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I’m back for an eighth installment of Monsters in the Machine. To re-read our previous entry click here, or you can go back to the start and see how it all began. To quickly re-cap what’s going on, this is a series where I feed the GPT-3 AI entries from the Vaults of Vaarn bestiary and let it come up with… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 8
I’m back for a seventh bumper-sized dose of Monsters in the Machine. To re-read our previous entry click here, or you can go back to the start and see how it all began. To quickly re-cap what’s going on, this is a series where I feed the GPT-3 AI entries from the Vaults of Vaarn bestiary and let it come… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 7
An underserved category of monster is the Outsider, something that hails from beyond the bounds of our universe and is strange even to Vaarn. Here are five Outsiders to throw at your party. Be warned that they all fight in bemusing or annoying ways, and most require hypergeometric or anti-paradox gear to properly fight. Also… Continue reading FIVE OUTSIDERS
Issue 04 is still a while off, but I have been producing content for it sporadically throughout 2022. As an early Christmas present, here's a few of the monsters the PCs might encounter while exploring the Great Wall. Cannon Beetle Biological / SyntheticLevel 3, Armour 16, Morale +7, Encountered d6Attack: Cannon (d12 blast) The Wall’s… Continue reading CREATURES OF THE WALL
My home Vaarn campaign (currently on hiatus) reached a point where the PCs were delving into the flooded artificial caverns beneath the city of Gnomon, ostensibly in the employ of the Water Baron but in reality seeking to disable his sabotage device. We will return to this narrative someday, and I don’t intend to spoil… Continue reading CREATURES OF GNOMON’S DEPTHS
I was asked recently about monster stat blocks and how I come up with them. I thought we should take a brief tour of the anatomy of a Vaarn monster, dig around in their metaphorical guts, and learn what all their numbers and stats are telling us. Hopefully you will arrive at a clearer understanding… Continue reading ANATOMY OF A MONSTER
They were made to be devoured, a divine gift from GAEA to Her charges. Each adult weighs more than two men, the flanks beneath their soft white skin laden with fat. Their eyes and ears are weak, their legs likewise. They were never intended to run. Within the pliant confines of their frames, twinned… Continue reading FEASTBEAST
I'm back for a sixth dose of Monsters in the Machine. To re-read our previous entry click here, or you can go back to the start and see how it all began. To quickly re-cap what's going on, this is a follow-up to an earlier creative session, where I feed an AI entries from the Vaults… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 6: RE-RETRIBUTION
I couldn't stay away. Monsters in the Machine returns for a fifth installment. This is roughly the time that most franchises begin to go completely off the rails. Anyone who was involved with the original movie has long-since quit, and they're starting to get a bit desperate with the plot twists. Maybe the serial killer… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 5: REVENGEANCE
I'm back for another episode in my ongoing duel/duet with the OpenAI. I riff from it, it learns from me, and together we build something that neither of us could achieve alone. Also I prove conclusively that I'm the better writer and more creative. Anyway, bring on the monsters! Blightbeast Biological / SyntheticHD: 10, Armour:… Continue reading MONSTERS IN THE MACHINE 4: HUMAN AFTER ALL
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