Ash Wednesday - Ashley J Williams (5e)

Let's keep the 5e Evil Dead action going. Head over to DMDave's site to check out his Ashley J. Williams 5e stats. Take this, the angry molesting tree, Deadite, and Necronomicon and Goodman Games 5e update of Keep on the Borderlands and you can totally play the game I've dreamed about since Tim Brannan posted about it years ago:

#RPGADAY2017 - Day 6

Day 6: You can game every day for a week. Describe what you do!

If my group was available to play in a game with me for one week I'd probably finally finish and run this!

While a week of gaming sounds great I would want it to be something memorable that we could finish. I think Ash vs. The Keep on the Borderlands would be a series of unforgettable sessions. +Timothy Brannan came up with the original  idea and he's the one the designed the image. I've been running with the idea though and have statted out several D&D monsters for Cinematic Uniystem in preparation for acutally playing it one day. These monsters include:

Unicorn
Mimic
Cockatrice
Minotaur
Goblins
Kobolds
Orcs
Lizardfolk
Trolls
Gelatinous Cube

We wouldn't just game though. We would also have themed food. A nice mix of D&D/fantasy and Evil Dead/horror inspired cuisine would be cool.. I love doing things like that. I'm sure there'd also be plenty of booze involved (and would honestly probably be disappointed if there wasn't).

Ash Wednesday - Gelatinous Cube

Name: Gelatinous Cube

Motivation: Wobble, Wiggle, Consume
Critter Type: JELLO!
Attributes: Str 3, Dex 1, Con 3, Int -, Per 1, Will 1
Ability Scores: Muscle 12, Combat 9, Brains 7
Life Points: 54
Drama Points: -
Special Abilities: Increased Life Points 20, melt non-metal objects 
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                            Score   Damage               Notes
Psuedopod                         9         8                     Paralyze (Target must succeed Constitution/Combat Test or be paralyzed for 1 turn)

Gelatinous cubes can engulf creatures. Any creature engulfed by a gelatinous cube takes 20 acid damage every turn inside. They must succeed on a Strength/ Muscle test to escape. In addition they begin to suffocate.

Ash Wednesday - Troll

Name: Hunter Troll

Motivation: Kill, Eat, Repeat
Critter Type: Troll
Attributes: Str 10, Dex 3, Con 10, Int 1, Per 3, Will 2
Ability Scores: Muscle 24, Combat 13, Brains 9
Life Points: 120
Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Attractiveness -5, Can Smell Christian Blood, Increased Life Points 30, Light Vulnerability (take 10 LPs a turn in direct sunlight, once all life points are gone they turn to stone), Regenerate 10 LP's a turn (except in sunlight or from fire/acid damage)
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Dodge                    13        -                 Defense action
Pound                     13       20               Bash

This troll is an amalgam of D&D trolls and the trolls of the film, Troll Hunter.

Ash Wednesday - Lizardfolk

Name: Lizardfolk Hunter

Motivation: Survival
Critter Type: Lizardfolk
Attributes: Str 4, Dex 4, Con 5, Int 2, Per 3, Will 3
Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 13, Brains 10
Life Points: 46
Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Attractiveness -4, Amphibious  
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Dodge                    13        -                 Defense action
Spear                      13       15               Slash/stab
Spear (Thrown)      13       12               Slash/stab

Ash Wednesday - Orcs

Name: Orc Warrior

Motivation: Waaagh!
Critter Type: Orc
Attributes: Str 5, Dex 4, Con 4, Int 2, Per 2, Will 2
Ability Scores: Muscle 16, Combat 14, Brains 9
Life Points: 46
Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Attractiveness -3, Dark Vision 
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Dodge                    14       -                 Defense action
Big Ass Axe          14       25               Slash/stab

Ash Wednesday - Kobolds

Statwise, kobolds are really damn close to goblins. I've actually altered their stats to make them a bit more different.

Name: Kobold Trapper

Motivation: Make the best traps, serve dragons
Critter Type: Kobold
Attributes: Str 1, Dex 5, Con 2, Int 3, Per 2, Will 1
Ability Scores: Muscle 8, Combat 15, Brains 10
Life Points: 22
Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Attractiveness -3, Dark Vision
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Dodge                    15        -                    Defense action
Dagger                   15       2                    Slash/stab
Show Bow             15       4                    Slash/stab

Also holy shit A Gnome Named Gnorm was actually a thing! I discovered it looking for artwork. 

