>>18097081

All of this would be inconsequential to mercenaries and dirt farmers, common work for peasants like Jack and Ned's family. Unfortunately, one of the outlying agriculture wards, the 7th ward to be precise, was currently harboring a gang of criminals whom had "stolen precious relics from the legion" and "trespassed into a forbidden ruin" in the catacombs below the city.

The party remembers one of the names involved, they kept interrogating Ned and Jack about another man by the name of Godmir, and whether or not they knew the gang he was travelling with. And thats when everything got blown out of proportion.

The iron fisted approach of the Legion lead to mothers crying about sons, and fathers punching Legion officials, as everyone in the entire ward was dragged into this investigation in the middle of the night. One fight lead to another, and then you had an entire troop of Legion soldiers fighting a mob of Peasants.

Jack and Ned drift into and out of consciousness, having been heavily charmed, heavily drugged, and bruised all over. It all happened so fast, that one minute they were defending their innocence, and the next minute they're here, being transported to an Undercity Jail. They are bound, but not gagged.

>Namefags, present thyselves.

>Any questions before we begin?

Well this is a fine mess you've got me into Vergadain!
I won't be praying to you for luck any time soon!

Ned Ivans, Bulky half-orc present.

How many people are in the wagon?

>>18097199

A human beside you in ratty clothes begins to cuss those exact same sentiments.

>>18097207

You realize that they actually had to hook two sets of manacles together just to cuff you.

>>18097224

Nine. Including yourselves. Ned is taking up two seats.

>>18097173

The Legion is a generally benevolent force, forwarding the wishes of Lord Drakensver and the Nobles. Nothing like this had happened in anyone's memory, at least not within recent years. They have always had very strict laws about the Old Ruins. But they've always kept a tight guard, and criminal scum have always been found and help responsible immediately. Never has a large group ever been brought in, least of all an entire city ward. Both of you remember crowds of people being herded through the gates two miles back.

There are, in fact, so many people being brought in, that the legion simply doesn't have enough men or time to process them all and frisk them all. Ergo, you were thrown into the back of this wagon with all of your gear, carried or stuffed in packs.

The next thing either of you remember, is waking up to the sound of metal trays scraping along a stony floor, as Ned and Jack both wake up inside a 10x10 prison cell, lit by torches in the hallway, and secured by iron bars. Bread is being pushed under the bars, and two large cups of water are being set down by a comely serving maid. Both of you feel strangely refreshed, and have your entire inventory. There is one other older man in the cell with you, sleeping on one of four racks. and wearing rags.

What do you do?

Huh? why would they give us back our things?

>>18097346

They didn't give them back to you. They never took them in the first place.

>>18097367
"huh? why did they leave us here with all our things?"

>>18097311

>>i asume the legion is human?

What in moradins name is this insult! I demand a proper trial!

I also look out the bars into the corridors to see the layout (other cells, guards etc)

>>18097376
because laddy i brought thieves tools
/sarcasm

"At least they have the honour not to stoop to theft, misguided though it may be. By Moradins beard what did I do to deserve this."

I use my Dwarf sense to detect distance underground.

I pass on the water and down a pint of mead from my pack like a proper dwarf but try the bread.

"What are you here for old man"

>>18097377

Mainly human. There are rumors that the Drakensver line have draconic ancestors. And there is Lady Lustria Briarwood an Elvin noble by marriage.

But mostly human. Non-human settlements are either indentured slaves in the case of evil alignments. Or "independant" states that still have to tithe or trade to the empire for a variety of reasons I'd need a flow chart to explain. So the dwarven halls are still dwarven, but they can't avoid having to trade or pay taxes.

This has sparked some civil unrest in some areas, but the diplomancers and ass-hats in politics generally smooth things over.

>>18097429
I take some water and begin chewing on the bread.

>>18097377
>>18097406
>>18097429

d100 for depth underground

Jack sees the hallway stretch left and right a hundred feet, before making a ninety degree turn eastwards (the direction you are now facing) at both ends.

The serving girl startles at the gruff looking dwarf and hurries to the next cell to provide that man with food.

The bread is stale, and does not satisfy.

You hear a murmur from the old man, and he rises. "Humm-na... What?" The human enquires. He has salt and pepper hair, a greasy face, tanned complexion, and beggar's clothes. "I don't even know. Umm... The first time I said I didn't know what was going on- they believed me. Then..." He scratches his scalp and yawns then.

