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
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I’m from Cantref Gwaelod and I say kill ‘em all!
ReplyDeleteand the Matriarch is voiced by peter cullen.
ReplyDelete"Earwigs... WIG OUT!"
I have a love/hate relationship with earwigmen. BRING ME BACK THE REMAINS OF AMYNTAS, DAMN YOU!
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks for the signal boost, very appreciated.
Rod Serling's Night Gallery The Caterpillar story is a nice one involving an earwig.
ReplyDeleteOh hey, Dan's the one with the Peakrill blog, right? Some good stuff there, only stumbled on it recently.
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