Wortcovs Mazes & mutants bestiary

[clingynepenthes]

I had a dream where @bogleech​ posted an “old favorite” that I didn’t recognize, even though I’ve been following Mortasheen since they were Necromon.

It looked like the carcass of a beaked whale, the flesh tattered and seemingly decaying, but the head was like a bit like a goblin shark, and out of its mouth protruded a fleshy anemone/flower-like organ that look like something prolapsing out, like a sock being turned inside out, and overall the whole thing looked a bit like this:

The thing’s gimmick was that it actually smelled sweet, like roses, even after it died. Bogleech claimed it was “based on species of Magnolias that used cyanide” on their pollinators, so I assume this thing’s perfume was also a deadly toxin, and the source of the perfume was the fleshy organ prolapsing out of its mouth.

Despite its popularity, bogleech wasn’t happy with the design, and felt it was too mundane, so he came up with new one:

Now the mouth opened from the top, so basically it now had its head on backwards, and looked bulkier and more sluggish.

[deep-time-tomb]

wow, even in peoples dreams does @bogleech ruin good monsters with redesigns.

[wortcovsbestiary]

Skyrim spells for OSR rpgs 1: novice spells

magica pool= HD magica regen: 1% per second, 6% in a round (minimum 1 every 2 rounds)

DESTRUCTION

Flames cost: 1 duration: second dmg 1d4 fire range: 35 feet special: save or catch fire, taking 1d3 extra dmg from other attacks.

Frostbite cost: 2 duration: second dmg :1d4 frost to health and stamina range: 35 feet. Special: save or lose 1 initiative for one turn.

Spark cost:2 duration: second dmg: 1d4 electric to both health and magic. range: 45 feet.

CONJURATION

Bound dagger cost:3 duration: 20 turns range: self dmg: 1d4 magic

Bound sword cost:9 duration:20 turns range: self dmg: 1d6 magic

Conjure familiar cost: 11 Duration: 10 turns range: 20 feet dmg: Special: summons wolf( HD:2, M:60', AC:15, Att:1, DMG: 1d6, SV:F1)

Raise Zombie cost: 10 duration: 10 rounds range: 180 feet dmg: Special: raises a corpse into a zombie ( HD:2, M:40', AC:14, Att:1, DMG: 1d8 or wep, SV:F1)

ALTERATIONS

Candlelight cost:2 duration: 10/22 turns* range: dmg: Special: causes floating light like a torch, last 22 turns if dual cast.

equlibrium cost: 3 health duration: 1 second dmg: range:self special: converts 3 health into 3 magica

Oakflesh cost: 10 duration: 10 rounds dmg: range:self Special: change AC to 18

ILLUSION

courage cost:4 duration: 10 rounds dmg: range: 470 feet special: immune to morale, gets +5 temorary HP and stamina

Fury cost:7 duration: 5 turns dmg: range: 90 feet special: causes a target of lvl 6 or lower to attack another nearby creature randomly.

RESTORATION

Healing cost: 1xHD duration: 1 second dmg: range: self special: heals 1xHD per use

lesser ward cost: 3 duration: 1 second dmg: range: self special: increase armor to 18 and absorb

[bogleech]

The Mortasheen monsters based on the Hopkinsville Goblin and Flatwoods Monster felt like they had kind of weak designs, and the Abathrael (last image) felt like it was kind of all alone, so I made the other two into cousins of it.

http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/vault.htm

http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/hobkin.htm

[wortcovsbestiary]

great, my number 1 favorite unknown (and vault was quite high on the list as well) combined with my number 1 (on a top 4 list) of unknowns I dont like :|

[bogleech]

If my next enamel pin project were a real animal one like a deep sea fish or an obscure invertebrate or a parasite, what would you potentially like to see? I considered a tardigrade but a really cute one exists already that I can’t possibly top.

[wortcovsbestiary]

how about some mortasheen pins instead?

