Yes, this is another of my Creative threads. The goal is to make your own Slugorth (you need not include stats but I wouldn't be opposed to it either).
Well Boys and Girls... who does Splynncryth rub elbows... Uhhh? tentacles with?
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Braden wrote:Thundercloud Galaxy has a flock of ducks in it that can slag a Glitterboy in one melee.
If that doesn't prompt you to buy it, I don't know what else I can say.
Braden Campbell wrote:I would add "sucking up magic energy" to Armorlord's motivation list. Remember that PPE-rich places like Earth are very rare in the megaverse, so many of his visitors could be coming to rest, relax, and litterally recharge.
We'll get to it, we just need to consider what sort of visitors would be hanging around. Can't have characters without motivation!Akashic Soldier wrote:If someone posted their idea for a Splugorth other than Splynncryth.
Akashic Soldier wrote:If someone posted their idea for a Splugorth other than Splynncryth.
Armorlord wrote:Hadn't thought about 'transient' Splugorth before you made this thread
llywelyn wrote:Akashic Soldier wrote:If someone posted their idea for a Splugorth other than Splynncryth.
They're tentacle monsters. What kind of subtlety are you looking for?
I mean, we could come up with some poor, misunderstood one - but Splynn is already supposed to be the high end for Splugorth morality (anarchist). The other ones are going to weigh in somewhere between John Wayne Gacy and a hungry squid.
Furoan wrote:Hmm... Well according to the fluff Rifts Atlantis is THE place to go for the monster/evil races. While it is a market its got so many portal's to so many worlds and has so much magic in the air that people come from all over the world. I would assume that they come to Atlantis for 'neutral ground' while making deals with each other and other evil gods and other equivalent beings. That and strategy, or pitting their champions against guys in the Arena in much the same way people have dog fights or the like. "What's that? You think your Juicer could beat my Burster? Ok lets see!"
Depending on how the Splugorth are to their young it might be a 'safe' place for young Intelligence's to stay for a while while the Parent Intelligence is going into battle before they start their own empire. That i'm not sure about, because I'm kind of thinking that they would be more like the Dragon's, that is if they don't have the protection of a older one or can stand up for themselves being killed by an older one.
Some of it is probably the equivalent of a bus stop. "You know its an AWFUL long way from Wormwood to Phase world, Ill stop at Atlantis for a Human, Chips and Splugorth-Cola on the way there..."
Shopping's a good one. Not just in buying stuff..but selling it. A Splugorth has multiple planets under their control most of the time. Imagine the kind of magic they can be putting out, or slave stock they can bring. I can easily see every now and again a small caravan coming through, the Splugorth coming relax, while bringing in a couple thousand slaves to be put int the Slave Pens (and a small sum put into the that Phase World Bank of Dracul or whatever or the multilateral equivalent.)
taalismn wrote:Well, if the Splugorth are among the prima-donnas of the Megaverse, it stands to reason that there will be those occasional OBNOXIOUS Splugorth who even other Splugorth can't stand; the ones who crash others' parties, show up unannounced to sneer at the state of the other guy's kingdom, and generally conduct themselves much like a visit from one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, but JUST shy of the point where their hosts snap and strangle them to death/drown them in their bathtub/tinker with their Dimensional Portal to send them somewhere else...
Splynncryth: "Oh, Zorglychh! What a shocPLEASANT surprise to see you! What brings you around to my little corner of the Megaverse!"
Zorglychh: "Just passing through me old chum! Just wanted to see how my old punching bag was doing! Hahahahaahah!! Now seriously, is that your reception area out there or a petri dish? And do your MInions know ANY manners? It took them three seconds to commence the Fifth Level Genuflections of Awed Greeting! You KNOW I'm entitled to Twelveth Level, AT LEAST! And not ONE of them offered themselves to me as a snack! Shame on you! Do something about that, will you, Splyggie? And have my path plated in gold, will you? I get a rash from marble and concrete! Otherwise, the rest of the old crowd's going to hear how far you've fallen, Splyggie!"
DhAkael wrote:[Oh gawds; a Sploogorth as Harvard fraternity alummni or Londoner Upper-class twit.![]()
Horrifying on levels beyond even a PERSONAL intimate visit by 'She who thirsts.'
Akashic Soldier wrote:Did you guys mean a Splugorth that acts like THIS?