>>18097495

Its something to put in your stomach, but it doesn't satisfy.

>>18097447

You both can wait for guards to arrive and explain whats going on, or attempt to break out.

What do you do?

>>18097529

Also, there are other cells, and all of them face the same blank wall Jack is looking at, and are separated from north to south by stone walls. You can hear noises of other people talking, most of them sound confused.

dice for depth.

>>18097529
Fueled by mead I decide that i'm not putting up with any of this meddling human nonsense and put on my gear.

"Orc, you want to get out of here, I have a feeling something bads happening"

>>18097529
"maybe we should wave down a guard, they can't really keep us here for a misunderstanding, right?"

rolled 16 = 16

>>18097579
woops

>>18097579

No dice?

>>18097583

While both of you are talking the serving girl continues down to the end of the line of cells distributing food and water, and then she departs down the northern corridor.

>>18097583
"alright, but I dont trust them"

>>18097597

You are currently eighty feet underground, give or take twenty feet for a west to east dip in the above ground land. The braces and structural supports are quite peculiar. Like nothing you've ever seen. They follow the same predictable patterns of common sense; but a lot of this masonry you just don't recognize.

Of course. This is your first time in jail.

>>18097610

Your actually kept waiting for a very long time. It doesn't seem like anyone is coming. You do start to hear some doors slamming, faintly, from deeper in the complex. People have been bitching and moaning for a long time now.

Overhead, you can pick out the heavy steps of a legion troop jogging through the above level. This is new. Things are getting noisier.

*whisper to Jack* "did that guy get picked up with us in town?"

rolled 93 = 93

I see if I can do something with the lock

(Success chance 35%, roll equal or less 1d100)

>>18097717

The older gentleman has gone back to snoring.

There is a voice from down the hall. "I can't take any more of this, I gotta get back. I can't keep waiting for her to show up!" Then another masculine voice instructs the first one to calm down. To which he replies. "Don't tell me to calm down!"

>>18097717
"Damn lock.
Whats that? Nah never seen the blighter before.
I don't like the sound of these soldiers, its way too much simply to guard prisoners. Think you can break this gate?"

>>18097725

Its not that your bad at picking locks. This one just seems to be rusted, and needs a thick key to turn. You could try again if you had better tools.

rolled 98 = 98

>>18097744
Ned begins feeling a little nervous
>>18097754
yeaaah, maybe you're right... lemme try it

Ned takes a firm grip on the lock and try to shake or wrench it.

>>18097789

You were not mighty enough to bend the bars.

You hear a grating noise, and then a crack as if something wooden was breaking. The voice from down the hall cusses.

There's another sound of doors slamming shut, this time echoing down the same block Jack and Ned is in. And then the ground shakes, rumbling for a brief second. As if something in the dungeon had been crashed into or broken.

The prisoners begin to yell and panic, have already been in an irritable mood. The older man in the same cell as you both rises, furrowing his brows as he walks towards the bars. "What in the world?"

Then there's screaming from the northernmost cell.

>>18097843
look out the bars down the hall to see if i can see whats going on

>>18097843

How do you prepare yourselves? What do you do?

"If this gets serious, Neddy, quash the torches on the walls, these humans cant see in the dark like we can, we're underground too so theres no chance of natural light getting through"

>>18097862

You see the farthest northern torch has gone out. You cannot see who or what, but from the slim profile of the final set of bars, you have dim vision of them shaking, as if something was hitting them. There is also more screaming. And then tearing. And then wet splattering noises. The second torch goes out.

There is now one more lit torch between your cell and whatever is going on to the north. The people in the cell adjacent from you begin to scream.

"Holy crap!"
begin rummaging through things to grab sword and shield
"Do you see anything?!"

>>18097899

Anything from Ned?

>>18097894
"OK, OK"
Ned starts on that right away

"There gonna kill us all! Ned get ready!"

I get a scrap of cloth and light it in the oil flask molotov style with my flint and steel.

>>18097843
Hey, you, get away from the bars!

>>18097930

You can't quite reach the torch in the hallway which allows light into your cell.

But moments later it goes out. There is silence in the cell next to you, as if all the commotion had died down.