[wortcovsbestiary]

concept art  of “what if orcs where just 3 goblins in trenchcoats?”

[bogleech]

I figured it was the best season to update Motasheen’s basic spider monster, Vertigo!

Its design has always borrowed heavily from old paintings of hungry ghosts.

[wortcovsbestiary]

first decent colored arthropoid redesign, probably because it was a generic arachindman to begin with.

though still not as awesome as ambler was before they got retconned out.

[bogleech]

Gruemaw, another of the very oldest Mortasheen monsters, has undergone a revamp some people will probably loathe like most revamps, especially if they weren’t picturing it bright pink all these years like I was as a homage to The Blob crossed with a cryptozoological globster.

Visit its profile link to see it as a baby, too, because that wound up filling its own separate role as a battlemonster.

http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/gruemaw.htm

[wortcovsbestiary]

revamp looks to be the size of a cat and asking you to end its suffering :/ also why do you only spam awfull hospital and revamp monsters on tumblr and never post any of the new monsters that actually are good?

[deep-time-tomb]

“mmmm, if you wibble into the abyss, the abyss wibbles back…sorry.” @xolta and his stand “who let the dogs out.”

(xolta drawn by @xolta, stand by me)

[titleknown]

Why is it that more Necromancers in fantasy don’t keep giant bugs or snakes as pets?

Like, I mean, via molting and shedding they produce perfectly good; usable husks of dead tissue on a regular basis, which would be perfect for creating what’re essentially massive amounts of ground troops of snake skins and spider molts, I’m surprised at least one creator hasn’t happened upon it…

[samael]

I’d argue because Necromancers traditionally represent entropy and those things suggest growth, change and life. Not to suggest that death isn’t inherently transformative, but they usually don’t read it like that.

[khatoblepas]

Well, in the D&D sense, the main kind of skin-based undead are the Forsaken Shell and the Skin Kite, both based around the theme of, well, skin hunger. Traditionally, undead are seen as lacking something, and crave it - vampires crave the blood of man, ghouls crave their flesh, these skin guys crave skin. It’s kind of negative energy’s thing, to be constantly taking, constantly wanting. (as opposed to positive energy, which is constantly giving, for better or worse). What does a moulted skin of a bug or a snake want for? Absolutely nothing. It is just a discarded shell, you may as well animate the dust that we create from our skin. Though on a more pragmatic level, I don’t think snake skins and spider molts would be very useful ground troops. They’re very fragile. Now they WOULD be good for show. put a lantern inside them, dye the molt eerie colours, you got the perfect intimidating ambulatory glowing balloon animal.

[titleknown]

TBH, on the pragmatism issue I’d say that you could fill ‘em with explosives and razors/spikes to make ‘em essentially walking bombs, or fill ‘em with alchemist’s fire to turn them into napalm dispensers, or fill ‘em with poison gas to have ‘em spew it across the battlefield.

I was thinking a bit of stuff like the Siege Undead from The Scarred Lands, where they took apart the corpse and used it to make three undead, one skeleton, one animated musculature attached to a metal frame, one bag of skin filled with sand.

Also, I kinda like the idea that rather than their feeding being based on “longing” for something, undead could more be feeding on the entropic process; IE the process of the decay/transmutation-of-life in itself. So maybe you’d feed the snakeskins with mouse-bones and the bug skins with compost and other chitin remnants as a part of that…

[wortcovsbestiary]

there are undead snake skins in pathfinder, but are hard to craft in the lore, requring a unknown artifact and/or demigod. there is also a undead insect template but unable to find it atm.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/hollow-serpent/ and another thing to consider is the logistics of keeping snakes/large spiders and breeding the animals they feed on in a fantasy setting and that snakes dont molt that often, meaning you would need to get a lot of snakes or wait a long time to, compared to normal undead that you only need a shovel and a graveyard, to get a large horde.

[bogleech]

So I'm looking into building a team of monsters in Mortasheen. How many monsters can there be on one team or is there no set number?