Akashic Soldier wrote:Did you guys mean a Splugorth that acts like THIS?
Akashic Soldier wrote:Did you guys mean a Splugorth that acts like THIS?
Akashic Soldier wrote:Did you guys mean a Splugorth that acts like THIS?
gaaahhhh wrote:Akashic Soldier wrote:Did you guys mean a Splugorth that acts like THIS?
I apologize for nothing! Yes, that's it.
That was a fun article.glitterboy2098 wrote:don't forget that horror that even other Splugorth back away from and hope to never get noticed by....... Billy Bob Blyncress! (Rifter 9.5, pg101), Splugorth tourist..
Furoan wrote:Actually that's a interesting point. What is the 'life cycle' for a Splugorth?
I'm serious here. They can live to be about 240k years according to their write up, with the man on the ground in Atlantis being 'young' at 70k years. What's the life cycle like? I mean how are they 'born' if thye are and don't just pop up or something and how long is it before they gain their 'majority' or whatever. Do they start mindless or do they pop up as conniving power hungry fiends?
Though yes the 'daycare' would be horrifying. Especially for the 'toys'(aka the human/D-bees etc).
Baphomet wrote:Lord Baphcryth:.
Baphomet wrote:Lord Baphcryth:
When lord Baphcryth becomes tired of the day to day of ruling his trans-dimensional empire. When he grows weary of subjugating the lesser beings. When even the blood sports held in his grand arena and the mortal sacrifices committed to his godliness fail to hold his attention.
When he gets freaking bored! Well, then he heads to Atlantis. There he partakes in one of Atlantis' lesser known pleasures, pinball. You see, amongst other things, lord splynncryth maintains the megaverses largest pinball arcade.
Lord Baphcryth has a particular weakness for the silver ball. He once left his empire in the capable hands of one of his high lords while he was on a 10 year pinball bender in Splynn!
His current favorite machine is the LOTR pinball machine that is a rare valuable pre-rifts artifact. He holds the current high score of 132,014,780 points.
On his last visit to Splynn, he discovered that someone with the innitials GHB had beaten his previous high score. Baphcryth tracked down this GHB, a Balrog demon, and in a rage slaughtered him, his family, friends, and a few people who just happened to be there at the time.
Afterwards he proceeded to play his favorite machine for 2 years, only breaking to eat the occasional mortal, until he had driven GHB off of the scoreboard.
Note: that is actually my personal best score on the LOTR pinball machine.
Baphomet wrote:But homicide is funnier.
Akashic Soldier wrote:Braden Campbell wrote:I would add "sucking up magic energy" to Armorlord's motivation list. Remember that PPE-rich places like Earth are very rare in the megaverse, so many of his visitors could be coming to rest, relax, and litterally recharge.
Very valid point!
But you know what would be cool?
If someone posted their idea for a Splugorth other than Splynncryth.
Akashic Soldier wrote:Baphomet wrote:Lord Baphcryth:
When lord Baphcryth becomes tired of the day to day of ruling his trans-dimensional empire. When he grows weary of subjugating the lesser beings. When even the blood sports held in his grand arena and the mortal sacrifices committed to his godliness fail to hold his attention.
When he gets freaking bored! Well, then he heads to Atlantis. There he partakes in one of Atlantis' lesser known pleasures, pinball. You see, amongst other things, lord splynncryth maintains the megaverses largest pinball arcade.
Lord Baphcryth has a particular weakness for the silver ball. He once left his empire in the capable hands of one of his high lords while he was on a 10 year pinball bender in Splynn!
His current favorite machine is the LOTR pinball machine that is a rare valuable pre-rifts artifact. He holds the current high score of 132,014,780 points.
On his last visit to Splynn, he discovered that someone with the innitials GHB had beaten his previous high score. Baphcryth tracked down this GHB, a Balrog demon, and in a rage slaughtered him, his family, friends, and a few people who just happened to be there at the time.
Afterwards he proceeded to play his favorite machine for 2 years, only breaking to eat the occasional mortal, until he had driven GHB off of the scoreboard.
Note: that is actually my personal best score on the LOTR pinball machine.
Awesome story but he shouldn't kill him. That is goash. He should call him out because he is so proud that he refuses to accept that he can lose and challenge him to a public match. Much more interesting without the homicide.
