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    Day 21 – Favourite Dragon colour or type?

    I mentioned by in the undead question about Liches.  Specifically, what I had in mind was the Dracolich.  C’mon, a crazy powerful skeletal dragon with extra magic!

    Butttttt…. In the same way it missed out on the slot there, as I thought more, again, the poor Dracolich was pipped at the post by another.

    The Psudodragon.  As the name implies, it’s not a true dragon.  Though from all appearances it is one, aside from one detail.  It is the size of (and has the personality of) a housecat.  C’mon, a tiny, cute dragon you can keep as a pet!  Adorable!  It’s just a shame only certain Warlocks can get them as familiars in 5th Ed Dnd unless your GM is kind.

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    Day 20 – Favourite Monster: Humanoid/Fey/Other?

    Hmmm… Well I plan to save my actual favourite monster in this category for the ‘Favourite Monster Overall’ question, and I talked about Hags before, so…

    Werewolves!

    I like wolves, I like transformations, so combine the two is fun for me.  Having said that, I don’t like how werewolves are always evil.  I can understand for the unknowing werewolf who involuntary transforms, but once they have control of it, or are born to it, why need they be evil?  Poor wolves have such an unfortunate rep being cast as evil all the time.  And if you have a setting where wolves are evil but foxes are good (looking at you Narnia) that is utter bull*bleep*!

    Anyway, back to werewolves.  Like many of my favourites, there are lots of ways you can use them.  There is the classic curse of lycanthropy, the feral tribe of shapeshifters, the hidden group wo enjoy their blessings, a group of noble warriors using it to protect the weak.  Or even mixing up the different versions.

    And don’t forget to howl at the moon!

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    Tails, Island

    The young fox was covered with grime, oil, grease and dust stains.  But he didn’t care.  Tails was sure he’d found the problem, and had almost fixed it, thanks to all the old manuals he’d found.  Tails was carefully connecting up the wires to the starter when…

    “HELLOOOOOOO! SOMEBODY HEEEEERE??”

    Tails gave a cry of surprise at the sudden shout.  Bumping his head on the engine cover, he accidently let the wires he was working on touch.  There was a spark, a cough, splutter, then the aircraft engine roared back into life as Tails fell out of the compartment.

    For a moment, Tails smiled as he admired his handwork at getting the engine running.  Then he turned his head to look towards where the voice had come from.  With the sun in his eyes, Tails couldn’t quite make out who it was.  It looked like a blue hedgehog.  Briefly, a look of worry crossed Tails face.  It looked almost like the old hedgehog who threw the little fox out of his workshop.  But as Tails’ eyes adapted, he breathed a sigh of relief as he saw it was a different hedgehog.  Even if he did kinda look like the old grumpy one.

    “C-can I… help you?” asked Tails nervously. 


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    Skye, Feral Forest

    A long jog later, Skye finally reached the Park Ranger hut.  She quickly ushered the Armadillo inside, heading to the radio room.

    “H-hello.. Mobotropolis?  Are you receiving me?  Over!”  A sigh of relief escaped Skye as her signal was received.

    “There was…” Skye paused a moment to consider.  “This is Feral Forest Range Shack 12.  Hostile forces attacked us in the forest.  Two rangers are down…. Prob… probably dead…” Skye had to fight to keep on speaking.  “The force was highly advanced.  I think it may be an invasion, over.”  She wasn’t sure how she knew, but somehow, Skye had no doubt.

    Sounds outside distracted her.  There was a rumble close by, a buzzing in the air.  “Can… you repeat.  I think they’re here…”  The radio went dead.


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    Sleet and Dingo, Mobotropolis Palace Interior

    Sleet bowed low as he was brought on front of King Acorn, quickly giving Dingo a dig in the ribs to do the same.

    “Your Majesty, thank you for seeing us.  I have come with a grave warning,” Sleet spoke, trying to sound respectful, though his tone maybe didn’t convey that fully.  He stood back up, his keen eyes taking in the room.  The King sat on his throne and, though old, still looked like he could take up arms if needed.  His bodyguard stood ready, and tense.  They were expecting trouble, but Sleet felt not from him.  Maybe they already knew, or expected?  The only oddity was the King’s daughter.  Not that she was there, even if that was a little odd when bounty hunters were taken to the King, but that she was dressed like any normal civilian, not a Princess.  Sleet wondered if there was some teenage rebellion going on.