Both of you can see with your infravision, something hot is oozing into the hallway from underneath the bars of the northern cells. A liquid of some kind.

Then the complex shakes again, two bars pop out of their sockets in the floor, stone cracking under them. They warp the lock holding the bars shut also. Perhaps this is a good thing.

But the reason for all of this becomes clear as something swirls into existence against the northern wall to your cell, and you see clawed hands climbing out of something you've never seen before. Some kind of gaping hellish portal. A creature is emerging.

What do you do?

>>18097942
(and wait for them to come to our cell)

>>18097986

The old man screams.

You hear a voice to the north "Let me out!"

>>18097986
I hold my shield in front of me and prepare to swing at whatever comes out.

>>18097986
Run for the fucking hills! Lets go, out the crack and down the corridor away from the direction of this...thing.
Also I toss the molotov behind me once ned is by as well.

>>18098019
are the cracks in the stone that big?

>>18098019
oh yeah, got ahead of myself there

>>18098019

The cracks are about two inches, with broken stone around the edges. The bars look a lot easier to bend now. The lock may also be loose due to warping damage. Or stuck.

Or you can stand your ground.

Make a minor check OR roll for initiative.

rolled 45 = 45

>>18098077
looking at the loosened bars and the clawed hand, Ned reevaluates the situation and decides to try and pull out the bars again (i assume it's still a major check?)

>>18098077
Clangeddin protect us!

Ned, you got any bright ideas?

>>18098103

Minor, actually.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18098119
oh

>>18098126
well poop

I draw my short sword

>>18098126

The bars still refuse to budge, no matter your strength. Perhaps they were commissioned from Dwarves?

You can see the thing clawing through now, its eyes blazing with some kind of infernal light.

Goblins.

Six of them. Three of them fall to the ground as they make it through, and rise, with beady eyes, razor sharp teeth, and deadly claws.

Jack remembers Goblins well. His people had one fought them back into the hills and the underground, forced them into the abyss below. They seem a lot fiercer now.

Jack may ready an action.

Also, everyone roll for initiative.

rolled 6 = 6

initiative, did i have to drop my weapons to go at the bars? if so i'll be trying to get them back

>>18098182

Goblins init

rolled 1 = 1

>>18098198

Herp derp...

rolled 1 = 1

>>18098182

if im still holding that molotov i chuck it asap and get slightly behind ned, otherwise I fire a sling bullet then get behind ned

>>18098195

No. Maybe under a shoulder, or propped up against the lattice door, but its not on the floor. You can arm yourself without spending an action.

>>18098204

Well poo. And I wanted to claw faces.

>>18098205

Roll to hit.

>>18098195

After the moltov lights up the room, you can see the old man with his back against the bars next to you, screaming for what he's seeing. You can also hear yelling from the north. "Come on don't leave me here! Is anyone okay?! These things-!"

After Jack's attack roll, initiative order will be:

1. Ned
2. Goblins and Jack Simo

rolled 14 = 14

>>18098269
1d20

rolled 3 = 3

>>18098282

random miss...

>>18098282

The goblin in front of Jack swipes its claw to knock the bottle away. It crashes into the space to its left, and immediately flames engulf the leftmost goblin, and the human beside Ned.

The Goblin squeals and passes out from the pain, roasting alive in a puddle of flaming alcohol.

Roll 1d4 for damage to the human.

rolled 1 = 1

>>18098373
err... woops

>>18098373

So there is a fire in the northeast square of the room. A goblin in the northwest square, and a goblin in the southwest square. Ned and Jack are in the southeast square.

rolled 14 + 1 = 15

>>18098373
I attack one of the remaining two goblins with my bastard sword (only apply damage roll if it hits)

rolled 1 = 1

>>18098385

The man is screaming, and is now on fire. He panics, and immediately stops, drops, and rolls.

NED! Thy turn is now.

rolled 1, 4 + 1 = 6

>>18098394
err, i thought it would display my attack and hypothetical damage roll..

rolled 16 = 16

>>18098394

You strike the one before you! Immediately its small body crumples beneath the weight of your weapon.
>roll damage

The Goblin to Ned's left leaps, clawing at the half orc, trying to shred his face.

>Also Jack's turn at the same time.

>>18098412

>Goblin, -5

rolled 10 = 10

>>18098448
1d20

I attack the orc going for ned, backstabbing with my shortsword is possible

I recieve +4 for attacking from behind.