In the RPG (I just did some more stuff for it this month and can have more updates soon, I think!) there’s going to be no set number that I know of yet; they said that so far, battles in playtesting have all resolved well enough and quickly enough without a need to establish a limit.But I like to think “official” in-universe duels and tournament battles are done with a maximum of ten monsters.

It’s also both an in-universe and game rule that one of your monsters is your main partner with special perks

[wortcovsbestiary]

but will you be able to play it like a normal rpg without a monster team?

[titleknown]

REBLOG IF YOU’RE A FAN OF MORTASHEEN!

[deep-time-tomb]

fan is such a strong word but I cant thing of anything more fitting so I guess I am one.

[wortcovsbestiary]

today is the 2 year anniversary of the studio producing the mortasheen rpg vanishing from social media after working on the rpg for 5 years.

like I understand it takes time to make a rpg and sometimes you dont really got anything new to say, but 2 years? is the guy dead? did he forget the passwords? did he not pay his internet bill? did he get arrested and sent to guantanamo without a trial? did he loose his job and is now living on the streets begging for money?

we might never know (unless @bogleech got any clues on whats going on.)

[wortcovsbestiary]

got this weird pdf reader program called “pdf complete special edition” and for some reason did it render my entire “Castle Gargantua” into weird gibberish...

[bogleech]

do you support people adapting your creatures to tabletop RPG campaigns?

Absolutely!

[wortcovsbestiary]

got almost 200 done over in this blog,stated for OSR D20 games tagged under “mortasheenD20″.

(probably should get back and finish of the other 300+.)

[bogleech]

LONG OVERDUE:

The main index of Mortasheen Monsters has been upgraded with thumbnails of all 560+ current monsters.

Keep reading

[wortcovsbestiary]

huh, I got it to 511, guess I must have miss-calculated, still 189 done so not that many to go. anyway, not sure I got much enthusiasm left for a game who’s designers have not updated on their facebook or twitter for over a year and got a dead website, and my “sudgestions” could fill a book big enough to crush a bemzuul, so just going to say; please stick to black and white, be kind towards chimerisec and the other arthropoids, I hope the “similar monsters” refers to swarmlings and some more ultimate trash monsters would be quite interesting to see. 

[wortcovsbestiary]

MortasheenD20 bestiary: genozoa, hominids.

waxwork was a bit of a pain to figure out a good way, and still not 100% happy with it, but it will have to do for now.

name:Brainpan HD:2 HP:10 Speed:½ human Armour:chainmail intelligence:12(wil 12) attacks: mental burst thermal control(heat) reference:lvl 3 specialist.

name:Chernoblab HD:1 HP:6 Speed:as human. Armour:leather+shield intelligence:10 attacks: as optic emission(radiation) except half range. reference:lvl 2 stealth specialist

name:Chernoblench HD:3 HP:15 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:12 attacks: 2 claw attack +3(2d6+3) optic emission(radiation) reference:lvl 2 figter.

name:Epidermic HD:2 HP:10 Speed: Armour:chainmail intelligence:12 attacks: trow chunk +1(10' increments, save against poison or get epidermitis) sneeze (10' cone, save against breath weapon, failure means a save against poison or get epidermitis) touch +1(save against poison or get epidermitis) Speical Epidermitis save mod:+3 infection duration 1d3 weeks affected stats:movement 0(when dex reaches 0) damage per day:-1d4 dex, 1d4 dmg, +d6-4 ac. symptoms:hard, crusty skin. reference:lvl 2 specialist.

name:fearlobe HD:1 HP:6 Speed:human Armour:none intelligence:1 attacks: earwig swarm(as swarm(Flying) but each time they deal damage, roll a d20: on a 16+ deal 1d4 intellect or wisdom dmg) reference:lvl 1 specialist/swarm

name:Oolg HD:4 HP:20 Speed:humanX2 Armour:chainmail intelligence:13 attacks: bite +1 (2d4+1) grapple(+[number of arms used+1], str 12) touch +1(both touch and grapple have save against poison or get paralysed in 2d4+2 turns, cured by2d4 days in well stocked hospital -1 day per 4 pound of industrial strength skin lotions -2 days if working angle grinder is available, deals 1d8 dmg. reference:lvl 4 specialist.

