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VAT CONTROL CENTER. The walls are lined with metal machinery. In the
center of the room is a smooth white metallic dome with pipes and
wires sticking out of it going to the floor and ceiling. Next to the
dome is a metal box about the size of a lunchbox on a four foot high
pole. It has a slot to accept the cards from Rooms 44, 53, and 67.
Placing
a card within the slot reader will cause the metal dome machine to
begin creating a vat creature specified on the card. The pipes will
start pulsing and throbbing as they feed in vat media and electrical
surges. After about a turn, the dome will split revealing the vat
creature. For creatures whose statistics depend on their creator, the
creator is the person who placed the card in the slot. Explanations
given are based on the assumption that the creator adopts the vat
creature. Unless noted below, creatures created in this way become
the followers of their creator, actually viewing them as a parent.
1d20
|
Vat
Creature
|
1
|
Apathetic
Triskelion
|
2-3
|
Cellar
Dweller
|
4-7
|
Crying
Triskelion
|
8
|
Homonculous
|
9-12
|
Laughing
Triskelion
|
13-14
|
1d4
Stage I Creepers
|
15-18
|
Scowling
Triskelion
|
19
|
Toxic
Harlequin
|
20
|
Special
|
Apathetic
Triskelion
Triskelion
Vat Man (AC 6; MV 12"; HD 3; #AT 1; D By weapon type; XP 35 +
3/hp)
This
Triskelion vat man is an abberant type and will emerge lacking any
emotion. There is a 50% chance it will adopt one of the three types
(roll 1d6; 1-2 = crying, 3-4 = laughing, 5-6 = scowling). There is a
25% chance it will weaken and die in 1d4 days, and there is a 25%
chance it will pick its own emotional state (creating player may
choose).
Cellar
Dweller (AC 6; MV 9”; HD 2; hp ; #AT 2 claws; D 1-4/1-4; SA
Ink; XP 28 + 2/hp)
There
is a 75% chance the cellar dweller will act slavishly loyal towards
it creator and a 25% chance it will feel resentful of its appearance
and attack in 1d4 weeks.
Crying
Triskelion
Crying
Triskelion (AC 6; MV 12"; HD 3; #AT 1; D By weapon type; XP 35 +
3/hp)
Will
follow its creator if asked to, but will ask to join any group of
crying Triskelions it meets. If armed, will only accept a staff.
Homonculous
Homonculous
(AC 6; MV 6”/18”; HD 2; #AT 1 bite; D 1-3; SA Bite causes sleep;
SA Saves at level of its creator; XP 81 + 2/hp)
Acts
a typical for a homonculous. Loyal to creator.
Laughing
Triskelion
Laughing
Triskelion (AC 6 (8); MV 12"; HD 3; #AT 1; D By weapon type; SA
Berserk, never surprise; XP 35 + 3/hp)
Will
fight for its creator if given a sword.
Scowling
Triskelion
Scowling
Triskelion (AC 6; MV 12"; HD 3; #AT 1; D By weapon type; XP 35 +
3/hp)
Surly.
Will abandon party to join a grup of scowling Triskelions. Will fight
for party until then if given a nine-tailed whip.
Stage
I Creepers (AC 7; MV 6”//9”; HD 1; #AT 2 claws and 1 bite; D
1-3/1-3/1-4; XP 10 + 1/hp)
90%
chance they will attack immediately. 10% chance they will leave
without fighting unless attacked first.
Toxic
Harlequin (AC 8; MV 15"; HD 4; hp 20; #AT 1; D By weapon type;
MR 55%; XP 380)
Will
join party if given a weapon and full share of treasure.
Special
1d4
Vat Creature
1
|
Triskelion
War Dog
|
2
|
Gelatinous
Cube
|
3
|
Horrid
Mistake
|
4
|
DM
Invention
|
Triskelion
War Dog
Roll
1d6 (1-2=Crying war Dog, 3-4= Laughing War Dog; 5-6= Scowling war Dog
Crying
and Scowling Triskelion Dog Vat Creatures (AC 6; MV 15"; HD 2+2;
#AT 1 bite; D 1-6; XP 35 + 3/hp)
Laughing
Triskelion Dog Vat Creature (AC 6 (8); MV 15"; HD 2+2; #AT 1
bite; D 1-6; SA Berserk, never surprise; XP 35 + 3/hp)
The
body is pink and hairless and the jaw is extra long to allow for a
bite with sharp teeth. All types can talk, but they prefer to yell
swear words (or sob quietly if a crying type).
Gelatinous
Cube
Vat
Spawned Gelatinous Cube (AC 8; MV 6”; HD 4; #AT 1; D 2-8; SA
Paralyzation, surprise on 1-3; SD Immunity to some attacks; XP 150 +
4/hp)
Horrid
Mistake
What
crawls forth is horribly altered or came out too soon. It is either a
mess of slimy tissue or an amalgamation of mismatched body parts. It
crawls forth, whispers 'Rosebud', and dies.
DM
Invention
Reskin
an already existing Level Four or Five monster with a Triskelion vat
creature face.