Glaugust 26 - Monster-as-Class: Polyphemos
He lifted his door, a huge stone, and set it in place. Twenty-two four-wheeled wagons could not have carried it, yet such was the great rocky mass he used for a door. Then he sat and milked the ewes, and bleating goats in order, putting her young to each. Next he curdled half of the white milk, and stored the whey in wicker baskets, leaving the rest in pails for him to drink for his supper. When he had busied himself at his tasks, and kindled a fire, he suddenly saw us, and said: “Strangers, who are you?""
Starting Skill: 1 Cave Dweller | 2 Goat Tender | 3 Island Tender
Starting Gear: herder's crook (as warhammer) , cloak of cured hides (as leather), wheel of goat cheese
| A | Cyclops |
| B | Shepherd of the Tides |
| C | Object of Devotion |
| D | Vengeful Plea |
Cyclops
You are large. Your HD is a d10 and you don't fit through human-sized doors. Any feat of raw strength you'd normally roll for — lifting a boulder, smashing a gate, splintering a mast — you simply do. You can hurl boulders for d10 damage. (If you shrink to human size, retain your HD but lose the rest.)
You have one eye and no depth perception. -2 to any tests requiring long-distance vision (including ranged attacks). A called shot to your eye blinds you for the scene.
Shepherd of the Tides
You are your father's son. You can:
- Read the weather a full day out by taste of the air and color of the water.
- Never lose your footing on slick surfaces.
- Hold your breath twice as long as a human.
- Calm, herd, and command flocks of animals — goats, sheep, seals, fish — as though they were your own.
Object of Devotion
You have a minor cult dedicated to your worship. Choose who reveres you:
- Athletes, for your prowess. Thrown boulders deal 2d10 damage instead of d10 and ignore the -2 penalty. (If you shrink, throw other projectiles with doubled damage dice instead.)
- Sailors, for your seacraft. You read the weather three days out instead of one and dispel supernatural weather phenomena with your voice.
- Herders, for your herdways. You can calm, herd, and command any mundane animal and attempt to do so for supernatural ones.
Vengeful Plea
You may call on Poseidon for justice, but only against someone whose true name you know, and only if you were genuinely wronged by them, not merely inconvenienced or embarrassed.
Speak the name aloud to the sea. Over the following hours, weather turns against the named person — currents drag their ship off course, wells run brackish, rain finds them and nobody else. Within a day, any body of water larger than a bathtub will try to kill them.
If you lie or fail to name your target, Poseidon does not act and you lose this feature.