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Read More manikinWhen I ran Into the Past it was a series of battles using tactical maps. I “borrowed” the basic setup and idea from the encounters of the same name from Revenge of the Giants. Here is the layout of Xoud’s Laboratory with each monster key. These were tough encounters for my party of four level 8 […]
Read More Into the Past: Putting it TogetherPrevious entries in this mini-series of visiting past Nimmeria: Gearsmen Mk. I – “Knight” Gearsmen Mk. II – “Destroyer” Gearsmen Mk. I – “Thunder Priest” Gearsmen Mk. I – “Boneclaw” Guardian-Skull Hunter-Killer – “Bastion Class” These new and updated gearsmen guard Xoud’s laboratory at the Technic League Compound before he had built The Choking Tower. This is the prototype version of the […]
Read More Into the Past: Prototype Robotic ApprenticeContinuing on from part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 and part 5 with our visit into the past of Nimmeria here is another updated gearsmen guarding Xoud’s lab at the Technic League Compound. This is a melee attacker and anti-caster model. A light version of the boss-mob Bastion. BASTION CLASS HUNTER-KILLER Medium construct (robot), unaligned Armour Class 18 (natural armour) Hit Points 33 (6d8 + 6) […]
Read More Into the Past: Bastion Class Hunter-KillerContinuing on from part 1, part 2, part 3 and part 4 with our visit into the past of Nimmeria here is another updated gearsmen guarding Xoud’s lab at the Technic League Compound. This is a range attacker/annoyance model. After two of these dropped their vile conflagration nanite bombs on top of the party at […]
Read More Into the Past: Servo-Skull, Guardian-Skull VariantContinuing on from part 1, part 2 and part 3 with our visit into the past of Nimmeria here is another updated gearsmen guarding Xoud’s lab at the Technic League Compound. This is a melee/battlefield control model (due to reach). Built from the undead of the same name. “BONECLAW” CLASS GEARSMAN (MK. I) Large Construct (robot), neutral Armour Class 18 (reinforced skymetal plating) Hit Points […]
Read More Into the Past: “BONECLAW” Class Gearsman (Mk. I)Continuing on from part 1 and part 2 with our visit into the past of Nimmeria here is another updated gearsmen guarding Xoud’s lab at the Technic League Compound. This is a melee/healer model. “THUNDER PRIEST” CLASS GEARSMEN (Mk. I) Medium Construct (robot), neutral Armour Class 17 (reinforced skymetal plating and shield) Hit Points 72 (8d10 +24) Speed 30 ft. Initiative […]
Read More Into the Past: “THUNDER PRIEST” CLASS GEARSMEN (Mk. I)On paper, this guy looks tough. Combined with the fact that when the party attacks him, klaxons scream and the entire deck comes to help. At this point in the adventure my group had been avoiding fights so I expected a TPK. But they avoided it by nuking the ship and ending the campaign. BASTION […]
Read More ROBOTS & ANDROIDS: BASTION, Noqual HorrorI described these are elephant sized AT-ATs. Of course, one of my players took the time to shrink themselves, get on a broom, attach a rope of climbing to the leg of the pulsepounder and proceeded to circle it in an attempt to trip it. </faceplant> I brought it on myself for describing it the […]
Read More ROBOTS & ANDROIDS: PULSEPOUNDERA clear reference to the original Expedition to the Barrier Peaks exercise robots. A shame I never got to use them 🙁 WARDEN ROBOT Customised Mannequin Robot Medium Construct (robot), neutral Armour Class 18 (reinforced skymetal frame) Hit Points 280 (13d8 +39) Speed 80 ft. STR 24 (+7) DEX 18 (+4) CON 16 (+3) INT […]
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