    “Normally I wouldn’t dain to lower myself to speak with the likes of you,” King Acorn replied tersely, to which Sleet just smiled.  “But a Battle Bird Armada craft with two Mercenaries aboard… What have you to say.”

    “If your Majesty permits, I will show, rather than say,” Sleet replied, pulling out a collection of black-and-white photographs, showing the battle, or rather the aftermath, as the Manticore flew off.  One of the bodyguards took them, looked through carefully, before handing them to the King.”

    “Sire, what these pictures show match the reports we have received from Casino Night Zone.  And we have lost contact with the authorities in Feral Forest,” the Bodyguard explained.

    “The commander of the large craft made a broadcast. He said his name was ‘Robotnik’, and that his was preparing an Invasion,” Sleet interrupted.

    “Uh… Sleet..” began Dingo, before Sleet jabbed him in the ribs again.

    “If it is an Invasion he want, he will not find the Kingdom of Acorn an easy target,” proclaimed the King.  “Contact the army, get them on standby.  And I want a direct radio link to Casino Night Zone.”

    “At once Sire,” the bodyguard bowed, and hurried out.

    “What about us your Majesty?” inquired Sleet.

    “You’re mercenaries are you not?  We may soon need some extra soldiers on the payroll,” replied the King.

    “If there is payment, of course we will help,” grinned Sleet.


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    Wave, Mobotropolis shopping district

    Wave looked in the mirror, admiring her new outfit.  She got some odd looks from the shopkeeper, who insisted the flared trousers were supposed to be for men, but Wave didn’t care.  It matched her Extreme Gear, making her look more like some laid back surfer than a former Battle Bird Armada soldier. 

    For the first time in her life, Wave truly felt relaxed.


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    Robotnik, Wing Fortress

    The doors to the repair bay slid open as Robotnik strode in, followed closely by Zero.  The Wing Fortress was making its way swiftly towards New Mobotropolis, Wave two was now underway, even if incidents in Casino Night Zone had forced his hand somewhat.  But that was minor.  There was just one large fly in the ointment.

    “Well Gamma…. I sent you to retrieve a source of Chaos power.  NOT DESTROY IT!” Robotnik bellowed towards the currently deactivated Gamma as smaller robots worked to repair him.  “You better have a good explanation.”  With his download circuits badly damaged, the only thing Robotnik had been able to extract so far from Gamma was a blurry visual. It looked like there was many one of those humanoid animals with Gamma… he couldn’t be sure.

    His eyes turned towards the Prison pod.  After the energy surge, the hatches had fused shut, and small worker robots were slowly cutting it open.

    “The scan from the pod has been uploaded,” Zero reported.  “The lifeforms do not match anything in the records.”

    “Let me see,” replied Robotnik, checking the screen.  It showed several small, blue creatures with yellow hands and feet.  They looked to Robotnik like crude stuffed toys.  “What in the world are those?” he exclaimed.

    “We don’t know.  The lifeform…” Zero began to repeat and Robotnik rolled his eyes behind his glasses.  “The pod was not able to outfit them with badnik frames.”

    “Not surprising, given how odd they look,” Robotnik replied, walking over to the pod.  The hatch fell open with a clang as it was cut through.  “Let’s see these creatures close GAH!”  Robotnik jumped back as sevarl small blue robots flew around him.  Zero drew her weapon, but Robotnik call for her to halt, now studding the small robots.  They resembled the creatures from the screen, but metal, almost comical propellers on the top of their head.

    “You said the pod didn’t outfit them with Badnik frames?” Robotnik asked Zero, taking hold of one of the robots and examining it.

     “Correct Sir.  Scanners indicate these are fully robotic in nature.  No flesh and blood parts,” Zero reported.

    “Are you sure?  Were they robotic before?” Robotnik asked

    “Negative.  Scans show organic creatures, albeit of a strange makeup,” Zero replied.

    “Oh HO!  A complete change from flesh and blood to metal and wires.  This will need to be examined,” grinned Robotnik.  He turned to Gamma.  “Maybe I won’t scrap you yet.”