Furoan wrote:They are Splugoth. I would think that they would seal a couple of poor human's that pissed them of into some kind of crystal clear hardened substance and use them as the ball in the most gigantic pinball machine ever conceived (seen Futurama into the wild green Yonder? Something like that had Minigolf. A pinball machine that encompasses an entire solar system.)
The 'winner' aka the pinball who gets the high score gets to 'live' (and is maybe turned into a gladiator or T-Man or something). The Loser? The loser gets Biowizard experimentation.
The random element of the human's in the balls trying to throw their weight behind it adds a random element and creates a hit new spectator sport. The guy who runs the outpost on Center is NOT HAPPY that the guy who runs atlantis has found a way to one up the Blood Dome 'interactive video game'.
taalismn wrote:Furoan wrote:They are Splugoth. I would think that they would seal a couple of poor human's that pissed them of into some kind of crystal clear hardened substance and use them as the ball in the most gigantic pinball machine ever conceived (seen Futurama into the wild green Yonder? Something like that had Minigolf. A pinball machine that encompasses an entire solar system.)
The 'winner' aka the pinball who gets the high score gets to 'live' (and is maybe turned into a gladiator or T-Man or something). The Loser? The loser gets Biowizard experimentation.
The random element of the human's in the balls trying to throw their weight behind it adds a random element and creates a hit new spectator sport. The guy who runs the outpost on Center is NOT HAPPY that the guy who runs atlantis has found a way to one up the Blood Dome 'interactive video game'.
Or, more diabolically, Slaughterball. It's a maze of traps, and instead of flippers, giant blades, flamethrowers, shock barriers...the idea is to herd the poor bastards as fast as possible back and forth through the Machine.
Akashic Soldier wrote:[
And now we delve deeper into the realm of nightmares.
taalismn wrote:Otherwise known as Splugorth Reality Television.
Hell On Earth is sweeps week, with the various Splugorth organizations vying for the attention and market share of their monstrous audiences.
Akashic Soldier wrote:taalismn wrote:Otherwise known as Splugorth Reality Television.
Hell On Earth is sweeps week, with the various Splugorth organizations vying for the attention and market share of their monstrous audiences.
I actually really like this idea. It SCREAMS Rifter article but its not something I have the time to write myself.
Splugorth Bladerunner with Juicers and Tattoomen and your poor unfortunate PC's would just be epic.
Furoan wrote:The television I think would be one of the most interesting things to do. Its also something that your group could find its way in. Sponsors (aka various powerful demons/Demon Lords/Dark Gods/Evil Sorcerers) put forward a 'team' and the winner (read survivor) has to win, dodging the spinning blades, the magically created predators...
It would be exhausting, bloody and only the best are going to survive, the rest are going to die horribly. Needless to say the monsters are going to love it.
Then there's the implications on some of the 'entertainment'. Needless to say I actually sat down and thought about some of this. I couldn't eat dinner that night. Cooks that are trained in ways to keep their 'food' alive wihle cooking it so psychic vampires can feel the pain, anguish and horror, 'stage shows' which are more like horrible torture shows where a diner can give up his own slave to be worked over...
Needless to say that the monster places can be truly horrible. As you mentioned video games like that for the monsters to play, the gladiator arena's, the 'entertainment'.
Also just for added nightmare fuel.
Picture a couple Alien Intelligence over to have a meal/game/strategy meeting, and there are 'snacks'. Magically paralised and thrown into a giant glass bowl just like you or I would throw a bag of jelly babies in to grab a handful of later. Because these are PPE vampires, those victims are probably ALIVE at this time...
Furoan wrote:"OF with her head!" "...which one? she has five" "...do i have to do everything around here?!"
Rappanui wrote:I would think the splugorth would augment any food they do have, say, a human with extra SDC and supernatural regeneration, so they could just eat the organs over and over again...
Akashic Soldier wrote:Rappanui wrote:I would think the splugorth would augment any food they do have, say, a human with extra SDC and supernatural regeneration, so they could just eat the organs over and over again...
You are a monster.
I like Glitterboys Dark Crystal dining scene. I think that could be interesting to play out in the presence of Player Characters.
taalismn wrote:"Wait! These guys are animatronic muppets?!?"
Akashic Soldier wrote:taalismn wrote:"Wait! These guys are animatronic muppets?!?"
Would you prefer a CGI Splugy?
This is totally a poll I am going to make now. BRB.