name:Orifice HD:7 HP:35 Speed:human(floating) Armour:chainmail intelligence:12 attacks: OUTSIDE sucking vortex(30' cone, save against breath weapon or move 1d6 squares towards it, base contact means swallowed) INSIDE grapple(+4, str 13, grappled targets cant attack, can grapple any creatures inside it simultaneously.) digestions(save against poison at end of each day, deals 1d4 dmg on a fail, automatic death after 30 fails.) Mutations psionic flight reference:lvl 3 fighter.

name:Pugnoxious HD:2 HP:14 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:12(4) attacks: bite +3(1d6+3) gas belch(15' cone, save against breath: failure means save against poison or get afflicted by class[dms choice] poison.) reference:lvl 2 figter

name:Scabberant HD:1 HP:12 Speed:human Armour:leather+shield intelligence:12 attacks: as swarm(ground) grapple(+2, str 10, success starts suffocating target, killing it in [con] turns.) reference:lvl 1 fighter/swarm.

name: HD:2 HP:10 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:10 attacks: spit +2(30',1d6 dex dmg, at 0 immobilized and helpless.) or tongue +2(10',1d4+2) or as spit-crafted weapon+2. reference:lvl 2 fighter.

name:Stinkeye HD:2 HP:12 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:12 attacks: black ink(30', constant,-4 on all actions, save against poison when entering zone or get stunned(gagging) for 1d4 turns.) ink jet +2 (20', 1d4 items and/or target (70%/20%/10% chance its both) hit gets black ink as above, but add -1 to the penalty per week gone past, last for 1d8 weeks. reference:lvl 1 fighter.

name:Tumorman HD:1 HP:8 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:12 attacks: touch +2 roll 1d100: 1-35:1d6+2 cha dmg; 36-50:2d6+2dmg; 51-70:3d6+2dmg; 71-97:random mutation; 98-100:deadly cancer, 2d6 weeks to live. OR 1d4 acid bursts +2(15', 1d8+2, corrosive.) reference:lvl 2 fighter

name:waxwork HD:8 HP:40 Speed:humanx2 Armour:plate+shield intelligence:12 attacks: 3 touch attacks +5(15' reach, 3d8+5) reference:lvl 3 fighter, lvl 3 specialist(stealth),see also grey ooze attacks.

[wortcovsbestiary]

MortasheenD20 bestiary: genezoa, mammals.

with mammals done can I finally see the end of the first group, only like,400 something left to do?

name:Abomignash HD:7 HP:32 Speed: as human Armor:as leather inteligence:10(wil 14) attacks: bite 2 small claw +2(1d8+2) 2 big claw (2d8+2) grapple(+2, str 10 or 12 depending on grappling with small or big claws, free attacks with the non-grappling pair.) mutations wind control(wil VS 10+½con-AC) coloured fur/dust/snow cloud (as chameleon epidermis) reference:lvl 1 fighter.

name:Armadour HD:3 HP:14 Speed:as human(or x2 when charging) Armor:plate inteligence:10 attacks: maul +2(1d10+2) charge +2(1d10+2x2) Reference:lvl 1 fighter.

name:Baboil HD:2 HP:10 Speed:as human Armour:as leather intelligence:12 attacks: rectal blast +2(2d4+2, heat dmg.) Mutations hypnotic pattern(save against paralyse or stunned for 1d4 turns) reference:lvl 1 fighter

name:Bifons HD:1 HP:6 Speed:humanX2 Armour:as leather intelligence:14(wil 13) attacks: 2 mental stun blast(mental attack, requires eye contact, deals 2d4+1 dmg and requires a paralyse save to not be stunned for 1d4+1 turns.) 1 mental stun blast is asleep or no joey reference:lvl 1 specialist.

