Giant fog beetle - Revision history

SPYRIDONM3: Attack attributes: poison gas cloud

2021-03-28T17:21:53Z

Attack attributes: poison gas cloud

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	\| ABA = <!-- Special abilities right column, use respective corresponding right column as needed for misc info -->		\| ABA = Poison<!-- Special abilities right column, use respective corresponding right column as needed for misc info -->
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SPYRIDONM3: HPs (260), natural armor ASG 12, log2 template to creature description, fixed link

2021-03-21T13:49:17Z

HPs (260), natural armor ASG 12, log2 template to creature description, fixed link

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	\| hitpoints =		\| hitpoints = 260
	\| roundtime = <!-- Creature speed -->		\| roundtime = <!-- Creature speed -->
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	\| PA1 = Pincer<!-- Physical attacks insert up to PA10 and corresponding value/range up to PAJ -->		\| PA1 = Pincer (attack)<!-- Physical attacks insert up to PA10 and corresponding value/range up to PAJ -->
	\| PAA = 228		\| PAA = 228
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	\| asg = <!-- Insert asg # and template will automatically convert to include type of armor -->		\| asg = 12N<!-- Insert asg # and template will automatically convert to include type of armor -->
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	\| WizTD =		\| WizTD =
	\| MjETD = 120		\| MjETD = 120
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	__NOTOC__		__NOTOC__
	The giant fog beetle appears to be some sort of giant insect. It looks a little like some misshapen scorpion, but the tail on it is not as long as a scorpion's would be, and it flares like the tail of a lobster rather than ending in a poison sting. The segmented body is wide, supported by six short multi-jointed legs. A dull red chitinous shell covers most of its body, and a broad carapace protects its head. Two massive claws provide the creature with formidable weapons.		<pre{{log2\|margin-right=26em}}>The giant fog beetle appears to be some sort of giant insect. It looks a little like some misshapen scorpion, but the tail on it is not as long as a scorpion's would be, and it flares like the tail of a lobster rather than ending in a poison sting. The segmented body is wide, supported by six short multi-jointed legs. A dull red chitinous shell covers most of its body, and a broad carapace protects its head. Two massive claws provide the creature with formidable weapons.</pre>

	==Hunting strategies==		==Hunting strategies==

MOD-GSMOTTE: Changing from mini-boss category to boss category

2020-08-09T15:10:02Z

Changing from mini-boss category to boss category

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	\| otherclass2 = ~~Mini-boss~~		\| otherclass2 = Boss
	\| area = Greymist Wood<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->		\| area = Greymist Wood<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->
	\| area2 = The Broken Lands		\| area2 = The Broken Lands

GS4-XERAPHINA: removed link to outdated play.net bestiary page, added link to beetle article on wikipedia

2020-05-27T20:48:51Z

removed link to outdated play.net bestiary page, added link to beetle article on wikipedia

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	== References ==		== References ==
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle Beetle on Wikipedia]
	*[http://www.play.net/gs4/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=1449 Giant fog beetle on Play.net bestiary]

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GS4-XERAPHINA at 20:35, 19 March 2020

2020-03-19T20:35:40Z

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	\| type = Insect<!-- Creature body type -->		\| type = Insect<!-- Creature body type -->
	\| otherclass = <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->		\| otherclass = Living <!-- Other classification limited to corporeal undead, non-corporeal undead, elemental, extra planar, magical; insert otherclass2= for 2nd classification (up to 3) -->
	\| otherclass2 =		\| otherclass2 = Mini-boss
	\| area = Greymist Wood<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->		\| area = Greymist Wood<!-- For multiple areas, add area2, area3, area4 (through 8) fields if needed -->
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	[[Category:Living creatures]]
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GS4-XERAPHINA: Added new categories

2020-03-19T02:27:05Z

Added new categories

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	[[Category:~~The Broken Lands~~ creatures]]		[[Category:Living creatures]]
	[[Category:~~Greymist Wood~~ creatures]]		[[Category:Mini-boss creatures]]

GS4-NAIKEN: added picture from play.net

2019-06-29T20:14:58Z

added picture from play.net

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GS4-SOTSONA: Updated to Template:Creature start2

2019-03-17T16:54:48Z

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INIQUITY: /* Hunting strategies */ minor tweak, the hooded figures indirectly attack the beetles

2017-11-14T02:44:09Z

Hunting strategies: minor tweak, the hooded figures indirectly attack the beetles

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	==Hunting strategies==		==Hunting strategies==
	Fog beetles are immune to [[Mind Jolt (706)]] and do not stun for [[Implosion (720)]], ~~though~~ they will stun for [[Evil Eye (717)]].		Fog beetles are immune to [[Mind Jolt (706)]] and do not stun for [[Implosion (720)]]. They are like some other stun resistant creatures in that they will stun for [[Evil Eye (717)]].