>>18098471

You stab! And miss, as it sways upon Ned's side, slashing away at your friend.

The Goblin's scything claws barely miss tearing into Ned's face.

Three more goblins climb through the swirling magical gate. The human whom is on fire is still screaming.

>Ned's turn again.

>>18098482

Needed 15. 1 shy. :(

rolled 2 = 2

>>18098511
wait, +1 racial versus goblins, orcs, hobgoblins and half orcs!

1d6 shortsword damage!

rolled 3 + 1 = 4

more goblins coming through? if anymore appear i'm gonna try charging through the bars again.
attack for now, once more!

rolled 3, 11, 6, 15 = 35

>>18098535

Your racial hatred drives your blade! Your short sword is the short sword that will pierce through the Goblins!

Skewering the creature, it convulses, gasping and spitting blood past its gnarled teeth. It kicks at your face to get you off it. It appears mortally wounded.

Ned can't seem to slash at something that's attached to his arm, and misses wildly.

The hellish portal closes behind the final goblins. There are now a total of four in this room, excluding the dead.

One leaps at Ned, and two leap at Jack. Rolling for rip and tear!

>Also Jack's action

>>18098614
full defensive actions, attempt to maneouvre towards ned

rolled 7, 6, 10, 11 = 34

>>18098614

One of the Goblin's claws swipes across Jack's stomach, slicing through armor and flesh with ease.

>>18098650

You are already next to Ned. Care to try something else?

rolled 1 = 1

>>18098667

Ack, clumbsy me. This is how much damage the Goblin deals to Jack.

rolled 17 + 1 = 18

>>18098667
attack the goblin then i guess and pray

>>18098676
Praise Vergadain! I take back everything bad i ever said about him.
5hp remaining.

>>18098678

Same one thats wounded?

Roll damage!

rolled 4 = 4

>>18098697
1d6

rolled 7 + 1 = 8

Ned is focused more on the immediate danger before helping out the crispy human over there
swingin' mah sword!

>>18098713

The goblin clutching to Ned's arm screeches as Jack stabs him again, and falls to the ground unconscious with a meaty thwack.

>Top of the round goes to Ned.

rolled 19, 6, 8 = 33

>>18098753

Please specify targets or you may end up hitting your pal in the head~

The last Goblin on you ducks to avoid being hit, and with both feet planted on your thigh, and both its hands grasping your forearm, reaches up to bite into your sword arm!

The two Goblins on Jack try to push him over, crazed as one tries to rake his face with its claws, the other to disembowel him!

>Jack's turn at the same time.

rolled 19 + 1 = 20

Ned has to afk for about 15 minutes, and then may only have about an hour after that :/

rolled 1 = 1

>>18098802

The Goblin upon Ned bites deeply!

rolled 2 = 2

>>18098802
screaming in dwarven"die you bastards"
and attack the first to come at me

rolled 1 = 1

>>18098820

Previous roll stands :P

And that's okay.

We could make it a mini-session and go straight to boss fight after this?

>>18098833

Try d20s instead of d6's

rolled 13 + 1 = 14

>>18098861
good advice

>>18098874

One of the goblins rolls underneath the bench beside you, as your weapon clangs against it noisily. The creature scampers out from underneath it towards you, lunging as it does with claws bared.

>Ned's turn!

rolled 5 + 1 = 6

>>18098899
swingin' mah sword!

>>18099019
>>18098802
oh, right, at a goblin

rolled 14, 4, 13 = 31

>>18099019

Your spectacular missing doesn't seem to be helping you or your friend very much. The Goblins are in a frenzy, and have Jack pinned back against the bars as they grapple with him and tear into his chest and stomach with claws.

The Goblin on Ned, begins to chew, hungrily.

>Also Jack's turn.

rolled 5 = 5

>>18099085

Sharp claws rake across Jack

rolled 18 + 1 = 19

>>18099085
1d20
attack for my life! kill that goblin

>>18099105

As its monstrous claws tear into your abdomen, you feel faint, and right before you pass out, you drive your sword through its skull. Roll damage.

rolled 6 = 6

>>18099103
well that took me down to 0, but im sure a 19 hits so lets see if i can take the bastard with me, rolling for damage!
1d6

>>18099134
Clangeddin would be proud

rolled 20 + 1 = 21

>>18099134
Jack, no!
I swing at the one that knocked Jack out, trying to keep it from killing him

>>18099134

You strike it down, pulverizing its brain as you twist your sword, venting your undying rage for their species for as long as you can stay conscious. And then everything goes black.

