Build Help - Human-Eating Worms

[Eddie T]

Hey all, I need some suggestions on how to go about building large, people-eating mutant worms. Not Dune size, think the Tremors series of movies.

I want to say I remember something about moving through unusual mediums, but I'm not finding it now.

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Eddie T

Hey all, I need some suggestions on how to go about building large, people-eating mutant worms. Not Dune size, think the Tremors series of movies.

I want to say I remember something about moving through unusual mediums, but I'm not finding it now.

The Tunneling Advantage may be what you're thinking of - that, or Permeation. Tunneling is more appropriate for graboids, however - Permeation is more a supernatural melding-into/passing-through a solid, while graboids were pretty clearly displacing earth like a giant earthworm/mole/whatever.

[Tinman]

Originally Posted by Varyon

The Tunneling Advantage may be what you're thinking of - that, or Permeation. Tunneling is more appropriate for graboids, however - Permeation is more a supernatural melding-into/passing-through a solid, while graboids were pretty clearly displacing earth like a giant earthworm/mole/whatever.

Yes. That's how I'd do it too.

[Pursuivant]

Originally Posted by Eddie T

Hey all, I need some suggestions on how to go about building large, people-eating mutant worms. Not Dune size, think the Tremors series of movies.

Start with Tunneling, with Accessibility (Not through hard rock or hard metal), Temporary Disadvantage (Noisy), and Nuisance Effect (Distinctive Tremors).

Their main sensory advantage seems to be Vibration Sense with Increased Range and possibly Subsonic Hearing with levels of Acute Hearing. Blindness is likely.

Massive amounts of external DR, with little internal DR. Universal Digestion, Sharp Teeth with Binding (Engulfing, One-Shot) Follow-Up attack to represent their ability to swallow victims in one big bite. Maybe add Doesn't Breathe, Doesn't Eat or Drink (Cast Iron Stomach), Bad Temper, Bestial, Quirk (Attracted to strong vibration sources), and a couple of levels of Hard to Kill.