October Horror Challenge - Ticks (1993)

     

Synopsis

A group of trouble teens head to the woods for a weekend with a couple of social workers, unaware that mutated ticks have infested the area. 

Review

I watched this one for the challenge back in 2019. You can read my review here. I don't really have much more to see. I think this is a charming and cheesy 90's creature feature. If you want to check it out, it's on Tubi.

In Your Game

Here are revised stats for the titular ticks.

Oversized Tick (Animal)

Armor Class: 13
Hit Dice: 1
Move: 12
Actions: 1
Attack: Bite (1+ bad trip)

Special: toughness +1 (fire ignores), attach,  bad trip
Bonuses: +5 to Stealth

Alignment: Unaligned

Morale: 10 (unless presented with fire)

Madness: -
Terror: 5

HDE: 1/2

Attach: If the tick makes a successful attack it automatically latches onto the target who must make a DC 12 Poison save. If the saving throw roll fails, the target suffers frightening delusions and must roll on the Failed Courage/Terror Effect Table. An attached tick automatically hits on its turn. The tick can be removed with a successful DC 12 Athletics: Basic check on by confronting the tick with fire.

Giant Tick (Animal)

Armor Class: 15
Hit Dice: 3
Move: 12
Actions: 1
Attack: Bite (d6 + bad trip)

Special: toughness +3 (fire ignores), attach,  bad trip
Bonuses: +3 to attacks, +2 to damage, +5 to Stealth

Alignment: Unaligned

Morale: 10 (unless presented with fire)

Madness: -
Terror: 10

HDE: 2

Attach: If the tick makes a successful attack it automatically latches onto the target who must make a DC 15 Poison save. If the saving throw roll fails, the target suffers frightening delusions and must roll on the Failed Courage/Terror Effect Table. An attached tick automatically hits on its turn. The tick can be removed with a successful DC 15 Athletics: Basic check on by confronting the tick with fire.  

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