name:Boogle HD:1 HP:7 Speed:humanX2 Armour:leather intelligence:14 attacks: gaze(save against paralyse or go blind and get -6 to all physical actions(-2 to all mental) mutations reduced sense(blind) sonar reference:lvl 3 specialist, technology, stealth and mischief skills.

name:Belphegoyle HD:3 HP:18 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:13 attacks: breath weapon(15 feet cone, 3d6 dmg, save against breath weapon for ½ dmg.deals 1d4+1 to itself.) or horn attack +2(1d4+2) Mutations accumulated resistance(own breath weapon.) reference:lvl 1 fighter.

name:Blightmare HD:5 HP:25 Speed:as human Armour:chainmail+shield intelligence:12 attacks: 2 spore-laden filth +3(save against poison or get afflicted by flesh eating fungi. 1 prancing stomp +3 (2d6+3) Special 1 extra stomp attack if hearing a rhythmic sound and +1 for every 2 musical monster or 4 orchestra members within earshot. reference:lvl 2 fighter.

name:catoplagas HD:3 HP:15 Speed:human Armour:as leather intelligence:8 attacks: as swarm(fleas, ground) reference:lvl 1 specialist and swarm

name:detrivile HD:4 HP:16 Speed:as human Armour:leather intelligence:12 attacks: 2 claws +2(1d6+2) grapple (+2, str 14, if successful, free bite attack) bite attack +2(2d8+2, swallow.) Special contains 2d10 pieces of extra loot, 75% being broken and/or random junk(if random junk list is available) reference:lvl 1 fighter.

name:Dismole HD:9 HP:40 Speed:as human. Armour:plate intelligence:14 attacks: 2 vibro-claw attacks +5 (2d8+5) bite attack (1d4+5, save against poison or get afflicted by indefinite hibernation after 1d6 turns, requiring 1d6 days of medical attention at a well-stocked lab/hospital to wake up.) reference:lvl 4 fighter.

name:Dingnut. HD:2 HP:8 Speed: as human Armour:as leather+shield intelligence:14 attacks: 2 crushing claw attacks +1(2d8+1) or grapple(+1, str 15) against gear only, disarming or bending it,   reference: lvl 10 specialist, focused on tech, climb, escape, sabotage.

name:dunesayer HD:1 HP:6 Speed:human or humanX3(borrowing Armour:none, as shield(if wearing skull) chainmail if bellow ground intelligence:12(wil 14) attacks: as swarm or focused blast(5 radius within dust storm, 3d8+1, save against breath weapon for ½ dmg.) mutations control weather(dust storm(80 feet square) only.) reference:lvl 1 specialist.

name:excrehemoth HD:10 HP:50 Speed:½human Armour:plate intelligence:12 attacks: bite attack +4(2d8+4, swallow) 1d3 toxic vents (20' cone in its back arch,save against breath weapon or get afflicted by class 4 poison or class 4 radiation(saves against poison/wands as normal.) Special can be used to extract useful thing from sewage waste (3 hours work gives 1d8 "rations", 1d6 water, 1d4 random metal ores) (3 of the same is enough for 1 ingot). reference:lvl 3 fighter.

name:Fangatan HD:4 HP:16 Speed:as human Armour:chainmail intelligence:13(wil 12) attacks: 2 fists +3(2d6+3) Mutations empathy(terror) quickness(only while hearing music) hibernation Special -7 to hit female humanoids. reference:lvl 2 fighter.

name:Gorgoblepas HD:9 HP:45 Speed:as human Armour:chainmail intelligence:8 attacks: 4 claw attacks +4(1d4+4) gas attack(25 feet cone, save against poison or be paralysed for 1d4 turns. if open flame is in the area, 3d6 fire damage, save against breath weapon for half dmg. mutations Regenerating capabilities reference:lvl 3 fighter

name:Fevile HD:1 HP:8 Speed:humanX3 Armour:leather+shield intelligence:13 attacks: 2 claw attacks +1(1d6+1) 1 bite attack  +1(1d4+1) reference: lvl 5 stealth specialist.

