This is the second of a series of pre-rolled monster books, each monster different and each generated by computer to eliminate any conceivable bias. More such works, possibly presenting entire tribes of a specific monster, are planned.
These books provide a quick way to use the variety inherent in the RUNEQUEST! system, in which each monster is an independent and unique individual, without the need for extensive preparation by the Referee.
Important: these monsters will be useless to you unless you have available a copy of the RUNEQUEST! rules.
A sample Scorpion Man is shown below, followed by a line-by-line explanation
of the character.
SCORPION MAN NUMBER 0
STR 17 INT 4 POW 9 CON 6 DEX 12 SIZ 20
Sling (1D8) 20% Sting(1D6+1D6) 20%
Club (1D10+1D6) 20% Club Parry 25%
Sling SR: 3 Sting SR: 8 Club SR: 7
Defence: 0% Move: 8 TF: 10
No Chaotic Feature
Climbing 30%
Right Arm (15-16): 3/2
Left Arm (15-16): 3/2
Head (15-16) : 2/3
Right Leg (01) : 3/1
Right Leg (02-03) : 3/1
Right Leg (04): 3/1
Left Leg (05): 3/1
Left Leg (06-07) : 3/1
Left Leg (08) : 3/1
Tail (09-10) : 3/3
Thorax (11-12) : 3/3
Chest (13-14) :3/4
TOTAL. HPS: 8
LEFT COLUMN
Line 1 – Gives the type of monster, followed by an identification number. Referees may wish to substitute names.
Line 2 – STR, INT, POW, CON, DEX, SIZ are explained in RUNEQUEST!
Line 3, Line 4 – The Attack or Parry percentage which the monster has with the given weapon.
Line 5 – The monster’s Strike Rank with given weapons.
Line 6 – The monster’s Defence percentage, followed by its Movement class and Treasure Factor, respectively
Line 7 – The monster’s Chaotic Feature, if any.
Line 8 – The monster’s skills, if any, and their percentage of effectiveness.
RIGHT AND CENTER COLUMNS
A hit distribution table by body area, followed by the monster’s total hit
points. Note that the listing for Scorpion Men breaks at 14 on the right column and continues 15-20 in the center column, then concludes with the hit point total again on the right: this has no game significance, and was done strictly to save space.
Details
- Authors: Ray Turney, Greg Stafford
- Artist: Luise Perrin (Cover)
- System: RQ2.
- Pages: 28
- Cover price: $2
Editions
The RuneQuest Classic Edition Kickstarter recreations are identified as Classic editions.
| SKU | Name | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHA4005 | Creatures of Chaos 1 | 1978 | Softcover |
| CHA4024 | RuneQuest Old School Resource Pack | 2016 | Classic edition, only sold as part of CHA4024 |
| CHA4024-PDF | RuneQuest Old School Resource Pack | 2016 | Classic edition, only sold as part of CHA4024-PDF |
| CHA4024-POD | RuneQuest Old School Resource Pack | 2020 | Classic edition, only sold as part of CHA4024-POD |
Related Pages
- CHA4001 RuneQuest (1978, 1980, 2015)
- CHA4002 Balastor’s Barracks (1978, 2016)
- CHA4003 Apple Lane (1978, 2016)
- CHA4004 Trolls and Trollkin (1978, 2016)
- CHA4006 Militia & Mercenaries (1979, 2016)
- CHA4007 Snake Pipe Hollow (1979, 2016)
- CHA4008 Cults of Prax (1979, 2016)
- CHA4009 Foes (1980)
- CHA4010 Gateway Bestiary (1980, 2018)
- CHA4011 Plunder (1980, 2016)
- CHA4012 Rune Masters (1980, 2017)
- CHA4013 Griffin Mountain (1981, 2018)
- CHA4014 Cults of Terror (1981, 2016)
- CHA4015 Borderlands (1982, 2018)
- CHA4016 Trollpak (1982, 2019)
- CHA4017 SoloQuest (1982, 2018)
- CHA4018 Questworld (1982)
- CHA4019 SoloQuest 2: Scorpion Hall (1982, 2018)
- CHA4020 SoloQuest 3: The Snow King’s Bride (1982, 2018)
- CHA4021 Pavis: Threshold to Danger (1983, 2019)
- CHA4022 Big Rubble (1983, 2019)
- CHA4023 RuneQuest Companion (1983, 2019)
- CHA4024 RuneQuest Old School Resource Pack (2016)
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