Down the Gullet of the Space-God!

"Down the Gullet of the Space-God!" is done, and you can download it here. As per the contest rules, there are no game stats in dungeon, but you can see the QAGS stats for the critters here.

This has been a fun exercise. I found out about the One Page Dungeon Contest yesterday and was immediately intrigued.  I've written many, many adventures of the years, and it was a fun creative challenge to come up with something unique and new and fit it all on one page.

It all came together pretty quickly. First,  I glanced through the past years' entires to see what kind of things other people were doing. I knew right away I didn't want to make a classic underground fantasy dungeon. Something in space perhaps?  I liked that idea, but I didn't want to do the old "abandoned space station" or "starship overrun by alien monsters" thing. Then I remembered an adventure Ian Engle ran a few years ago where our troubleshooters were crawling through the body of a dead angel under lake Erie. "Hmmm..." I thought, "Giant space god? Something like Towing Jehovah with Galactus?"

Rather quickly, I had a sketched out a thumbnail of the "dungeon" inside a space god. I was pretty happy with it. "Now, I'll just type out some quick ideas then move on to other projects.I'll come back to this later," I said to myself. The next thing I knew, several hours had passed by. I had a complete text written and I was moving on to layout.

Again, this project has been big fun, and I look forward to dong more of this sort of thing. If any of my game-designy friends are reading this (and why wouldn't you be?) I encourage you to go tot he One Page Dungeon page and enter the contest.

Kosmo Monsters

Behold! Here are the QAGS stats for the monsters found inside the dead space-god Kosmo from my One-Page Dungeon, "Down the Gullet of the Space-God!"

Atomic Enzymes

These bizarre creatures resemble giant metallic bats that breathe atomic fire!

Body: 15

Brain: 6

Nerve: 20

HP: 15

YY: 0

Job: Matter Destroyer (13)

Gimmick: Atomic Fire Breath (Damage Bonus: +4) (14)

Weakness: Double Damage From Cold (14)

Cosmic Leukocytes

These crystalline blobs bristle with laser cannons and attack intruding organisms with single-minded ferocity!

Body: 16

Brain: 8

Nerve: 20

HP: 16

YY: 1

Job: Bodily Defender (14)

Gimmick: Shoot and Devour! (Damage Bonus: +3) (15)

Weakness: Single Minded (15)

Repair Spores

These floating, spherical creatures repair bodily damage and only attack if provoked.

Body: 11

Brain: 9

Nerve: 15

HP: 11

YY: 2

Job: Repair Crew (15)

Gimmick: Healing (13)

Weakness: Passive (13)

Notes: Healing: A successful Gimmick roll restores 3HP to the spore or it's subject.

Fusion Elementals

These plasmic creatures resemble liquid pillars of nuclear energy!

Body: 17

Brain: 5

Nerve: 20

HP: 17

YY: 1

Job: Enraged Fundamental Force (16)

Gimmick: Fusion Blast! (Damage Bonus: +4) (13)

Weakness: Unstable (13)

Notes:

Unstable: If the Fusion Elemental takes 5 points of damage from a single attack, it must make a Weakness roll. If the Weakness takes effect, the monster explodes! This kills the Elemental and inflicts 5 points of damage to every creature around it (make a Body roll to avoid damage).

Mind Phantoms

These translucent, ghost-like creatures whisper unknown names and tear apart your psyche with spider-like fingers.

Body: 12

Brain: 13

Nerve: 20

HP: 12

YY: 3

Job: Monsters of the Id (15)

Gimmick: Mind Eating (14)

Weakness: Howling Insanity (14)

Notes:

Mind Eating: The Mind Phantom makes an attack with this Gimmick, resisted by the target's Nerve. Instead of a successful attack removing HP, this attack removes points of Brain. As Brain goes down, the character loses memories and personality traits. At 0 Brain, the victim falls comatose. Lost Brain returns at a rate of one point per hour.