>Ned's turn.
>Jack bleeds. -1.

rolled 14 + 1 = 15

>>18099161
>>18099134
err, i guess that one's already dead so i swang at nibbly here?

>>18099161

>activate limit break!

>where is the critical hit rules?

>>18099217
i believe crit rules were only a house rule until 2nd edition! when it was made official.

rolled 4, 3 + 1 = 8

>>18099217
i don't think there are, just that i can hit a lot lower normal armor class than normal (-6 according to the table in my class)

>during the enchantment such a weapon will cause double damage on unmodified attack roll of 19 or 20.

>assuming nat 20 is double damage regularly then... Will double check later.

>>18099175

Roll double damage versus nibbler!

>>18099265
>>18099256
sounds like 16 to me, OVERKILL

rolled 14 = 14

>>18099256

With a titanic swing you cleave the Goblin in half, and its blood spatters you and your friend. There is a single goblin left, and it leaps over Jack's body to get at you!

>>18099294

It comes up short, tripping over Jack's arms in its haste to get at you.

>Ned's turn.
>Jack bleeds, -2.

rolled 19 + 1 = 20

>>18099307
Ned takes an overhead swing to the skull, no time to spare!

rolled 3, 2 + 1 = 6

damage!

>>18099343

You smite it!

Roll damage!

i forget the stabilisation rules!

>>18099351

You take the top part of its head off and its body falls in the direction of its scalp, landing messily.

The alcohol fire is gently smoldering, almost completely out, the human is unmoving, as are all of the goblins, and Jack.

>Combat ends. Jack bleeds, -3.

>>18099401

That's because there are none!

>>18099404
can I do anything to help him? try to bind the wounds with some cloth?
Ned yells for a doctor to help, hoping more goblins don't answer

>>18099432
i found rules in the DMG!

When any creature is brought to 0 hit poinis (optionally as low as -3 hit points if from the same blow which brought the total to 0), it is unconscious. In each of the next succeeding rounds 1 additional (negative) point will be lost until -10 is reached and the creature dies. Such loss and death are caused from bleeding, shock, convulsions, non-respiration, and similar causes. It ceases immediately on any round a friendly creature administers aid to the unconscious one. Aid consists of binding wounds, starting respiration, administering a draught (spirits, healing potion, etc.), or otherwise doing whatever is necessary to restore life.
Any character brought to 0 (or fewer) hit points and then revived will remain in a corna far 1-6 turns. Thereafter, he or she must rest for a full week, minimum. He or she will be incapable of any activity other than that necessary to move slowly to a place of rest and eat and sleep when there. The character cannot attack, defend, cast spells, use magic devices, carry burdens, run, study, research, or do anything else. This is true even if cure spells and/or healing potions are given to him or her, although if a heal spell is bestowed the prohibition no longer applies. If any creature reaches a state of -6 or greater negative paints before being revived, this could indicate scarring or the loss of some member, if you so choose. For example, a character struck by a fireball and then treated when at -9 might have horrible scar tissue on exposed areas of flesh - hands, arms, neck, face.

...1st ed is harsh!

so yes, you can bind my wounds to save me, but im out!

>>18099432

He needs some kind of aid, any kind, to stop the bleeding. you could take some of the dead human's clothes to bind Jack's wounds?

Also the goblins may have helpful loot, you see pouches and belts and random trinkets littering their bodies and worn at odd angles.

You shout is responded by the man from the north. "HEY! I'm Ray! I'm not a doctor, but get me out of here and I'll help you! Everyone in here is dead! Please help me!"

You also hear a crackling noise, and the roof warps slightly, stone cracking and crumbling, bars literally falling out of place. You've never seen anything like that, as if the ceiling was alive.

Your cell is open, the entire hall is dark.

What do you do?

>>18099481
uhh, shit... i'll try to bind the worst wound really quick for now with whatever piece of cloth i can find, then pick him up and try to leave

>>18099513

Very well. You stabilize him, pick him up, and crawl out of the hole the missing bars left behind.