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    Casino Night Zone

    As Tekno hammered on the pod, more arms emerged from inside it to try and grab her.  Across the city, similar scenes were taking place, some Mobians getting to close to the pds and being dragged inside.  Only to repair moments later inside metal shells.

    Other pods instead deposited squads of robots.  Some already converted Mobians, some filled with various Badniks, and some squads of Swat Bots.  All intent on capturing as many Mobians as they could.

    And yet, there were gaps.  While the city was surrounded, there were not enough robots to keep the whole perimeter observed.  Some were already lucky enough to escape.  Others were rushing to try and follow.

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    Stacey tried to cut through the bars, but the suddenly exploded with energy, sending the young lynx flying, slamming into the opposite wall.

    "Such blindness, I pity you," said Eggman with mock sympathy as a series of loud thumps started echoing down the corridor outside the control room.

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    "Untwill mowe cwome!  We bwettew gwet thwem owut fwast!" said Stacey, slicing the legs off the last robot.

    "Oh, am I?" laughed Eggman.  The screens beside him suddenly showed a fox identical to Ziona in all but dress, and sometimes hairstyle, clearling in romantic relationship with a blue Hedgehog, a green Hedgehog, and an Echidna. 

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    Day 19 – Favourite Monster: Elemental/Plant?


    I was gonna say Genie at first, for the whole ‘corrupt a player’s wish’ thing, but that’s really not in the spirt of the question.  Then it was the simple Water Elemental, because water/ice is my favourite element.  But then, in Ravnica, we have the Galvanice Weird.  An artificially created ice elemental, powered but lightning energy inside it.  It looks cool, it’s perfect mad magic, it’s not that high a CR so you can throw them at low level parties, and for added fun they explode when you kill them!

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    Day 18 – Favourite Monster: Outsider (Celestial, Fiend, etc)?

    I had difficulty with this one.  Demons, Devils and Angels are just…. Not that interesting to me.  I don’t dislike them, and I know they have potential.  But most of the time, I won’t use them unless there is a very good reason to do so.  And of course, if they would tie in with the players, such as a Tiefling or a Fiend Pact Warlock I won’t hold back.  But in general, not my cup of tea.

    But flicking through the Monster Manual I saw that Night Hags are classed as Fiends.  So this gives me an excuse to talk about Hags, even of the rest of them are actually Fey.

    So, Hags.  Hags add an almost fairy-tale element to DnD, being the creepy old witch woman in the forest.  Most are pure evil, wanting to inflict misery on others, but also enjoy bargaining, making them more than just a monster to fight.  Their powers reflect this.  They’re not designed for a stand-up fight, but for tricking and deceiving adventures who might seek to stop them.  They make great villains who might not necessarily be directly opposed to the part.

    Night Hags in particular (to bring this back to the Fiends question) can mess with others dreams, weakening them, causing them to commit evil deeps, and possibly even killing them from lack of sleep.  All to capture the person’s soul for their own use. This makes them both creepy, and very hard to track down.

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    "I dwon' thwink thwey wan us two wescue ouw fwiends!" said Stacey, forming his fire blade and charging in.

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    "Don't listen to him, he's talking about a different fox," Ziona tried to deflect.

    "Oh HO!  What's the problem?  Not told your new squeeze about everyone before him?" crowed Eggman.

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    Day 17 – Favourite Monster: Beast?

    Sorry for the delay with this.  I’ve been pretty busy the past few evenings (ironically part of that business being DnD related) and also, I got muddled up with the days, and was kind stuck on the next question, forgetting about this one.

    But yes, favourite beast.  Wolves!  C’mon!  Wolves are awesome! ;)  Do I really need to say more?  Though the only reason I’m not saying Winter Wolf (i.e. large wolf with ice powers) is because alas they are classed as a monster rather than animal!

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    "I thwink we nweed two cwack thwese opwen fiwst!" excalimed Stacey as a squad of heavy robots opened fire on the group.

    "Of course you weren't.  You're a brainless imbecile who can't see my genius, just like the rest of them!" ranted Eggman.  His eyes moved over to Ziona.  "What's this?  ANOTHER boyfriend?  What's the matter, grown tired of hedgehogs?"

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    "Thewe thwey awe!" said Stacey, interrupting the conversation as he spotted Dominic, Zoe and Lance unconscious in a cell.