name:Fungusloth HD:8 HP:30 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:10 attacks: spit +1(save against paralyse or get stunned for 1d4+1 turns) fungus cloud(all creatures 10' away save against poison or get afflicted by flesh eating fungi(same as flesh eating virus) and stunned for 1d4+2 turns(save only gives stun) Special grows 4d8+2 random fungi on its body. reference:lvl 5 specialist.

name:Gnawfull HD:1 HP:4 Speed:humanX2 Armour:leather intelligence:11 attacks: bite +1(1d6+1) reference:lvl 4 stealth specialist.

name:Heebies HD:2 HP:10 Speed:human Armour:plate intelligence:10 attacks: as swarm(ants) 2 claw attacks +1(1d4+1) reference:lvl 1 specialist, swarm.

name:Lagomust HD:2 HP:8 Speed:as human Armour:leather+shield intelligence:10 attacks: dust cloud(10' diameter, save against poison or stunned(sneezing) for 1d4 turns, natural 1 on save means target suffers a class 4 poison(allergic reaction) 2 claw attacks +1(1d6+1, 1d4+1, on a natural 20(or helpless target save against poison or suffer class 12 poison.) reference:lvl 3 stealth specialist

name:Malodorodon HD:3 HP:12 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:8 attacks: belch(15 cone, save against breath or get stunned for 1d4 turns and -4 to all actions for 1d8 turns.) bite +2 (1d6+2, save against poison or suffer class 2 poison.) reference:lvl 1 specialist

name:Malphas HD:3 HP:15 Speed:humansX3 Armour:leather+shield intelligence:14 attacks: bite +3(2d6+3,charge) mutations reduced senses(vision) unique sense. reference:lvl 2 fighter

name:Marrow HD:5 HP:30 Speed:humanX2 Armour:chainmail intelligence:9 attacks: bite +3(2d6+3,grapple(+3, str 15) for continuous dmg.) club +3(3d6+3.) reference:lvl 2 fighter.

name:Mongrunge HD:4 HP:16 Speed:human Armour:chainmail+shield intelligence:12 attacks: as swarm reference:swarm/lvl 3 fighter.

name:Mormel HD:3 HP:15 Speed:as human Armour:leather intelligence:12 attacks: Bite +3(3d8+3) reference:lvl 2 fighter.

name:pustulump HD:1 HP:8 Speed: ½ human Armour:shield intelligence:9 attacks: 1d4 busted boils +1(range 10, save against poison or get afflicted by flesh eating virus.) reference:lvl 1 specialist.

name:Sleeze HD:1 HP:5 Speed:human Armour:leather+shield intelligence:13 attacks: bite +1(1d6+1) mutations fragrance development reference:lvl 5 thief specialist.

name:Spewze HD:2 HP:8 Speed:human Armour:leather intelligence:4 attacks: slime shot +2(50', fires 1HD of slime per turn. Special Comes with 1 random slime(3d4 hd) immune to slime dmg reference:lvl 1 fighter/slime.

name:snufagunk HD:6 HP:32 Speed:human Armour:chainmail intelligence:12 attacks: Giant claw +4(2d6+4) Mutations weak will reference:lvl 3 fighter.

name:Volross HD:3 HP:15 Speed:human(½ if born in the wild) Armour:chainmail intelligence:12 attacks: 2 claws +3(2d4+3) bite +3(2d8+3) reference:lvl 2 fighter.

name:Wackamaul HD:4 HP:20 Speed:human Armour:plate intelligence:12(wil 14) attacks: tail club +4(2d8+4) or 2 claws  +4(2d6+4)   or 1 bite   +4(2d4+4) Mutations mental phantasm reference:lvl 3 fighter