	They will fight with the [[hooded figure\|hooded figures]] and the [[jungle troll\|jungle trolls]]. ~~The figures and trolls~~ do not fight back.		They will fight with the [[hooded figure\|hooded figures]] and the [[jungle troll\|jungle trolls]]. They do not fight back, though when figures cast [[Cone of Elements (518)]], it hits the fog beetles.

	==Other information==		==Other information==

VANKRASN39: bts fix

2017-10-30T16:52:40Z

bts fix

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	</pre>		</pre>

	==Behind ~~The~~ Scenes==		==Behind the Scenes==
	[[Uthex Kathiasas]] did not have an [[Iruaric]] name for these insects, and it did not change with the end of the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]]. They appear to be "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Dictics, who were quite simply large insect-like creatures from another plane of existence. Their chitin had the strength of "fine steel", and they were unintelligent. The premise was that they came in many variations, much like beetles in real life, infesting other planes of existence when they find their way to them. This would explain the [[dust beetle\|dust beetles]] which were in [[Shadow Valley]] before the [[shadow steed\|shadow steeds]] returned to fight the "[[Muylari#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|wyrm]]." It explains why they seem to arrive out of nowhere. They have often appeared where there has been [[Maleskari#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|historical presence]] of the major demonic. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.		[[Uthex Kathiasas]] did not have an [[Iruaric]] name for these insects, and it did not change with the end of the [[ICE age\|I.C.E. Age]]. They appear to be "other standard" (non-demonic) extra-planar entities from [[Rolemaster]] called Dictics, who were quite simply large insect-like creatures from another plane of existence. Their chitin had the strength of "fine steel", and they were unintelligent. The premise was that they came in many variations, much like beetles in real life, infesting other planes of existence when they find their way to them. This would explain the [[dust beetle\|dust beetles]] which were in [[Shadow Valley]] before the [[shadow steed\|shadow steeds]] returned to fight the "[[Muylari#Behind the Scenes\|wyrm]]." It explains why they seem to arrive out of nowhere. They have often appeared where there has been [[Maleskari#Behind the Scenes\|historical presence]] of the major demonic. They are not considered [[Extraplanar beings (saved post)\|extraplanar beings]] for system purposes in [[GemStone]] IV.

	The fog beetles are probably an allusion to the "beetle civilisation" that was supposed to follow the end of the race of man in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The idea was that an [[Crystyl\|immensely knowledgeable]] race would [[The Dark Path#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|transfer their minds]] into other races of the future, "the bodies of whose members the cream of the Great Race would seize when the [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|monstrous doom]] overtook the elder world", which in this context is the [[Lords of Essaence]] and the [[First Era]] cataclysm. Their portals were capable of time travel, and the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]] [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|inscription]] is a [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomaly]]. There is a similar premise regarding the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|crystal dome]], apparently an allusion to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tgsk.aspx "Through the Gates of the Silver Key"].		The fog beetles are probably an allusion to the "beetle civilisation" that was supposed to follow the end of the race of man in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sot.aspx "The Shadow out of Time"] by H.P. Lovecraft. The idea was that an [[Crystyl\|immensely knowledgeable]] race would [[The Dark Path#Behind the Scenes\|transfer their minds]] into other races of the future, "the bodies of whose members the cream of the Great Race would seize when the [[Purgatory#Purgatory\|monstrous doom]] overtook the elder world", which in this context is the [[Lords of Essaence]] and the [[First Era]] cataclysm. Their portals were capable of time travel, and the [[Marlu#The Broken Lands\|Dark Shrine]] [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|inscription]] is a [[The Temple of Darkness\|temporal anomaly]]. There is a similar premise regarding the [[Uthex Kathiasas#Behind the Scenes\|crystal dome]], apparently an allusion to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/tgsk.aspx "Through the Gates of the Silver Key"].

