[DF] Sewer Monsters

[Bruno]

Giant slugs, giant conesnails (adventurers think it's funny until the snail launches toxic armor-penetrating shell-made harpoons at them.

Normal frogs can't survive in the polluted environment but freaky giant mutant demon sludge frogs should be fine. Some African frogs can bite your fingers off, and they're smaller than a football (either kind). A frog that's big enough to stuff you in its mouth like you're a bite-size snack means serious business.

Salamanders (the amphibian kind) are also sensitive to toxins, but giant albino salamanders make for an entertaining replacement for albino crocodiles. And with them being albinos, you can't tell they're giant TOXIC salamanders :)

Slimes, oozes, jellies, molds, and fungal monstrosities of all sorts are good choices too.

You'll also find people in the sewers. Some are paid to be down there, some can't find any better place to shelter, some are eeking out a living self-employed, and possibly a lucky few don't have a sense of smell.

People being paid are probably down there to shovel out blockages, or to repair the sewers brickwork after giant rats burrowed through the walls and adventurers exploded the sewer gas.

Self-employed folks will be picking through the much for things that got dropped or washed down the drains.

You're more "realistically" going to find mammalian scavengers than reptiles in the sewers, but rats are overdone. What about raccoons? regular raccoons are about the size of a giant rat, giant raccoons can be as big as you want. And of course dogs, on account of there being dogs all over the place in most towns.

[Dalin]

A recent adventure of mine (loosely written up on the DFRPG forum) featured a variety of coleopterans in the undercity. Can't have too many bugs.

I have a particular liking for Otyugh variations in sewers.

Haunted sewers can be interesting too, with a cranky ghost or poltergeist that needs to be appeased, captured, or exorcized.

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Celjabba

Thanks for the memory !

It's the only quest I can remember from that game... specifically because of the way the Guard kept asking and asking for help, day after day his hew and cry went out no matter how times people completed that quest.

I always wondered just how large his family was and just how incompetent of a father to lose every daughter the same way...

[martinl]

Minotaurs if it's maze-y enough.

Grater Snakes

Heckkittens

Sewer urchin.

[(E)]

All the creatures sent down into the sewer to deal with the rat problem.
To deal with the rat problem we introduced snakes
To deal with the snake problem we introduced mongooses
To deal with the mongoose problem we introduced sewer Raptors
To deal with the sewer raptor problem we introduced giant frogs........

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by scc

What I'm after at this point is suggestions for monsters that might be found in a cities 'sewer' system to have adventurers fight as part of an initiation into the Adventurers Guild.

Some people it's better not to fight: the Mud Mob. They're mostly Lizard Men, and they run a fine sewerage-based protection racket ("Ooo, that could block up real easy, guv. The siphon effect round 'ere can give you wicked blowback. $20/month, and we'll make sure nothing goes wrong wiv it."). They also have a business in out-of-sight transportation in Town, especially of bodies from the cheap graveyard to the basements of necromancers.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Bruno

You're more "realistically" going to find mammalian scavengers than reptiles in the sewers, but rats are overdone. What about raccoons?

My local storm drains are popular with both raccoons and skunks. Hm.
Dire Skunk
The origin of dire skunks is uncertain; possibly a wizard with extremely poor taste. Dire skunks are not particularly aggressive, but they are nearly fearless and generally assume that if they want something, they can take it and no-one will argue. Fortunately, most dire skunks aren't interested in much more than food, so if PCs are willing to stand still while a skunk the size of a bear goes through their packs and steals all their food, they can avoid fighting. Unfortunately, some rare dire skunks have acquired an eye for shiny things, and many adventurers are unwilling to be robbed in this way, which results in conflict.
Statistics: as per a Bear, but remove Grapple and add
Stench (13): 2 yard radius, usable 6x/day. Anyone exposed suffers the following effects:

• Blinding (HT-4). Lasts 1 minute per point of failure. Only happens if spray contacts the eyes. A successful Dodge or Block (shield DB helps) allows turning away to prevent it hitting the eyes. Resist poison applies.
• Sneezing (HT-4). Lasts 1 minute per point of failure. Only happens if spray contacts the nose or open mouth. A successful Dodge or Block (shield DB helps) allows turning away to prevent it hitting the eyes. Resist poison applies.
• Vile Stink: anything that comes in contact with the spray acquires a foul smell. This gives a -4 reaction modifier when dealing with anyone with a sense of smell, and is strong enough to trigger Nausea. This penalty normally lasts until thoroughly cleaned.

Death Throes: when dead or dying, a skunk voids its scent glands. Treat as a stench attack in a 3 yard radius.
Traits: Cast-Iron Stomach, Discriminatory Scent, Immunity (bad smells), Overconfidence, Quadruped, Wild Animal

[evileeyore]

Gnomco's Worse Better Cat Mark 6f (TM) (Patent Pending) could be down there hunting Gnomco Gengineers prey.

Ironically ordinary cats are too smart to go down into a DFRPG sewer.

[martinl]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

Gnomco's Worse Better Cat Mark 6f (TM) (Patent Pending) could be down there hunting Gnomco Gengineers prey.

Oh come on evileeyore, give the delvers a fighting chance!

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by martinl

Oh come on evileeyore, give the delvers a fighting chance!

They just need a sacrificial Gnome. Doesn't every party bring one of those along?