Ghul wrote:

francisca wrote:

Chainsaw wrote:

Never seen it. Will check it out, thanks! 

Yup.  You will never "un-see" it, either.

That's an understatement.
 

If only I could un-see to re-un-see it again.

A lot going on; low budget making a fantastic theatrical cut with literally using smoke, mirror...breaking the 4th wall, etc. don’t wanna spoil any more possible elements...

& Connery in thigh highs.

Appreciate your sources and opinion, as always.

I also found no historical examples of this 15/16 century Portuguese boat with oars.
My crew craves the minutiae more than I and I’m currently DMing by remote direction with the PCs rolling their own encounters on their way to the Anthropophagi of Xambaala...

Thank you for all of the maps/plans/views, they are very helpful for a guide.
I’m thinking a two deck open set up on the Main deck and the Gun Deck with three tight racks of oar benches on either side of a central walkway like seen in the Ben-Hur trireme scene.

They also wanted to outfit it with everything they could.
I limited them to three ballista: two stern, one bow.
No ram (rigged for fast sailing) and no Catapult (again, too much rigging and sails).
Definitely, carracks can be modified differently but this is Her Queen’s vessel and is built as decreed.

Spider of Leng wrote:

Cool stuff, though the glyptodonts are in fact a type of armadillo.  When their bones were first discovered, they were thought to be megatherium.  And the two species lived in the same areas and are found in the same Marx toy sets!

Interesting stats; I was thinking about the same for glyptodonts (AC: 2; 6 HD; 2-12 damage plus stun), though I was going a little tougher with cynognathus (4 HD), though this will play, for sure. 
Moschops will be 5-6 HD; Sphenecodon around 6 HD; and maybe 8 HD for Macrauchenia.

Jimm.Iblis wrote:

Glyptodon | ×App 1-4 | AC 1 | MV 20 | HD 7 (hp 28) | ATT tail strike (2d6 plus stun) | SA/D: Shell; stun | SV 13 | ML 8 | INT animal | DX 4 | SZ L | TC - | XP 510
This armored creature has a bony, turtle-like shell from which protrude short limbs, a blunt head, and a short spiky tail.

• Stun for 1-3 rounds on a natural roll of 20 (save neg).

This 9'-long Pleistocene ground sloth was similar in shape to an armadillo, although it was very large and had a long tail. The end of the tail had a heavy ball set with spikes, much like the head of a morning star. In addition, this beast's body was heavily armored with a shell like a turtle's. A peaceful herbivore, Glyptodon was still dangerous to provoke.
~ Conversion from Dragon 137, "Into the Age of Mammals"

Nice execution on the stats (I was working on this idea a few years ago then I became a PC for the adventure instead of the DM), I’d love to get back to noodling around with this niche...
 
Left off here:

Ixpats:
Scythian expatriates on the lam have oft sought safe havens or to obfuscate discovery through disguise or even disfigurement, only brutal wilds offer much reprieve to the patient and persistent Ixians. Many fleeing Scythian have sought solace in the desolate diamond dunes, few lived to see seasonal change,

round a tavern table or fireside, talk might turn - "so, ever hear the one about the Esquimaux Kthulhu monk that disembarked at a port of a Tlingit Kraken monastery?"

Note to Players & part-time DMs: reading further may SPOIL some fun surprises in and around Calencia...

The Invitation:
woe to those that interfere!
A monk entering Calencia will be soon confronted by the resident monks of the Kraken. Roughly every hour, or when exiting buildings, ONLY the errant monk will receive a singular attack coupled w/a specific question, 9 times total over the course of the day.

(change questions to fit vibe of home campaign; these are what I came up with on-the-fly):
Low level questions: Who are you? Where are you from? What do you want?
Mid level questions: What is your purpose? What do you fear? What has changed you?
High level questions: Why do you doubt? How is it life? When happens death?

If Kraken monk:*
--Surprises target AND hits: target knocked into water...
--Rolls a natural 19 or 20 (instead of stunning): target sails into water...
--Hits AND target fails a Dex test: target tumbles into water...

The Trial of the Nine Furies of Khalk-Xu:
at every threshold there is a choice on who you become
About the islet of the monastery dot dwarf osiers and pools fermenting offal. Stairs hewn in the  limestone wind up to large double doors (each 9'x18'), the right door is set with a smaller door (2'x5') on which hangs a 6" Kraken patina knocker; on the left door, midway hangs a much larger 3' Khalk-Xu patina knocker.

The petitioning monk must survive one attack a round for as many level as the monk has levels. Survive all 9 rounds to become Grand Master!
a linked tangle of arms, knees, elbows, legs; writhing, dashing, swirling, lashing
Drawing lots or cards to determine effect is more efficient than rolling dice in this case since each monk attacks but on

My friends and I will try outside gaming...
It’ll be a separate party so this is on hold...

Handy Haversack wrote:

Monkeydono wrote:

Think Inuit cum Bedouin, riding giant armadillos (Glyptodons) each towing on skids an empty shell.

This is now one of my favorite things to think!

I went looking for this...itch: scratched.

Miss you and the gang like family, deep and profound...for real.

APOLLONALIAN Notes for the Sundial Fane:
Elements of Death, Distance, Terror, Awe, Music, Poetry, Dance.

The 8th Ray:
Synesthesia of perceptions
Tastes like a sound; feels like a sight
Duran Duran
Ears ringing/stomach viseralling/oculars oscillating/etc. and All Like Senses if Inverted = Walking on Sunshine, i.e. conveying bounce upon Other Planes than the “ground”...

THE 9TH RAY:
AS SIGHT FROM THE BLIND OR LIFE FROM THE DEAD;
UNDER LETHAL DURESS IT WOULD REMAIN INDESCRIBABLE BY MUNDANE MEANS
...
(lil’ E.R.Burroughs’ inspiration, a lil’ not)

...more notes to come later, also I’ll probably start moving some of my other posts here for easier reference...

<<some things go bump in the night>>

Yes! Thank you for this, Handy!
I won’t start too strong on this immediately with my crew but I will ask them to roll for their falling into the pit traps of the (un)fun-house they are currently in... (front = weapons & pouches; back = pack & pride: crushing blow for the delicate items on the impacted side along with fall saves for the harden items on that side and normal fall saves for delicate items on the other/topside of the fall)
...or if anyone declares using a scroll, vial, glass, prism, sprinkles or a lil twig-n-twine when suddenly meleed or blasted/shot maybe a Dex test to keep the item safe otherwise save vs wrath du jour...

grodog wrote:

Interesting tome, Monkeydono:  what is it?  Echidna is a favorite Greek figure of mine!

Allan.

 

Since you ran the most enjoyable TPK two Garycons ago, Grodog, I picked up a copy for you for winning that year like a pro! Thanks for hanging with us and our rowdy self-destruction, what a blast!