     

    "Why is it all you bothersome creatures have the same annoying sense of humour?" growled Eggman, backing off towards on of the control panels.

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    Day 16 – Favourite Monster: Aberration?

    Sometimes, you just want to send a Dalek against your players.

    An insane, evil genius, convinced it is superior to all others, compelled to destroy or dominate all those it sees as inferior, armed to the teeth with long range energy blasts.

    Step (or rather float) forward the Beholder.  A large, floating head with a single eye in the center, and several eyestalks.  Each of these eyestalks, as well as allowing the Beholder to see, can fire a different type of blast, from a fear ray, to turning living flesh to stone, to outright disintegration.  And the main eye, on top of that, can shut down all magic in a wide area.  And to that it can fly, and half the challenge is just reaching it, when you have no magic to help you.

    While I have never faced, or used, a Beholder, I certainly hope to someday.  They are an iconic part of DnD.

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    "Yweah you dwid!" insisted Stacey as he ran after Sarah into the cells

    "Sir, we have restored camera function," Orbot reported.

    "Finally, let's see what.... WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THE CELL BLOCK?" yelled Eggman angrily as he spotted the kids breaking in.  Any reply was drowned out by the sound of the control room door being sliced apart and falling to the floor.

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    Day 15 – Favourite Monster: Undead?

    When I first looked at this question my first thought was some of the higher level undead, such as the various flavours of Liches.  But after a bit of thought, I went in the other direction.  The humble Skeleton.

    Like the Zombie, Skeletons have the whole unnatural undead element of something walking around that shouldn’t be, and being face to face with mortality.  They can do most things Zombies can, from hordes to bursting from the ground.

    But what I like about Skeletons is their flexibility.  Now, Zombies have this two, but in a different way.  It’s easy to make different types of Zombie.  But for Skeletons, their flexibility is how they are used.  Are they slow, shambling undead?  Are they eternal and loyal guardians of some sacred or unholy place?  Are they a regimented army?  All of these can fit Skeletons no problem.  Heck, if you want to repeat the scene in The Phantom Menace of the mass droid activation and advance, but don’t want to use constructs as that would be too obvious, again, Skeletons can fit in as a metaphor for it perfectly.

    They don’t even need to be mindless.  They might retain some or all of the person they were.  Something you don’t usually get with your average Zombie.

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    Day 14 – Favourite NPC?

    Gonna cheat a little with this one.  Because my favourite NPC is… *drumroll* Deekin from Neverwinter Nights.

    Doom doom doom doom doom doom!

    This cute little kobold is a loyal companion to you, dedicated to charting the grand adventure he has no doubt the two of you will have.  He will follow you through the Nine Hells, all the while singing his little Doom song!

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    Huh.... day 12 wasn't posted.... wierd!  So double bill!
     

    Day 12 – Favourite Dungeon Type?

     

    Ice!  First, I just really like how ice can look, from simple icy caves, to elaborate structures created from ice.  And then you can have lots of interesting (and fun for the GM) environmental effects.  Finally, it can be fun to come up with ice based variants of monsters to use.

    Just be careful if your arcane spellcasters have a fondness for fire magic.
     

     

    Day 13 – Favourite Puzzle or Trap?

    And we’re back! 

    So, this is going to be a little bit of an odd answer.  Rather than a typical ‘do X or Y to open the door’, the puzzles I prefer are the ‘working out what happened’ style of puzzles.  Not necessarily an investigation, just subtle clues around that explain, if you look for them and work things out, what happened to, say, cause the castle to now be a haunt of the undead or somesuch.  And of course, finding these clues could make certain elements of the adventure easier as it continues.

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    Day 11 – Favourite Adventure you have run?

     

    Hmm, another question I can’t really answer.  At least for DnD.  I’ve only run two DnD campaigns, and both of those are not only still ongoing, but in their early stages.

     

    If I’m allowed to expand outside of DnD, then it would be Project Angel, my long running superhero campaign.  There were three main campaigns in the game-world, one that was inspired by The Incredibles/Watchmen, one that was more low powered, more about conspiracies, and the last was more classic style super-heroic with magic and time-travel thrown in.  There were also some short mini-campaigns, and the whole storyline concluded with a massive final game with around a dozen players.  Not a number of players I’d normally run for, but it was fitting for this finale.

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