Ned is now in the hall. Infravision can faintly detect the cooling liquid on the floor. To the north there is a humanoid shape, pressed up against the bars. It yells out with Ray's voice. "Hello?!"

To the south there is a warm glow from around the corner. Light.

>>18099534
if the bars on his cage look damaged, i'll try one check to get him out, otherwise he's SOL

>>18099563

"Oh thank God!" Ray exclaims as he hears you get closer, squinting to make out your figure against the dim light in the background.

"They got your friend? I'm so sorry man! Bust me out of here and we can make our way out together! We'll have much better chances!"

The bars look like they're slightly out of place, but it is still a major check.

>>18099594

Inside his cell you see several dead bodies, at least eight dead goblins, and there is a 45 degree arc of warmth that spreads for 15 feet behind Ray for some reason, its hugging the floor and back wall.

>>18099602
he's not dead yet, I think... how'd you survive the goblins?

>>18099624

"My friend, Leslie, he's a bouncer at the tavern. He took them all like a champ. I got the one that got him, but thats it."

>wisdom check to cast Detect: Bullshit

i'm gonna be heading out of here any minute now...

rolled 18 = 18

>>18099652
well, my wisdom's 8 so that's not gonna be very likely, although it seems like human corpse would be a pretty obvious feature among 8 goblin corpses, also whatever amorphous warm thing is behind him (just a pool of fresh blood?)

>>18099696
err..ooog *cough* dont trust the bastard *cough*
err *stab him while he cant see due to dark* cough cough bleed

>>18099653

You notice that the warmth is actually a 120 degree arc that's three feet long, now that you got a better look at it. But instead of bruised goblins, they look all toasty and crispy as if they were slain by fire. There are other dead humans in Ray's cell. But a magic user must have cleared his cell.

>>18099652

In the end, Ned emerged from the Jail, one of the side doors that lead into the many alleyways. What happened down there was gruesome. Things crawling out of the walls like some kind of horror story. The rain still dribbled down upon him, and the figure of Jack in his arms, barely alive. There weren't many Legionaries left alive in the building, in fact most of them had deserted the place and barricaded the doors.

>roll major check if you want Ray in the epilogue.

>>18099715

>not bad for a half strength party, with only one character that had good stat rolls.

>>18099720
no, no... he seems creepy, i think we'll be fine without him.

>>18099696

see

>>18099720

>>18099753

Haha! Very well.

You leave from cries of "Wait!" "How could you do this!" and "Don't leave me down here!"

Its hard to say whether it was a good or bad call, but he was a liar, and a neutral Orc like yourself doesn't have to suffer them.

>In the end, Ned emerged from the Jail, one of the side doors that lead into the many alleyways. What happened down there was gruesome. Things crawling out of the walls like some kind of horror story. The rain still dribbled down upon him, and the figure of Jack in his arms, barely alive. There weren't many Legionaries left alive in the building, in fact most of them had deserted the place and barricaded the doors.

>In search of healing, and answers, they depart.

>END

>>18099753
>>18099715

Thanks for playing guys.

Maybe next time everyone will have time to do a dungeon~

>>18099784
challenged:COMPLETE

Well that was fun. But i dont think i can sta on much longer. Thanks for saving me Ned!

>>18099839

Yeah. Wanted to throw you through a big mess to get out and plot hooks but, just not enough time.

You two were pretty fun. Your welcome in my groups anytime.

>>18099809
What next time do you have in mind.

>>18099855

I'm usually driving around the ass end of nowhere with barely any internet at hotels.

So I can't commit to anything fun, I may not be able to honor such promises.

My work is awesome, but very unpredictable.

>>18099882
All right then, night the both of you

Archived. Because when was the last time any of you anons played 1st ED?

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/18097081/

>>18099990
yay!

>All the notes I took, copypastad from notepad

Grimlocks for heavy mobs
Goblins for light mobs

Dretch Boss, limit his spell-likes

magic user criminal backup npc

wand of fear, 3 charges
wand of magic missles, 5 charges

potions of flying
speed potion goblin
potion of healing

Goblin shaman
-burning hands
-hold portal
-push
-light

>What did TG think?

>>18099265

Wow, no mention of crits in the pdf.

Turns out double damage for rolling nat 20's are reserved for some monster's special abilities.

Never get bitten by a lizard...