You know, spiders are something of an overlooked cliche these days, and other creepy crawlies just don't have as much of a squick factor to them... except for centipedes. Want to make your players skin crawl? Describe in excruciating detail the tactile sensation of a gajillion of these little buggers swarming over their character.
If you, for some reason, dislike swarms, you can also throw a big ole giant centipede at them.
Under the city of Garkhanas, in the ancient sewer system, the giant ootyugh known as the Sludgemother reigns. While she could easily get such things of her own accord, as payment for keeping the canals running and the surface world (mostly) odourles, she demands thousands of tasty centipedes be delivered to her daily - and it is the city's many squires who most often end up having to collect those.
The kobolds of Hollow Mountain Clan carefully choose where they build their tunnels - choosing terrain that attracts large colonies of giant centipedes. While these vermin aren't too dangerous encountered in the open, fighting them while crawling through the tight, low tunnels is hard even for the most experienced speleolgists. The clever kobolds, annoyingly, keep the recipe for a balm whose scent repels the creepy critters a close-guarded secret.
Killing giant centipedes is an easy enough task. Killing them, but preserving their venomous glands intact, calls for a bit more finesse. The local alchemist guild is paying a decent sum for every intact set of glands they can get their hands on.
If you, for some reason, dislike swarms, you can also throw a big ole giant centipede at them.
Under the city of Garkhanas, in the ancient sewer system, the giant ootyugh known as the Sludgemother reigns. While she could easily get such things of her own accord, as payment for keeping the canals running and the surface world (mostly) odourles, she demands thousands of tasty centipedes be delivered to her daily - and it is the city's many squires who most often end up having to collect those.
The kobolds of Hollow Mountain Clan carefully choose where they build their tunnels - choosing terrain that attracts large colonies of giant centipedes. While these vermin aren't too dangerous encountered in the open, fighting them while crawling through the tight, low tunnels is hard even for the most experienced speleolgists. The clever kobolds, annoyingly, keep the recipe for a balm whose scent repels the creepy critters a close-guarded secret.
Killing giant centipedes is an easy enough task. Killing them, but preserving their venomous glands intact, calls for a bit more finesse. The local alchemist guild is paying a decent sum for every intact set of glands they can get their hands on.
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