On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 12:12 AM, Richard Aiken <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
The Crime Lord hires the players as bodyguards, since his usual ones are either dead or in the hospital.
It seems a bunch of people who are on the "missing presumed dead" list have been appearing and trying to kill him....

I think it might work better if the Abyss Beast *usually* eats "contributions" (since then you don't have to explain what it *does* eat) but that every so often it switches instead to "fertiliization mode" . . . and the first time it makes the switch in living memory is *also* the first time that Crime Boss dumps in the personnel of an entire opposing organization . . .

Actually, the dumping in of an entire gang of victims makes a perfect reason for the switchover: an Abyss Beast (given that it's essentially an immobile terrain feature) is used to going long periods between meals, so a sudden excessive intake triggers it to attempt procreation while there is enough extra calories available to support the effort.

And - of course - once the players have finished killing the wave of psychotic killers, the bodies begin wriggling and writhing . . . then the Baby Abyss Beasts burst forth tentacles flailing and the fun REALLY begins! :)

Richard Aiken

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