	The Jagged Plain can be regarded as the analog of the plateau of Leng, due to the monastery and [[hooded figure#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|hooded figures]], and allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"]. However, it refers also to the underworld in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"], escaping the [[Traag#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Vale of Pnoth]] into a plain of giant boulders. In the [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|background story]] for The Broken Lands these boulders originate in a [[525\|meteor swarm]]. It is worth noting that [[Shadow Valley]] and the Jagged Plain are both shrouded by unnatural mist, where in the former case it was dust beetles and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mo.aspx "The Mound"], whose subterranean realm had the [[Uthex Kathiasas\|material world]] form of the [[Traag#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|vaults of Zin]] with sealed up [[Magru#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|shoggoths]]. It features ''another'' immortal telepathic race who performed cruel transmogrification experiments on life and reanimated corpses as [[Spectral miner#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|slave labor]]. The gas cloud of green poison may [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|refer]] to a recombinant manifestation of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx Cthulhu] where: ''"the ship was befouled by an '''acrid and blinding green cloud''', and then there was only a '''venomous seething''' astern."''		The Jagged Plain can be regarded as the analog of the plateau of Leng, due to the monastery and [[hooded figure#Behind the Scenes\|hooded figures]], and allusions to [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mm.aspx "At the Mountains of Madness"]. However, it refers also to the underworld in [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/dq.aspx "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath"], escaping the [[Traag#Behind the Scenes\|Vale of Pnoth]] into a plain of giant boulders. In the [[A Popular History of the Broken Lands\|background story]] for The Broken Lands these boulders originate in a [[525\|meteor swarm]]. It is worth noting that [[Shadow Valley]] and the Jagged Plain are both shrouded by unnatural mist, where in the former case it was dust beetles and [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/mo.aspx "The Mound"], whose subterranean realm had the [[Uthex Kathiasas\|material world]] form of the [[Traag#Behind the Scenes\|vaults of Zin]] with sealed up [[Magru#Behind the Scenes\|shoggoths]]. It features ''another'' immortal telepathic race who performed cruel transmogrification experiments on life and reanimated corpses as [[Spectral miner#Behind the Scenes\|slave labor]]. The gas cloud of green poison may [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|refer]] to a recombinant manifestation of [http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx Cthulhu] where: ''"the ship was befouled by an '''acrid and blinding green cloud''', and then there was only a '''venomous seething''' astern."''

	However, the messaging on fog beetles has been modified over time, so it cannot safely be parsed that stringently. The beetles may also be taken as a specific reference to the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath when the narrator reaches [[Greater kappa#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Ngranek]], shortly before being [[Traag#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|kidnapped]] to the underworld by [[Lesser vruul#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|night-gaunts]], seeking the enormous carved face of the Great Ones. ''"Black caverns and odd crevices were still numerous on the '''sheer vertical cliffs''', but none of them was accessible to a climber. There now loomed aloft a '''great beetling mass''' which hampered the upward view, and Carter was for a moment shaken with doubt lest it prove impassable."'' In The Broken Lands this face would be the eye windows of the [[Marlu#Behind ~~The~~ Scenes\|Dark Shrine]] overlooking the Jagged Plain, though there is also a scene with mountain sized heads in the distance flying over the plateau of Leng to Kadath.		However, the messaging on fog beetles has been modified over time, so it cannot safely be parsed that stringently. The beetles may also be taken as a specific reference to the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath when the narrator reaches [[Greater kappa#Behind the Scenes\|Ngranek]], shortly before being [[Traag#Behind the Scenes\|kidnapped]] to the underworld by [[Lesser vruul#Behind the Scenes\|night-gaunts]], seeking the enormous carved face of the Great Ones. ''"Black caverns and odd crevices were still numerous on the '''sheer vertical cliffs''', but none of them was accessible to a climber. There now loomed aloft a '''great beetling mass''' which hampered the upward view, and Carter was for a moment shaken with doubt lest it prove impassable."'' In The Broken Lands this face would be the eye windows of the [[Marlu#Behind the Scenes\|Dark Shrine]] overlooking the Jagged Plain, though there is also a scene with mountain sized heads in the distance flying over the plateau of Leng to Kadath.

	== See Also ==		== See Also ==