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Pulled from the faces of VoR's Hallucinatory Bestiary, we bring you some Things.

The Thing

The Thing is a nasty type of extra-terrestrial, fortunately generated asleep. When awake, it attacks anything and everything (apart from other The Things). It has regeneration and reviving attributes, as per trolls. Everything killed by The Thing rises as another The Thing. It resists elemental attacks, with the exception of fire.

The Thing @
Template Ice troll
Alignment 0 (Neutral)
Frequency 0 (Not Randomly Generated)
Resistances Cold, Shock

MacReady: talking into his tape recorder) - I'm going to hide this tape when I'm finished. If none of us make it, at least there will be some kind of record. The storm's been hitting us hard now for 48 hours. We still have nothing to go on. One other thing: I think it rips through your clothes when it takes you over. Windows found some shredded and bloody long-johns in the trash but the name tag was missing. They could be anybody's. Nobody,nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired. There's nothing more I can do, just wait. This is R.J. MacReady, helicopter pilot, US outpost #31.

J. Carpenter, The Thing

Das Ding

Das Ding gleicht The Thing, aber auf Deutsch.

Das Ding @
Muster Eis Troll
Gesinnung 0 (Neutral)
Frequenz 0 (Keine zufällige Erzeugung)
Intrinsische Abwehrkräfte Kalt, Schock

Das Eis birgt so manches Geheimnis. Manches sollte besser unentdeckt bleiben.

Das Ding

Thing 1

Thing 1 is a unique rapid biped of juvenile nature, generated with 2% frequency on the Quest home level. It has an annoying habit of pinching things that matter.

Thing 1 Y
Template monkey
Speed 18
Frequency 0 (Unique)
Thing 1 Wants the Amulet of Yendor

“He should not be here,"
said the fish in the pot.
"he should not be here when your mother is not.”

Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat

Thing 2

Thing 2 is a second unique accelerated biped of juvenile nature, appearing always alongside its primary counterpart.

Thing 1 Y
Template monkey
Speed 18
Frequency 0 (Unique)
Thing 2 Wants the Amulet of Yendor

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

Dr. Seuss, The Cat in the Hat


Thing That Should Not Be

You have probably seen a shoggoth or two by now, and maybe even a giant one, but did you forget to lose your mind in the presence of the Thing That Should Not Be?

Thing That Should Not Be b
Template Giant shoggoth
Attacks Claw 5d10, Claw 5d10, Touch corrosion, Touch corrosion, Passive corrosion, Engulfing 8d10 acid, with added insanity
Alignment -5 (chaotic)
Frequency 0 (Not Randomly Generated)

“What we did see—for the mists were indeed all too malignly thinned—was something altogether different, and immeasurably more hideous and detestable. It was the utter, objective embodiment of the fantastic novelist’s “thing that should not be”;”

H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness


Wild Thing

A Wild Thing is a friendlier type of enlarged humanoid, mainly known for waking up other things on the level.

You hear something roar a terrible roar
You hear something stamp its terrible feet
Wild Thing H
Template Hill giant
Attacks Aggravate Monster spell
Alignment 0 (Neutral)
Frequency 0 (Not Randomly Generated)
A Wild Thing Is generated peaceful
Occurs in small groups
Wakes other monsters.

Oh, please don't go—we'll eat you up—we love you so!

M. Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are