short sword, hand axe, spear) +1, Move 120, ML 8

Female: HD 2+1, AC 5, #ATT 2, DMG 1d6 (short sword, hand axe, spear) +2/1d3 (pincer), Move 120, ML 9
*The pincer attack will latch on after a successful hit, doing 1d3 hp damage automatically each round thereafter
*Regenerates 1hp per round unless killed outright

Matriarch: HD 3+3, AC 4, #ATT 2, DMG 1d8 (long sword, battle axe)+2/1d4 (pincer), Move 120, ML 10
*The pincer attack will latch on after a successful hit, doing 1d4 hp damage automatically each round thereafter
*Regenerates 3hp per round unless killed outright

Earwigmen are encountered in groups of 3-18 (of which 1 in 4 are females) or in lairs of 55-100 (of which  1 in 4 are females and one is a matriarch; three other females are 2nd level magic-users). 

A group of earwigmen has a 1 in 3 chance of being accompanied by a giant earwig; a lair will include 1d6+3 of them.

Giant earwig: HD 4+4, AC 4, #ATT 2, DMG 1d6+2 (pincers)/1d6 (bite), Move 180, ML 9
*The pincer attack will latch on after a successful hit, doing 1d6+2 damage automatically each round thereafter
*Regenerates 3hp per round unless killed outright

[SIGNAL BOOST: My friend and sort-of neighbour Dan has a kickstarter that might be relevant to your interests: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dansumption/mostly-harmless-meetings-a-zine-of-countryside-encounters]

5 comments:

  1. I’m from Cantref Gwaelod and I say kill ‘em all!

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  2. and the Matriarch is voiced by peter cullen.
    "Earwigs... WIG OUT!"

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  3. I have a love/hate relationship with earwigmen. BRING ME BACK THE REMAINS OF AMYNTAS, DAMN YOU!

    Also, thanks for the signal boost, very appreciated.

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  4. Rod Serling's Night Gallery The Caterpillar story is a nice one involving an earwig.

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  5. Oh hey, Dan's the one with the Peakrill blog, right? Some good stuff there, only stumbled on it recently.

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