Ash Wednesday - Goblins

Now that A-Z is over, it's time to get back to the regular features. Here's another monster for our manual of creatures to be used with Ash vs The Keep on the Borderlands.

Name: Goblin Sneak

Motivation: Cause mischief and pain
Critter Type: Goblinoid
Attributes: Str 2, Dex 4, Con 2, Int 2, Per 2, Will 2
Ability Scores: Muscle 10, Combat 14, Brains 10
Life Points: 26
Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Attractiveness -3, Dark Vision
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Dodge                    14        -                    Defense action
Dagger                   14       4                    Slash/stab
Show Bow             14       8                    Slash/stab

Ash Wednesday - Minotaur

Name: Minotaur Maruader

Motivation: Glorious Battle
Critter Type: Beastman
Attributes: Str 8, Dex 4, Con 8, Int 2, Per 5, Will 4
Ability Scores: Muscle 22, Combat 14, Brains 13
Life Points: 89
Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Attractiveness -5, Hard to Kill 5, Never Gets Lost
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Dodge                    14         -                    Defense action
Battle Axe              14       40                   Slash/stab
Gore                      14       32                   Slash/stab
Slam Tackle           22       16                   Bash

Ash Wednesday - Cockatrice

I thought I'd stat some more D&D beasties for Army of Darkness in case I ever get around to running Ash vs. The Keep on the Borderlands. This is the second, the first being the mimic. 

Name: Cockatrice

Motivation: Be a total cock
Critter Type: Magical Beast
Attributes: Str 1, Dex 3, Con 3, Int 1, Per 3, Will 1
Ability Scores: Muscle 8, Combat 12, Brains 8
Life Points: 26
Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Attractiveness -5, Petrifying Peck
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Dodge                    12         -                    Defense action
Peck                       12         3                   Slash/stab plus petrifying peck*

*Anytime a cockatrice pecks a person they must make a Constitution (doubled) roll. If failed the victim is turned to stone.

Mimic (Cinematic Unisystem)

This should not be confused with the other cinematic unisystem Mimic post I did.

This post was inspired by one of +Timothy Brannan's older posts, Recycled Adventures. I want to play Ash vs The Keep on the Borderland or something very similar to it. Because of this I'm going to look at some iconic D&D monsters and give them cinematic unisystem stats. Taking a queue from one of the false Necronomicons in Army of Darkness, I've decided to start with the mimic.

Name: Mimic
Motivation: Gotcha!
Critter Type: Aberration
Attributes: Str 4, Dex 3, Con 5, Int 2, Per 2, Will 2
Ability Scores: Muscle 14, Combat 13, Brains 10
Life Points: 46 Drama Points: 5
Special Abilities: Armor 10 (item form only), Perfect Copy
                         
       Maneuvers
Name                   Score   Damage               Notes
Bite                          13         12                Slash/stab; target must be grappled

Grapple                    18          -                   Resisted by dodge
Pseudopod               13          10                 Bash

Perfect Copy: The mimic looks exactly like what it is mimicking. Unless it moves it's indistinguishable from a mundane item.

The Cabin in the Woods - Unicorns

I watched The Cabin in the Woods again last night and was inspired. I've mentioned the film briefly before. I think I'd like to include elements of the movie into my next cine-uni game. A conspiracy that tracks down monsters to appease a Hellgod? It could work. I mean Whedon was involved. I thought I'd start statting up the various creatures seen in the movie. Don't expect it to be an every day thing (like I actually blog every day...). Still you can expect to periodically see new monster posts. I'll start with my favorite, the unicorn.

Name: Unicorn

Motivation: Protect Magic

Critter Type: Magical Critter

Attributes: Str 8, Dex 4, Con 5, Int 2, Per 3, Will 4

Ability Scores: Muscle 22, Combat 16, Brains 11

Life Points: 83                   Drama Points: 5

Special Abilities: move 75 yards a turn, sense magic, sense virginity

Maneuvers

Name                    Score                     Damage               Notes

Bite                        16                           19                           Slash/Stab

Impale                  16                           25                           Slash/Stab

Trample               16                           45                           Bash